2020 a Record Year for VC/PE Investments on the Back of Large Investments in Telecom & Retail: Praxis Report on a Y-o-Y Basis, Investments Grew Six Percent

US$ 41 billion invested across 831 VC/PE deals in 2020 (vs US$ 39 billion across 916 deals in 2019); ~81 percent of total deal value was invested in > US$ 100 million bucket; Early and growth-stage deals dominated the deal flow with 82 percent of the total deals in 2020; Telecom followed by retail received the highest funding through VC/PE firms at 27 percent and 15 percent of the total deal value respectively. [PR.com]