Survey of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms 2022

Insights

Acuity’s two-decades-long association with the private equity and venture capital sector has afforded it in-depth knowledge of its activities. It conducted a debut survey of firms in this sector, gathering professional insights and opinions on how they are likely to fare in 2022 in terms of fundraising, dry powder, regulations, ESG considerations, private equity operations, investing areas, strategies, outsourcing, valuations and exits.

Key Takeaways

• Fundraising is expected to remain strong in 2022, continuing the trend in recent years, driven by a strong business support ecosystem.
• 67% of the professionals surveyed believe investment opportunities are increasing.
• Technology, media, and telecom (TMT) and healthcare sector-based companies are likely to attract the most attention from PE&VC firms.
• PE&VC operations remain an area for improvement, with PE&VC professionals spending more than three-fourths of their time on due diligence, portfolio monitoring, deal sourcing and valuation.
• Valuations are expected to remain high, with a limited impact on exit plans.
• The sector expects regulatory stringency to continue and very likely increase.

Authors

Ambarish Srivastava

Associate Director, Private Equity & Consulting

Ambarish Srivastava is an Associate Director within Private Equity practice at Acuity Knowledge Partners and has about 13 years of experience in business research, analysis and consulting. He focuses on leading deep-dive strategic projects, due-diligence support, issue-focused trend analysis and similar assignments for our PE clients. His previous experience includes tenure with startups, Big Four and consulting organizations, where he focused on industry studies, price forecasting, company analysis, macro-economic studies, and other strategic engagements.

Abhishek Bhatia

Associate Director, Primary Research

Abhishek is an Associate Director with Acuity Knowledge Partners and has over 18 years of experience across multiple service lines, including market research, consulting and data analytics. He is an expert in market research and played a pivotal role in setting up different market research services in Acuity.

He joined Acuity in 2006 and his key focus areas include leading multiple accounts management, business strategy, client relationship, providing oversight to the team as well as training and development. He has extensive experience of working across multiple service lines and an expert at transitioning and implementing processes.

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Survey of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) firms 2022