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 Markets

Ambarish has about 17 years of experience in business research, analysis and consulting. He is engaged in leading deep-dive strategic projects, due-diligence support, issue-focused trend analysis and similar assignments for our Private Markets clients. His previous experience includes tenures with startups, the Big Four and consulting organisations, where he focused on industry studies, price forecasting, company analysis, macroeconomic studies and other strategic engagements.

Abhishek Bhatia

Associate Director, Primary Research

Abhishek is an Associate Director with Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) and has over 19 years of experience in market research, consulting and data analytics. He is an expert in primary research and project management. Abhishek is an active contributor to the primary research fraternity and has been awarded as Research Hero for 2023 by the prestigious Market Research Society. Abhishek leads multiple large client engagements and is instrumental in setting up Acuity’s primary research business

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