Bengaluru: Amid global geopolitical and energy-related uncertainties, private equity investment in India remained resilient. Fundraising value showed far more resilience, with $15.8 billion raised as of mid-year, compared to $31.8 billion in 2025.
According to KPMG’s Q2’26 Pulse of Private Equity report, investors continue to focus on high-growth, profitable businesses with opportunities for scaling and consolidation, particularly among family-owned enterprises. India is still attracting robust interest in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, many facets of financial services, consumer goods and precision manufacturing, the report said.
Nitish Poddar, Partner, and National Leader – Private Equity, KPMG in India, said, “Private equities in India are obviously looking for high-growth businesses with strong profitability and cash flows. They also love succession issues. They love businesses where there is a growth ceiling because what they can do is bring together assets and create massive scale and economies of scale to be able to make much larger businesses. That’s a major trend we’re seeing: PEs bringing together assets and creating big platforms in order to drive value.”
The report added that globally, PE investment is expected to remain steady in the third quarter of this year, driven by the continued focus of PE investors on making large, high-quality and high-conviction deals. Energy and AI infrastructure are expected to remain very hot areas of PE investment globally, while PE investors will likely continue to steer clear of software as they continue to reevaluate their existing portfolios given AI disruption, it added.
Hardware, including areas like sensors and robotics, is also expected to see significant interest. Also, the global PE market showed resilience in Q2’26, bringing the mid-year total of PE investment to $1 trillion across 9,294 deals.
Global PE exit flow remained subdued, with 1,315 exits in the first half of the year. Global exit value showed more strength, with $570 billion at mid-year compared to $1.2 trillion during all of 2025.
The Americas attracted the largest share of global PE investment in the first half of 2026 ($579.2 billion across 4,319 deals), with the US accounting for $545 billion across 3,926 deals of this total.