Quadria Capital - Healthcare Private Equity Fund in India - Singapore and Asia-Pacific Region

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the business all across the world, the funding by private equity firms in India is going downward. There is a significant decrease in private equity funding in India owning to coronavirus outbreak as investors have put a hold on their plans of funding due to fear of economic fallout in combating the pandemic. According to a recent report the amount of private equity investment has been declining over the last few months and it has reached 40.3% in March. Further, foreign investors are also pulling back their money. March month has been very sluggish due to pandemic with private equity investment seeing a drop of more than 50% compared to February 2020.   Owning to the widespread uncertainty and economic slowdown due to the spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown implemented to contain it, investors have put a hold on their investments and took a wait-and-watch approach to assess the situation. Even the top private equity firm...

Despite continuous misgivings, private equity firms are playing an important role in the Indian healthcare system. Firms have increased their investment to alleviate the sick and ailing sector to provide better healthcare service to the public. Data shows that investment in the healthcare sector has quadrupled in 2019 compared to 2018. These investments were aimed at hospital operations, providing better facilities, medical equipment, pharma, and the making of new hospital buildings. Private hospitals think that as the number of patients is increasing and also their income level, they will be willing to pay even higher fees for better service. And hospitals can only obtain efficiency through better equipment and the latest technology. The opportunity in the Indian healthcare sector is very vast. Indian primary healthcare sector is worth millions of dollars and it is increasing at the rate of 25% every year. This fact will persuade some of the Top Private Equity Fir...