The year 2022 witnessed a global slowdown in the PE-VC investments, primarily owing to the tightening of monetary policies across economies, high inflationary pressures, supply demand gaps and trade tensions emerging from the geo political crisis between countries. Despite global headwinds and in light ofthe China+1 strategy, India appeared to be an attractive jurisdiction for investors looking to deploy capital. While the overall investments declined moderately by 12% from 2021, India managed a whopping $62 billion (approx.) in 2022. Following are some of the key transaction trends / issues that gained significance recently: Sectors in Focus § The financial services sector recorded the maximum PE/VC investments in 2022, both in terms of value (being approximately at US$10.5 billion) and volume.1 § Technology and e-commerce being the favourite sectors for investment in 2021, recorded US$6.1 billion and US$5.4 billion in PE/VC investments respectively.2 §Infrastructure, real estate, and healthcare were the only major sectors to record a significant increase in PE/VC investments. Infrastructure sector recorded ~US$9 billion, real estate sector recorded US$7.3 billion and healthcare sector recorded US2.5 billion, each in 2022.3