2022 Private Equity Survey: Spotlight on Asia-Pacific

Our annual survey* gauging private equity/venture capital (PE/VC) professionals’ sentiments on the PE industry outlook for 2022 has highlighted several on-going trends. This concise report will answer questions such as where do Asia-Pacific (APAC) investors stand with digitization of their activity? And have they all integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategy?

Key Highlights:

• Almost half of investors (49%) from APAC are in the process of exploring digital technologies or are close to decision making.
• One third of PE/VC firms indicated that ESG factors are not being considered.
• Information Technology is the top industry of interest for 69% of investors.
• IPO remains the most preferred exit method in APAC.

*The survey was conducted over the period of 15 weeks between October 4, 2021, and January 16, 2022. In total we received 357 responses from PE and VC investors globally. 48% of respondents were senior level professionals. 43% were Private Equity Firms, 29% were Venture Capital firms and 28% were firms doing both Private Equity and Venture Capital investments. Geographically, 45% of respondents were from Europe, 19% were from North America, 15% were from APAC, 8% were from the Middle East & Africa and 13% were from Latin America.