Private equity investment in Indian real estate rose 6 per cent to USD 2.82 billion during the April-December period of this fiscal, driven by a surge in fund inflow in industrial & logistics parks, according to Anarock. Real estate consultant Anarock data showed that the Private Equity (PE) investment in real estate rose 6 per cent to USD 2.82 billion during the April-December period of this fiscal from USD 2.66 billion in the year-ago period. The number of PE deals dropped to 24 during the first nine months of the 2024-25 fiscal from 30 in the year-ago period. As per the data, foreign funds contributed 82 per cent to the total PE investments during April-December 2024, while domestic only 18 per cent. Among assets class, the industrial and logistics sector accounted for 62 per cent of the total investments, housing 15 per cent, office 14 per cent and mixed-use projects 9 per cent. Shobhit Agarwal, MD and CEO, Anarock Capital, said, the top 10 deals comprised 93 per cent of total