Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments in the month of April took a breather after an exceptional performance in March, due to a tepid deal flow in infrastructure and financial services. April saw $2.3 billion in PE-VC investments compared to over $6 billion in March, when large-value infrastructure and NBFC deals made up over 60%, making the earlier month an outlier. The number of PE-VC deals in April rose marginally to 68 from 58 deals in March. However, on a year-on-year basis, April saw a 35% rise in total PE and VC investments from the same month in the previous year. VI data also shows performance in April matching that of February, when total PE and VC investments were $2.1 billion across 42 deals. April was a good month for early stage startups with seed investments almost tripling from last month. As many as 17 seed-stage funding deals, totalling $27 million, were reported in the month. Series-A investment, however, saw a marginal fall.