Canada's private equity (PE) market saw $3 billion invested in 158 deals in the second quarter of 2019, up 54 percent from three months earlier but down 63 percent from Q2 2018, according to a report by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA). PE investment between January and June totalled $4.9 billion, the lowest amount invested in a first half since CVCA began collecting data (2013). The dollars went to 289 deals in this period, down from 324 deals in H1 2018. There was a record share of deals in the information and communications technology sector in Q2 2019 (20 percent). The industrial and manufacturing sector captured a comparable share (21 percent).
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