Since 1998, BPEA EQT has deployed $5.5 billion in India in companies like Mphasis, Hexaware, CitiusTech, VFS, RBL Bank, among others. Of this, over $4-5 billion was in the last five years. Stockholm’s EQT also has a $1-billion commitment in renewable and data centre platforms in India and has already deployed 50% of that. In their first interview together since the $7.5-billion merger to create the world’s third largest PE fund group, the top brass outlines to Arijit Barman why they are bullish.