About 77% of private equity players in the country expect an increase in investment momentum in the coming 12 months, according to a survey by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India. And the deals will be simpler. The report said 87% of respondents rated 'structured development capital' (in essence, a return to the traditional way of structuring development capital deals, using less leverage and a simplification of the structure) to be the key focus area for investment this fiscal. Following this are transactions in the venture capital, pre-IPO and buyout space, in that order of priority. “Some funds have committed a lot of private investments in public enterprise (PIPE) deals since 2007 and have suffered mark-to-market losses. We'll increasingly see a return to basics — back to structured development capital deals. However, PIPEs will continue to see activity given the lack of sizable development capital deals,” Avinash Gupta, head-financial advisory services for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India, said in the report. […]