Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 31, 2018

M & A Deals :

 

  • TPG Growth’s Asia healthcare platform seals buyout in India
  • Goldman Sachs PE unit plans to buy cattle feed firms in India
  • Columbia Asia Hospitals sells Ahmedabad unit to Zydus Hospitals
  • Japan’s Incubate Fund, others invest in e-sports startup GamingMonk
  • Govt considers outright sale of IL&FS to resolve crisis: Report
  • Government to sell up to 9% stake in Coal India
  • Will the $34-bn Red Hat buyout boost IBM’s cloud business?
  • Faasos’ cloud kitchen pivot starts to pay off as revenues rise 67% in FY18
  • E-sports startup GamingMonk gets fresh funding
  • CII ties up with WhatsApp Business app to train SMEs in customer outreach

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 26, 2018

M & A Deals :

 

  • KKR Q3 earnings jump on gains from asset sales
  • True North-backed Home First Finance rides housing finance wave
  • IAN Fund invests in waterless personal hygiene startup Clensta
  • US-based marketing automation firm Bluecore buys retail tech startup Betaout
  • Twitter Q3 earnings top estimates as ad sales surge
  • Seed funding drops 21% in 2018; deep-tech startups booming: NASSCOM report
  • Meet the 11 fintech startups picked for the first batch of Financial Inclusion Lab
  • Paytm Payments Bank appoints former NPCI exec as MD & CEO
  • Microsoft Q1 sales, profit exceed forecasts on cloud computing growth
  • Sensex ends over 1% lower amid global selloff

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 25, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Sula Vineyards gets new investor on board; Verlinvest ups stake
  • Warburg Pincus, Soft Bank, others to invest $1.25 bn in Airtel Africa
  • Zydus Wellness gets PE backing to acquire Kraft’s India biz for $626 mn
  • Sequoia-backed Health Kart to get new investor in $10-mn capital raise
  • ITI Mutual Fund hires ICICI Prudential exec as CEO
  • Kalaari’s Sumit Jain joins Sistema Asia Fund as senior partner
  • Cyrus Mistry to make venture investments, hires BCG senior partner
  • Motilal Oswal Private Equity makes final close of third fund

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 24, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Samara-owned Oaknet buys some brands of GSK India
  • Indian PIPE, hedge funds invested like never before in April-June quarter
  • Hong Kong-based Composite Capital leads $54 mn round into ClearTax
  • Venture debt provider Intelle Grow appoints Axis Bank veteran as CEO
  • Venture debt firm Trifecta invests in bus aggregator app Shuttl
  • Sensex slips to lowest close in more than six months
  • Tokyo’s Kakaku.com leads funding round in restaurant management platform Tab Square
  • Five PE firms eye stake in Lakshmi Vilas Bank; Hero Future in talks to raise funds
  • Tax e-filing portal ClearTax bags $54 mn in fresh funding round
  • Ed-tech startup GuruQ gets pre-Series A funding

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 23, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Online lending startup PayMe India raises angel money
  • Private jets marketplace JetSetGo buys Indo Pacific Aviation
  • Women-focused media startup POPxo gets $5.52 mn from korean VC firm, others
  • Sales-tech startp Hyperdata.IO raises money from CCube Angels Network

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 19, 2018

M & A Deal :

  • Naspers to lead new $900-mn funding round in food delivery app Swiggy
  • Accel Partners leads $13.5 mn funding round in Universal Sportsbiz
  • Biotech startup Mynvax raises angel funding from former Nokia exec, others
  • How PE/VC firms and potential targets should go about bridging the valuation gap
  • Ayushman Bharat: Private firms may get to offer services at govt hospitals
  • BigBasket buys RainCan to boost micro-delivery business
  • SEBI asks Fortis Healthcare to recover $55 mn from founders, eight firms

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 16, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Chip-design testing startup Singularity Dynamics gets VC funding
  • India Alternatives, IIFL pre-IPO fund back financial services company
  • Saudi Arabia’s ICD shelves $1 bn fund with IL&FS PE
  • Angel investors pump $700k in steel marketplace Virtual Metalstreet
  • Emami Cement files draft papers for $136 mn IPO
  • Dr Reddy’s Labs to sell bulk-drugs plant to BR Shetty-led Neopharma’s JV
  • India’s trade deficit hits lowest level in five months
  • IIFL buys majority stake in mortgage lender; KKR mulls buying IL&FS road projects
  • As Mercer buys Mettl, here’s why everyone comes out looking like a winner
  • Security management app myGate gets Series A cheque
  • Food-tech startup Spoonshot buys restaurant analytics firm Brisky

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 13, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • CCube Angels Network picks up stake in manufacturing company via PIPE deal
  • OLX co-founder’s VC firm invests in GoZefo
  • India’s retail inflation rises to 3.77% in Sept; industrial output up 4.3% in July
  • Logistics startups BlackBuck, LetsTransport lead VC funding this week
  • GIC-backed Bandhan Bank gets regulatory relief on promoter stake
  • Paytm eyes UCWeb’s India biz; Cube Highways mulls buying some IL&FS road projects
  • OnMobile buys Swedish firm Appland to grow gaming biz

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 12, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Worst over for VC dealmaking in India but investors backing fewer startups
  • HealthXCapital hits first close of maiden VC fund
  • Dealmaking platform LetsVenture launches open-ended angel fund
  • CDPQ partners firm co-founded by Al Gore to make long-term bets on sustainable biz
  • Rupee drops to new low near 74.50 per dollar
  • IIM-A incubator, OmniActive’s Mariwala invest in agri-tech startup Sattvaponics
  • Sensex, Nifty plunge more than 2% amid global meltdown
  • Multi-family office leads funding round in co-working firm Innov8
  • MobiKwik acquires online wealth management platform Clearfunds
  • Zydus Cadila eyes Kraft’s India consumer biz; Sachin Bansal may back Ola

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 11, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Impact investor Creation buys majority stake in Indian fintech startup
  • Kalaari Capital invests more in used cars marketplace Truebil
  • ThomasLloyd buys into solar power producer SolarArise in first India deal
  • Sensex closes over 1% higher as NBFC stocks stage recovery
  • PNB, Carlyle shelve plan to sell stake in PNB Housing Fin; Nykaa may raise funds
  • Xander to invest $350 mn to acquire Hyderabad office buildings
  • AI-based matchmaking startup Betterhalf gets seed money