Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 10, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Car Dekho parent Girnar Software’s FY18 revenue jumps 40%, loss nearly halves.
  • Metropolitan Stock Exchange ties up with Canadian firms to float $100 mn fund.
  • Sensex, Nifty mark lowest close in six months; Tata Motors falls 13%.
  • Chronic therapies to drive PE investments in pharma: IQVIA report.
  • Ayushman Bharat to transform healthcare investments, say panellists.
  • Diagnostics sector still attractive to PEs: Thyrocare’s Velumani.

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 09, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Swiss firm inks secondaries deal as Asian Healthcare recapitalises debut PE fund
  • PE investors to hit benchmark returns in partial exit from GMR Airports
  • Sun Capital’s joint MD quits, sets up own advisory firm
  • PE-backed ASK Investment, Muthoot Microfin and 2 other firms get SEBI nod for IPOs
  • Sensex closes in the green after volatile trading session
  • BNP Paribas plans to pare stake in SBI Life to meet regulatory requirements
  • ASM Technologies invests in Ideaspring-backed Lavelle Networks
  • NBFC stocks slide amid RBI plans to strengthen sector norms
  • PE-backed Aavas Financiers makes weak stock market debut
  • Mercer buys Blume and Kalaari-backed online skills assessment firm Mettl
  • Enterprise networking startup Lavelle gets fresh funding

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 05, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Carlyle to pare stake in Metropolis Healthcare before IPO
  • Former DHL exec sets up logistics company, buys majority stake in Kolkata firm
  • How Chanda Kochhar and other outgoing bank CEOs fared during their tenures
  • Piramal’s Khushru Jijina on housing market, growing demand for debt and more
  • Gaja Capital bets on sport training firm Kooh
  • Sensex falls 2%, rupee hits new low as high crude oil prices weigh
  • India services activity drops to four-month low in September
  • Soft Bank eyes stake in Delhivery; VBHC Value Homes puts off IPO plan again
  • Cloud kitchen startup InnerChef secures fresh funding

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 04, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • How OPIC spread its bets on PE, VC funds operating in India
  • SSG Capital seals maiden buyout in India
  • Reliance Capital-backed winemaker Grover Zampa gets fresh funding
  • Aavishkaar-Intellecap invests in logistics startup GoBolt
  • Sensex closes more than 1% lower as crude prices dampen sentiment
  • Aurionpro buys majority stake in Singapore-based banking tech firm
  • Future Enterprises to buy into mobile payments firm behind QuikWallet
  • Chrys Capital-backed Ipca Labs buys majority stake in US firm Bayshore
  • Rupee drops below 73 for first time on high crude prices
  • Tata Communications buys Dutch firm Teleena to boost IoT biz
  • Amazon India logistics arm’s FY18 revenue jumps 59%, to get fresh fund infusion

Today’s M & A Deals_Oct 02, 2018

M & A Deal :

  • Prime Venture Partners bets on food-tech startup
  • Sequoia to sell half its stake in Stove Kraft IPO; peek at returns
  • Govt seeks to take control of debt-ridden IL&FS, proposes Uday Kotak as chairman
  • SEBI slaps fine on IFC-backed hospital chain Regency for past trading violations
  • Dr Reddy’s Labs sells US antibiotic plant to UAE’s Neopharma
  • WaterBridge Ventures bets on online poker startup 9stacks
  • Why SME lending is attracting both investors and fintech entrepreneurs
  • Sequoia India-backed Moka buys Mumbai analytics startup GetFocus
  • Test prep firm Aakash, Century Metal Recycling get SEBI nod for IPO
  • Indonesia’s Moka buys retail intelligence startup GetFocus
  • Online poker startup 9stacks gets Series A funding
  • Flipkart kicks off talks to rope in new investors; PhonePe gets fresh infusion

Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 29, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • Zebpay shuts downs crypto currency exchange in face of RBI ban.
  • arlyle-backed pathology firm Metropolis files for IPO.
  • RBI restricts GIC-backed Bandhan Bank from opening new branches, caps CEO pay.
  • OYO, Pharm Easy among top tech firms to get VC funding this week.
  • I Squared-IFC platform to acquire road asset from HCC.
  • Global M&A volume flattens in July-Sept on trade tensions.
  • Garden Reach IPO sails through; retail investors, HNIs stay away.
  • Sensex, Nifty mark worst month since early 2016.
  • PEs, VCs must seek inflection point in agri supply chains to invest meaningfully.
  • Mumbai Angels invests more in parody video app Spoofin.
  • Zebpay shuts downs crypto currency exchange in face of RBI ban.

Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 28, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • PE-backed Aavas Financiers’ IPO falls short of full subscription on market jitters
  • SAR Group’s VC arm bets on dosa machine maker Mukunda Foods as IAN exits
  • Company watch: Carzonrent bets on B2B, self-drive biz to come out of growth jam
  • Atlantia eyes road projects of IL&FS; R-Com in talks to sell assets
  • NSE ties up with VC-backed Elemential to set up blockchain for e-voting
  • Nifty closes below 11,000 as financial, auto stocks weigh

Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 27, 2018

M & A Deals :

  • LP commitment to PE-VC funds slows in Q2; dry powder shrinks as investment soars.
  • IDG Ventures invests in Delhi-based fertility services aggregator.
  • Garden Reach first PSU IPO to be extended as issue subscribed only 68%.
  • SAMHI buys out MNC hospitality firm’s stake in Bengaluru hotels.
  • PE-backed Aavas Financiers’ IPO crosses one-fourth mark on second day.
  • SAIF Partners leads funding round in infrastructure intelligence firm Sensehawk.
  • Reliance Industries invests more in US-based AI firm Netradyne.
  • Consumer goods and IT stocks drag Sensex lower.
  • Gadgets research portal 91 mobiles buys Price baba, 500 Startups exits.
  • Eight Roads, Fundamentum invest in Pharm Easy’s extended Series C round.
  • New Quest eyes IDG stake in 4 firms; Orix, ADIA may buy controlling equity in IL&FS.
  • US-based AI firm Netradyne gets more money from Reliance Industries.
  • UST Global buys chip design firm SeviTech Systems.

Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 25, 2018

M & A Deals :

 

  • Big Indian companies willing to buy startups a positive trend: Pi Ventures’ Manish Singhal
  • Nexus Venture Partners bets on fintech startup
  • Garden Reach Shipbuilders IPO gets little response on first day
  • Ramesh Damani backs equity market analysis app Stock Edge
  • Biscuit maker Anmol Industries gets SEBI nod to float IPO
  • Blackstone-backed Embassy Office Parks files for India’s first REIT IPO
  • Nifty posts biggest single-day loss in six months as housing finance stocks slide
  • IIFL Wealth to buy former employee’s fintech startup Altiore
  • Digital payments firm Obopay buys Accel-backed Mubble
  • Unicorn India Ventures ropes in Federal Bank as anchor LP for maiden debt fund

Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 14, 2018

M & A Deals :

 

  • Tata Communications looks to expand private cloud services portfolio
  • Online microlending platform Upwards bags $5 mn in Series A investment
  • Edelweiss raising second fund to bet on IPO-bound companies
  • New mid-market PE fund in talks with Coverfox for maiden deal
  • State-run warship maker Garden Reach ups IPO size
  • India’s retail inflation eases to 3.69% in Aug; industrial output up 6.6% in July
  • Jain Irrigation to acquire US-based farm technology firm ETwater
  • Mumbai Angels Network backs Pune-based fruit snack brand Frubites
  • Sensex back in the green as rupee stages recovery
  • NIIF eyes IDFC Infrastructure Finance; PNB Housing gets seven suitors