M&as In India

India Inc logs 2,007 deals worth $127 bn last year, 6% down from 2021

Bengaluru topped the charts in volumes as most companies were born there, and Mumbai topped in values and accounted for 27 per cent of total values

Will this year's record M&A show continue in 2023?

This year India Inc clinched its highest-ever mergers and acquisitions, beating the previous record of 2021. What were the factors that led to this year's stellar numbers? How will 2023 play out?

M&As to drive hospital expansion in uncharted territory, say experts

Inorganic expansion gives instant market share in a new geography, greenfield works better in markets where a chain already has a presence, say industry players and analysts

Byju's acquires Aakash Educational Services for $1 billion over Zoom call

With over 215 centres and a student count of more than 250,000, Aakash provides test preparatory services to students preparing for a host of competitive exams

Blockbuster M&As keep India's deal street buzzing despite market volatility

With deals crossing $105 bn in the first 4 months, experts believe 2022 could be a record year for M&As

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Shiprocket acquires B2B logistics aggregator Rocketbox

The Rocketbox founders will join the Shiprocket leadership team, and continue to build the cargo product as part of this deal, a statement said

India Inc records 221 M&A deals worth $9.2 bn in Oct, highest since 2015

India Inc has witnessed 221 M&A deals amounting to $9.2 billion in October 2021, which is the highest since 2015.

Cognizant acquires a digital engg firm, its sixth acquisition in 2021

The company continues expanding in key strategic focus areas for digital -- digital engineering, data and artificial intelligence, cloud and the Internet of Things

As Carlyle deal hits legal hurdle, PNB Housing plans Rs 35k-cr debt capital

Preferential allotment will be made post receipt of regulatory, shareholders and legal approval, says mortgage lender

Dream Sports' VC arm announces $250 mn corpus to invest in startups

As the corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream Sports, DreamCap will follow a multi-stage investment strategy ranging from $1 million to $100 million ticket sizes.

Rajasthan Royals valued at $250 mn with US investor acquiring 15% stake

The eight-team IPL features celebrity owners, including top names from business and Bollywood, and attracts the biggest names in world cricket to a nation devoted to the sport.

Suraksha group gets nod from lenders, homebuyers to buy Jaypee Infratech

This is the fourth round of bidding process to find a buyer for JIL, which went into Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) in August 2017.

Private equity, VC investments rise 64% to $8.3 bln in March qtr: Report

266 deals took place in the period

JSW Steel pays Rs 19,350 cr to financial creditors of Bhushan Power & Steel

Lenders would stand to realise 41% on claims of Rs 47,157.99 cr

India emerges as Asia's biggest destination for fintech deals

India left China behind in the quarter ended June 2020, a research report said on Wednesday

Cognizant to acquire US-based software firm Magenic for undisclosed sum

Magenic Technologies is a custom software development services company

Health startup Cure.fit acquires US-based digital fitness company Onyx

Onyx is a US-based fitness company that is building the world's smartest digital training experience, for an undisclosed sum

Private equity deals more than double to $33.8 billion in 2020: Report

A slew of private equity transactions in 2020 has pushed up the money inflows through this route by 108 per cent to $33.8 billion, according to an industry report

Inbound mergers and acquisitions fall 7% to $73.6 billion in 2020: Report

Despite Reliance Group closing a slew of equity divestments in its telecom and retail arms to the tune of USD 23 billion in 2020, the overall inbound M&As failed to notch up the 2019 tally with the value falling 7 per cent to USD 73.6 billion last year, according to a report. Last year, outbound M&As touched USD 4.4 billion, up 58.4 per cent compared to 2019 and over 80 per cent of the money landed in US assets, according to a tally of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) by global financial markets data provider Refinitiv. Overall inbound deals faltered due to the pandemic, pulling down the deal value by 7 per cent and down 11.5 per cent in volume over 2019. With USD 73.6 billion worth inbound deals, M&A value last year was way below the all-time high it scaled in 2018 at USD 132.2 billion and up from 2017 when it was at a low USD 58.3 billion, according to Elaine Tan, a senior analyst at Refinitiv. The numbers would have been much lower had it not been for the litany of