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Updated on: Sep 2020

Merger & Acquisition

LT sells electrical automation arm to Schneider Electric

Sep 2, 2020

Reliance Retail acquires Future Groups retail business

Reliance Retail is acquiring Future Groups retail business for INR , crore Reliance Retail Ven...

Industry

Aug 30, 2020

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Cognizant to acquire Tin Roof Software

Cognizant to acquire Tin Roof Software to expand digital engineering services Cognizant has entered ...

Merger & Acquisition

Aug 26, 2020

Latest news: Cognizant to acquire Tin Roof Software - SightsIn Plus

Siemens gets CCI approval to acquire CS Electric

Siemens India Ltd gets CCI approval to acquire CampS Electric India The Competition Commission of ...

Industry

Aug 23, 2020

Latest news: Siemens gets CCI approval to acquire CS Electric - SightsIn Plus

Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant completes acquisition of New Signature

Cognizant Completes Acquisition of New Signature, a Leader in Cloud-Native Business Transformation On August 18, 2020, Cognizant has completed the previously announced acquisition of New Signature, expanding Cognizant’s hyperscale cloud advisory services. New Signature is an award-winning Microsoft Partner exclusively focused on Microsoft technologies, with an integrated offering across all three of Microsoft’s business clouds: […]

Aug 20, 2020

Industry

Nestlé Health Science to acquire IM HealthScience

Nestlé Health Science to acquire IM HealthScien Nestlé Health Science, a unit of Swiss food major Nestlé announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the business of privately held IM HealthScience with its brands of IBgard, FDgard, Fiber Choice and REMfresh. Financial terms not disclosed. “The IMH products offer proven and trusted solutions for the […]

Aug 18, 2020

Industry

Wipro completes acquisition of Brazilian firm IVIA Serviços

Wipro completes acquisition of Brazilian IT firm IVIA Serviços for $22.4 mn Wipro on Saturday said it has completed the acquisition of Brazilian IT firm IT IVIA Serviços de lnformitica Ltda. In July, Wipro announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire IVIA for $22.4 million (about Rs 169 crore). IVIA is a provider of IT solutions including system […]

Aug 17, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Affle to acquire strategic stake in Bobble AI

Affle To Acquire Strategic Stake In Bobble AI, A Conversation Media Platform Consumer intelligence platform Affle India, a global tech company recently announced that it plans to acquire 8.0% ownership in Bobble AI, a conversation media platform offering indigenous social keyboard with 10+ patents filed and significant investments from Xiaomi and SAIF Partners. As a part […]

Aug 14, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Eicher Group company buys Volvo Bus India for Rs 100 cr

Eicher Group company has signed an agreement to buy the bus division of Volvo in India for Rs 100 crore VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), the truck and the bus-making company of Eicher Motors, has signed an agreement to buy the bus division of Volvo in India for Rs 100 crore. Definitive agreements have been signed […]

Aug 14, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Byju’s acquires WhiteHat Jr for USD 300 mn

Education technology firm Byju’s has acquired WhiteHat Jr, a startup focused on imparting coding skills to kids, for USD 300 million (about Rs 2,240 crore). Byju’s, which is valued at USD 8 billion to kids as per an independent report, said coding is fast emerging as a key skill for the future and the acquisition […]

Aug 8, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Cognizant has made 5 digital-based acquisitions this year

Cognizant Technology Solutions has made 5 digital-based acquisitions till now this year US-based IT services major Cognizant Technology Solutions is betting on M&A as a strategy to build its digital business, as already announced earlier in May, 2020. According to the Mint report, the company has successfully done five digital-based acquisitions till now this year, […]

Aug 3, 2020

Industry

EC clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation

European Commission clears Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier Transportation The European Commission has given its go-ahead to the acquisition of the rail business of Canadian engineering firm Bombardier by French train maker Alstom Alstom and Bombardier welcome the European Commission’s (EC) decision for conditional clearance of the proposed acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom. The Commission’s […]

Aug 1, 2020

Industry

Cognizant to Acquire New Signature

Cognizant to Acquire New Signature, a Leader in Cloud-Native Business Transformation Cognizant has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire New Signature, one of the world’s largest independent Microsoft public cloud transformation specialists. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020, subject to regulatory clearance and other closing conditions. Financial […]

Jul 29, 2020

Industry

Paytm to acquire Raheja QBE General Insurance

Paytm to acquire Raheja QBE General Insurance to expand its financial services offerings Digital payments platform Paytm is set to acquire 100% stake in Mumbai-based private sector general insurer Raheja QBE for INR 568 Cr. The acquisition is subject to approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). Paytm, which was founded in […]

Jul 6, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

HUL has acquired ‘VWash’ from Glenmark Pharma

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has completed the acquisition of VWash from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Today, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) said it has completed the acquisition of VWash from pharma major Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. The company, however, did not disclose the value of the transaction. ‘VWash’ was launched by Glenmark in 2013 and the brand has established itself as […]

Jun 26, 2020

Merger & Acquisition

Accenture acquires Indian data analytics firm Byte Prophecy

Accenture has acquired Byte Prophecy, an automated insights and big data analytics company based in Ahmedabad, India, to meet the growing demand for enterprise-scale AI and digital analytics solutions across the region. The acquisition will add nearly 50 data science and data engineering experts, with a particular focus on insight automation, to Accenture Applied Intelligence. The move […]

May 19, 2020