Acquisition

Ola has today officially confirmed that it has acquired TaxiForSure for $200 million or close to Rs. 1200 Crore. Ola is already a leading cab aggregation and rental company and with acquisition of TaxiForSure, they have now moved far…

Rumours of Snapdeal acquiring Exclusively have been around for few days and now it is finally confirmed. Snapdeal has acquired online Fashion & designer apparel portal Exclusively for an undisclosed sum. Fashion is one of the…

BookMyShow, a Big Tree Entertainment, company is acquiring a majority stake in event Social Media aggregator company Eventifier for over $2 million or roughly Rs. 12 crore in all cash deal according to ET report. This is a strategic…

The online food ordering sector is seeing lot of churn in off late, not only in India, but also at a global level. Germany based Rocket Internet, who have built and backed multiple online multi-million dollar startups across the globe,…

Mahindra Group has acquired BabyOye.com, for an undisclosed sum. Anand Mahindra, Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group announced the acquisition of BabyOye on Twitter with this tweet. BabyOye’s privacy document and…

After an uber-rough and a relatively forgettable 2014, the US based taxi service Uber is now looking forward to strengthening its hold in the organized taxi service business. Still banned from operating in the Indian capital and many…

Zomato’s acquisition spree is not over yet – They have today announced acquisition of Turkey’s leading restaurant discovery and review service, Mekanist for undisclosed sum. This is Zomato’s seventh acquisition in just over 6 months…

So the rumours (read our previous report below) were true. In an official blog post published by Twitter today, they have conformed acquisition of Bangalore based ZipDial. Here is the Tweet posted by both the companies. We’ve agreed to…

Zomato has made it’s biggest acquisition yet – They have acquired US based Urbanspoon. It is their sixth acquisition in last six months and also quite surprising given the price they have paid for it. While the press release sent to us…

Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, who has $14.9 billion of personal assets, has made his first acquisition of an Indian startup: BestDecisions.com. Murdoch led Newscorp acquired this Mumbai based finance education portal for undisclosed amount.…

Zomato is expanding internationally at hectic pace – and they are able to achieve this growth inorganically by acquiring various restaurant web properties across the globe. Zomato has now made their 5th acquisition in as many months –…

Amazon may come up with it’s first acquisition in India. Rumours are rife that the ecommerce giant is planning to buy Indian fashion ecommerce portal jabong.com for the price of $1.2 Billion (highest amount for acquisition in Indian…

TastyKhana, a Pune based online/mobile food ordering and delivery service startup has been acquired by Rocket Internet backed Global online food delivery marketplace FoodPanda. Interestingly, Foodpanda’s competitor Delivery Hero had…

Times Internet, who have been quite aggressive on inorganic growth this year have made yet another acquisition – they have acquired cricket news portal CricBuzz for an undisclosed amount . Interestingly, this is Times Internet’s fifth…

Indian startup getting acquired by a Global biggie has been quite rare – however, things are changing and changing fast. Infact, Google, Facebook and Yahoo have all made their first Indian startup acquisition in 2014. Google acquired…

Mergers and acquisitions (M & A) is the area of corporate finances, management and strategy dealing which deals with purchasing and/or joining with other companies. Though the two are often mentioned together, a merger is very…

The  rumours that have been around since June of this year seem to have come true. Sequoia Capital backed Cardekho has acquired Ibibo group company Gaadi.com reports ToI. The acquisition by Cardekho.com is a clear sign that the online…

Indian Product startups are slowly coming of age – After Facebook acquired Little Eye Labs and Google acquired impermium, Yahoo has made their first Indian acquisition. They have bought Bangalore based startup company Bookpad, makers of…

Pune based social media & digital consulting agency Buzzfactory today announced that it has merged with US based Qliktag Software Inc. an who offer innovative mobile software solutions to customers. Based on our discussion with…

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has acquired controlling stake of 78% in Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd (NW18) for Rs 4000 crore; along with its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd. This has been hailed as the…