Here are the Funding and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting March 26^th 2012.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Mar 26^th to April 1^st 2012] 

Funded Company / Acquired Company	Deal Type	Who Funded / Who Acquired	Funding Amount	Remarks
Kalki Communication Technologies	Private Equity	IFC & Global Environment Fund	Rs. 23 Crore	Not Available
Raining Clouds Technology Pvt. Ltd.	Seed Funding	Vijay Shekhar Sharma	Rs. 1 Crore	to develop their Appsurfer App further
Staffoncontract.com	Seed Funding	Vishal Gondal	Rs. 50 Lakh	To develop platform further & market it
Exotel Telecom Pvt. Ltd.	Series A Funding	Mumbai Angels & Blume Ventures	Rs. 2.5 Crore	For Tech development & marketing of their cloud telephony platform
iimjobs.com	Seed Funding	One97, IVP & other individual investors	Undisclosed	To develop better platform & ramp up engg team.
Linc Pen & Plastics Ltd	Minority Stake	Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd	Rs. 20 Crore	(13.5% stake) strategic investement
Proof of Performance Data Services Pvt Ltd	Series A	Yournest Angel Fund	Undisclosed	To strengthen its technology platform & Infrastructure
Yatra.com	Minority Stake	Salman Khan	Undisclosed	5% stake in Yatra.com
Universal Components	Majority Stake	TVS Group	Rs. 100 Crore	For general business expansion
Grover Vineyards	Merger	Vallee de Vin	N/A	to make joint entity – Grover Zampa Vineyards
Spear Logistics Pvt Ltd	Series B	Ambit Pragma Ventures	Rs. 7 Crore	For Business expansion
Enterprise Nube Services Pvt Ltd	Series A	Accel Partners	Rs. 8 Crore	N/A
IFMR Rural Channels & Services	Series A	Lok Capital + 1	Rs. 26 Crore	For offering financing in rural locations
Shriram Housing Finance Limited	Private Equity	Valiant Partners	Rs. 170 Crore	N/A
E2E Rail	Series A	VenturEast Proactive Fund and Zephyr Peacock	Rs. 30 Crore	For General Expansion
Mobimasta	Acquisition	Affle & D2 Communication	N/A	To scale up Indian Business
Tulsi Castings and Machining Ltd	Private Equity	India Venture Advisors	Rs. 40 Crore	N/A
Games2Win.com	Minority Stake	Nirvana Venture Advisors	N/A	10% Stake

[We are sometimes unable to get the funding amounts, as they are not disclosed. However, we update this sheet when it becomes public. If you are aware of amounts, and they have not been put up in the table, please do get in touch with us.]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding & M&A deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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2. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [March 19th to March 25th 2012]
3. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [March 12th to March 18th 2012]
4. Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Feb 13th to Feb 26th 2012]

Here are the Funding and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting March 19th 2012.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Mar 19th to March 25th 2012] 

Funded Company / Acquired Company	Deal Type	Who Funded / Who Acquired	Funding Amount	Remarks
Rajasthan Royals	Majority Stake	Jain Group	USD 200 million	For the IPL Cricket Team
Edutor Technologies	Seed Funding	Hyderabad Angels / Sashi Reddy	Rs. 2 Crore	for product development and marketing
Doshion Ltd.	Private Equity	IFC	USD 24 Million	For business expansion in India
Networkplay	Acquisition	Gruner + Jahr	Undisclosed	Strategic Buy
Allschoolstuff.com	Seed Funding	Angels Investors Consortium & others	< USD 1 Million	For organic growth & infrastructure scale
Mahindra Satyam	Merger	Tech Mahindra	USD 1.4 Billion (approx)	Strategic Merger
Ahlcon Parenterals (India) Ltd	Majority Stake / Acquisition	Braun	USD 65 Million	N/A
Englishhelper.com	Series A	Omidyar Network	Undisclosed	For general expansion
Akshara Foundation	Grant	Omidyar Network	USD 1 million	N/A
Biosense technologies Pvt. Ltd.	Seed Funding	Global Super Angels	Undisclosed	For its product development
donebynone.com	Series A	Seedfund	Undisclosed	For their ecommerce platform development
Virgo Valves & Controls	Acquisition	Thermax Ltd.	Rs. 13.39 Crore	Strategic Acquisition
Vardhman Vitrified Pvt Ltd.	Majority Stake	Nitco Ltd.	Undisclosed	Strategic Investment
Uniglobe Packaging Pvt. Ltd.	Acquisition	Amcor Ltd.	USD 20.7 Million	For expansion in India
Valentine Agro Limited	Acquisition	Naturex	Undisclosed	For expansion in India

[We are sometimes unable to get the funding amounts, as they are not disclosed. However, we update this sheet when it becomes public. If you are aware of amounts, and they have not been put up in the table, please do get in touch with us.]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding & M&A deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

Related posts:

1. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [March 12th to March 18th 2012]
2. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Mar 5th to March 11th 2012]
3. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Feb 26th to March 4th 2012]
4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [19th - 25th Sept 2011]

Here are the Funding and M&A deals happened in India for the week starting March 12^th 2012.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Mar 12th to March 18th 2012]

[We are sometimes unable to get the funding amounts, as they are not disclosed. However, we update this sheet when it becomes public. If you are aware of amounts, and they have not been put up in the table, please do get in touch with us.]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding & M&A deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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1. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [12th - 18th Sept 2011]
2. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the Week [5th Feb - 12th Feb 2012]
3. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Mar 5th to March 11th 2012]
4. Indian Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Feb 26th to March 4th 2012]

Lets take a look at the funding & M&A deals that in the fortnight starting January 23^rd 2012. [Generally, we publish this weekly, but we could not cover it earlier, so we have put up fortnightly deals]

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Jan 23^rd to Feb 4^th 2012]

Funded Company / Acquired Company	Deal Type	Who Funded /   Who Acquired	Funding Amount	Remarks
Messung Group	Acquisition	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	Undisclosed	to accelerate its industrial automation systems business in India
Super Religare Laboratories	Private Equity	International Finance Corp. (IFC)	USD 30 Million	To fuel its inorganic growth
IOT Infrastructure	Private Equity	UTI Capital	Rs. 100 Crore	For general expansion
Bluestone.com	Series A	Accel Partners, SVB, K Ganesh	USD 5 Million	For expansion of their Jewellery ecommerce platform
Freecharge.in	Series A	Sequoia Capital India	USD 4 Million	To expand their ecommerce platform
Netmagic Solutions	Acquisition	NTT Comm. Corp.	USD 128 Million (approx)	74% stake acquired. Strategic investment
Gadhia Solar	Private Equity	Zephyr Peacock	Rs. 50 Crore	N/A
Peel-Works	Seed Funding	Indian Angel Network	Rs. 3.25 Crore	For general expansion of their cloud platform
InRev Systems Pvt Ltd	Series A	Kolkata based investor	Undisclosed	To setup office in India & Sales Unit
SIBHPL	Private Equity	3i India	USD 61 Million	To execute Road projects in hand
eDreams Edusoft	Seed Funding	Mumbai Angels	USD 1 Million	For their Technology Edu platform
Flipkart.com	Series C	Accel Partners, Tiger Global	USD 150 Million	For expansion of their Ecommerce Platform
Venturenet Partners Pvt Ltd	Series A	Ojas Ventures	Undisclosed	to boost their consumer radio services
Sai Security Printers	Private Equity	Aureos South Asia Fund	USD 7 Million	For general expansion
Ujjivan Financial Services	Private Equity	Wolfensohn Capital Partners, FMO & others	Rs. 128 Crore	N/A
Raamns Shipping & Logistics	Majority Stake	Oil Field Warehouse & Services Ltd	Undisclosed	N/A
Apex Drugs and Intermediaries	Acquisition	Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd	Rs. 250 Crore	To become integrated formulation company
Godrej Properties	Private Equity	GIC Real Estate	USD 100 Million	To develop project in BKC Mumbai
UTV Software Communications	Majority Stake	Walt Disney Co.	Undisclosed	N/A
Openwave Systems, Inc	Acquisition	Persistent Systems Ltd	Undisclosed	to foray into mobile location based services
Bush Foods Overseas	Private Equity	Standard Chartered Private Equity	Undisclosed	N/A
Indiahomes.com	Series A	Helion Venture Capital and Foundation Capital	USD 4 Million	To make entry into ecommerce space
Sintex Industries Limited	Private Equity	Emerging Markets Management	USD 3 Million	N/A

[We are sometimes unable to get the funding amounts, as they are not disclosed. However, we update this sheet when it becomes public. If you are aware of amounts, and they have not been put up in the table, please do get in touch with us.]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding & M&A deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

Related posts:

1. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the fortnight [26th Dec 2011 - 1st Jan 2012]
2. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the Week [16th Jan - 22nd Jan 2012]
3. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [17th Oct - 23rd Oct 2011]
4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the fortnight [12th Dec - 25th Dec 2011]

At Trak.in, we’ve been giving you regular updates of the big India funding deals and the top Mergers & Acquisitions through the year. According to a report by Grant Thornton, the value of Indian M & As declined 56 percent in the Q3 for 2011. And according to Dealogic, "India’s targeted volume decreased 33 percent from 65.1 billion dollars in 2010 to 43.7 billion dollars in 2011."

Let’s see which deals got into the top 10 spot this year, in no particular order.

The Reliance – BP deal

The much talked about Reliance – BP deal finally came through in July 2011 after a 5 month wait. Reliance Industries signed a 7.2 billion dollar deal with UK energy giant BP, with 30 percent stake in 21 oil and gas blocks operated in India. Although the Indian government’s approval on two oil blocks still remains pending, this still makes it one of the biggest FDI deals to come through in India Inc in 2011-12-31.

Essar exits Vodafone

In March 2011, the Vodafone Group announced that it would buy 33 percent stake in its Indian joint venture for about 5 billion dollars after the Essar Group sold its holding and exited Vodafone. Healthcare giant Piramal Group too, bought about 5.5 percent in the Indian arm of Vodafone for about 640 million dollars. This brings Vodafone’s current stake to about 75 percent.

The Fortis Healthcare merger

In September 2011, India’s second largest hospital chain, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd, announced that it will merge with Fortis Healthcare International Pte Ltd., the promoters’ privately held company. This will make Fortis Asia’s top healthcare provider with the approximate total revenue pegged at Rs. 4,800 crore. Fortis India will buy the entire stake of the Singapore based Fortis International. This company is currently held by the Delhi-based Singh brothers (Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh).

iGate acquires majority stake in Patni Computers

In May 2011, IT firm iGate completed its acquisition of its midsized rival Patni Computers for an estimated 1.2 billion dollars. For iGate, the main aim of this acquisition was to increase its revenue, vertical capability and customer base. iGate now holds an approximate stake of 82.5 percent in Patni computers, now called iGate Patni.

GVK Power acquires Hancock Coal

In one of the biggest overseas acquisitions initiated by India in September 2011, Hyderabad-based GVK Power bought out Australia’s Hancock Coal for about 1.26 billion dollars. The acquisition includes a majority of the coal resources, railway line and port infrastructure of Hancock Coal, along with the option for long term coal supply contracts.

Essar Energy’s Stanlow Refinery Deal with Royal Dutch Shell

The Ruias’ flagship company for its oil business, Essar Energy completed its 350 million dollar acquisition of the UK based Stanlow Refinery of Shell in August 2011. In addition to a direct access to the UK market, Essar is planning to make optimum utilization of this deal with its ’100 day plan’ to improve operations at the UK unit.

Aditya Birla Group to acquire Columbian Chemicals

In June 2011, the Aditya Birla Group announced its completion of acquiring US based Columbian Chemicals, a 100 year old carbon black maker company for an estimated 875 million dollars. This will make the Aditya Birla Group one of the largest carbon black maker companies in the world, doubling its production capacity instantly.

Mahindra & Mahindra acquires Ssangyong

In March 2011, Mahindra acquired a 70 percent stake in ailing South Korean auto maker Ssangyong Motor Company Limited (SYMC) at a total of 463 million dollars. This acquisition will see the Korean company’s flagship SUV models, the Rexton II and the Korando C foray into the Indian market.

The Vedanta – Cairn acquisition

December 2011 finally saw the completion of the much talked about Vedanta – Cairn deal that was in the pipeline for more than 16 months. Touted to be the biggest deal for Indian energy sector, Vedanta acquired Cairn India for a neat 8.6 billion dollars. Although the Home Ministry cleared the deal, it has highlighted areas of concern with 64 legal proceedings against Vedanta.

Adani Enterprises takes over Abbot Point Coal

In June 2011, Adani acquired the Australian Abbot Point Port for 1.9 billion dollars. With this deal, the revenues from port operations are expected to almost triple from 110 million Australian dollars to 305 million Australian dollars in 2011. According to Adani, this was amongst the largest port deals ever made.

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3. Indian Mergers and Acquisitions: The changing face of Indian Business
4. The Indian mergers and acquisitions are growing exponentially.

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & Acquisition deals happened in India for the week starting 12^th December. We also somehow missed to cover the funding deals prior week to last, so we will cover it in this edition itself.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Nov12^th 2011 to Dec 25^th 2011]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding & M&A deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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1. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [12th - 18th Sept 2011]
2. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [19th - 25th Sept 2011]
3. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [3rd Oct - 9th Oct 2011]
4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [7th Nov - 13th Nov 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals happened in India for the week starting 28^th November.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Nov 28^th 2011 to Dec 4^th 2011]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [21st Nov - 27th Nov 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals happened in India for the week starting 21^st November.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Nov 21^st 2011 to Nov 27^th 2011]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. Most of the deals which we put up here are published on multiple websites, and we do refer them to provide the accuracy of deal in question. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [26th Sept - 2nd Oct 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 26^th  September.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Sept 26th  to Oct 2nd 2011]

You can check out coverage of all the previous Weekly Funding deals round-up here.

Note: Even though we try our best to bring you all the funding / M&A deals of the week, there are always ones which go un-reported. If you know of the any that we have not covered, please let us know and we will be more than happy to add it to the list!

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1. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [19th - 25th Sept 2011]
2. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [12th - 18th Sept 2011]
3. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [5th - 11th Sept 2011]
4. Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [29-4th Aug 2011]