Indian Funding, M&A deals of the week [24th Oct – 31st Oct 2011]

Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 24^thOctober.

Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Oct 24^th 2011 to Oct 31^st 2011]

Funded Company / Acquired Company	Deal Type	Who Funded /                  Who Acquired	Funding Amount	Remarks
IRIS Unified Technologies Ltd	Acquisition	Comparex Group	Not Disclosed	To leverage the potential of the Indian market
Chakpak.com	Acquisition	Flipkart.com	N/A	Rumor Source: Techcircle.in
Wirkle Inc.	Acquisition	Location Labs	Not Disclosed	To build next gen mobile personal safety & security services
Valyoo Technologies Pvt. Ltd	Series A	IDG Ventures India	USD 4 Million	For general expansion of their 3 ecomm platforms
F1 Team Lotus	Private Equity	Gaurav Burman	USD 10 Million	N/A
KPIT Cummins financial services software business	Acquisition	Infrasoft Technologies	Not Disclosed	To increase their presence in Financial Domain
TCNS Clothing Company	Private Equity	Matrix Partners	Rs. 60 Crore	To launch brands in international markets
Mahalakshmi Smelters Pvt Ltd	Acquisition	Indsil Hydro Power and Manganese Limited	Not Disclosed	For general expansion
TKH Plastics	Acquisition	Aptar Group	USD 18 Million	For expanding in Indian Market
Cerebrata	Acquisition	Red Gate Software	Not Disclosed	For general expansion
ETA Engineering	Acquisition	Vikram Logistics	USD 14.42 Million	to complete the construction of the two Freightstar container terminals

Looks like the Diwali Week was big on Acquisition, which saw atleast 8 acquisition announcements. 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!