Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 8th August.
Funding, M&A Deals of the Week [Aug 8th to Aug 14th 2011]
| Funded Company / Acquired Company | Deal Type | Who Funded / Who Acquired |
Funding Amount | Remarks |
| Ixigo.com | Private Equity | MakeMyTrip India & Saif Partners | USD 18.5 Million | to expand product offerings for online travel research & trip-planning |
| Caparo Energy | Private Equity | IDFC India Infrastructure Fund | USD 33 Million | For financing and executing projects |
| Kids Clinic Bangalore | Private Equity | Matrix Partners | Rs. 45 Crore | to increase footprint & add 3 new facilities |
| Abhay Cortex | Private Equity | SEAF India Agribusiness Fund | Not Disclosed | For general expansion |
| Vodafone Essar | Strategic investment | Piramal Healthcare | USD 640 Million | as financial investment for Piramal healthcare |
| Baldor Electric Pvt. Ltd | Acquisition | ABB Ltd. | Rs. 35.7 crore | Source: VC Circle |
| BSFL | Private Equity | 9 banks and 4private institutional investors | Rs. 800 Crore | Source: Deal Curry |
| Skymet | Series A funding | Omnivore Capital | Not Disclosed | to improve accuracy of forecasts |
You can check out coverage of all the weekly deal round-ups 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!