VLCC Acquires Men’s Grooming Startup Ustraa
VLCC, a beauty and skincare brand, has acquired Happily Unmarried Marketing Private Ltd, which owns the men’s grooming brand Ustraa, through a combination of secondary buy-out and share swap. The acquisition deal will help VLCC to enter the men’s grooming segment. Additionally, VLCC’s existing product business will benefit from Ustraa’s […]
Genetic Diagnostics Firm MedGenome Acquires Prognosis Laboratories
MedGenome, a genetic diagnostics firm, has acquired Prognosis Laboratories. With this acquisition deal, MedGenome aims to strengthen its existing network and expand its services to a wider population base, benefiting over 11,000 clinicians in India. MedGenome Acquires Prognosis Laboratories MedGenome is a genomics-driven research and diagnostics firm working with a […]
Edtech Platform Toprankers Acquires Career Guidance Firm ProBano
Toprankers, an edtech platform for careers beyond engineering and medical, has acquired career guidance platform ProBano in a cash-and-stock deal. With this deal, Toprankers has marked its foray into the career discovery and guidance segment and looks to leverage ProBano’s expertise in designing its career discovery and experience platform, aiming […]
Sports Tech Startup Sportzcraazy Acquires Controlling Stake In Kabaddi Adda
Sportzcraazy, a sports tech and media platform, has announced the acquisition of the media content platform Kabaddi Adda. With this acquisition deal, Sportzcraazy has acquired majority and controlling stakes in Kabaddi Adda. The firm claims the acquisition will extend the combined reach of the two platforms to over five million […]
Cashfree Payments Acquires Gurugram-based Checkout Platform Zecpe
Cashfree Payments, a payments gateway platform, has acquired one-click checkout platform Zecpe to scale up its fintech exposure for ecommerce users. With this acquisition deal, Zecpe will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cashfree Payments. Also, Hriday Agarwal, Founder of Zecpe, will join the Cashfree Payments team as Head, e-commerce, […]
InCred Capital Acquires Orowealth, Launches Wealthtech Platform InCred Money
InCred Capital, a fintech startup, has acquired wealthtech startup Orowealth in an all-cash deal for the launch of its retail-focused wealthtech platform InCred Money. With this acquisition deal, InCred Money gets assets under management (AuM) of Rs 1,100+ cr along with a robust technology platform and an experienced team. Additionally, as […]
Open English Acquires Bengaluru-based Learning App Enguru
Open English, a Miami-based online learning firm, has acquired Bengaluru-based mobile language-learning app Enguru for an undisclosed amount in a share swap deal. As per Open English, English has been growing as one of the most commonly used languages in the workplace across India. Additionally, the rise of internet users […]
Listed Unicorn Nykaa To Acquire Digital Content Platform Little Black Book
Nykaa, a beauty ecommerce platform, has received its board’s approval to acquire digital content platform Little Black Book (LBB) in an all-cash deal. The transaction, which is subject to various regulatory approvals, is expected to be completed within 60 days. As per the beauty ecommerce platform, the acquisition of Little […]
Edtech Unicorn UpGrad Acquires Online Learning Platform Harappa Education
UpGrad, an edtech unicorn, has acquired New Delhi-based online learning platform Harappa Education for $38 million (about Rs 296 crore) in a cash-and-share swap deal. The edtech Unicorn has closed the acquisition deal with Harappa shareholders, Bodhi Tree Systems, and Co-founders Pramath Raj Sinha and Shreyasi Singh. UpGrad Acquires Harappa […]
Ananta Capital Acquires Majority Stake In Mattress Maker Springwel
Ananta Capital, a sector-agnostic investment management platform, has acquired a majority stake in Springwel Mattresses, a mattress and sleep solutions brand. The mattress and sleep solutions brand will use the capital for EBOs and distribution expansion, ramp-up of online channels of sale, the launch of new innovative products, and technology […]