Premji Invest is set to pick up a 23% stake in JS Auto Cast Foundry India Pvt. Ltd, a unit of Bharat Forge, for ₹300 crore, as per stock exchange disclosures made by the Baba Kalyani-backed firm. The transaction is...
GIC, Mubadala in talks to join KKR’s $10 billion deal to acquire STT GDC
GIC Pte and Mubadala Investment Co. are in talks to join KKR & Co. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. in their potential purchase of data center operator STT GDC Pte, people familiar with the matter said, in what...
Capgemini to Divest US Unit Criticized for Contracts With ICE
French IT services provider Capgemini SE plans to sell a US-based unit that’s facing scrutiny over its contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The company said it would initiate the sale process of the...
Apple acquires Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai, reportedly for $1.6 billion
Apple on Thursday said it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup working on artificial intelligence technology for audio. Apple did not disclose terms of the deal for Q.ai, which was backed by venture capital firms...
SpaceX, xAI in talks over merger ahead of potential IPO
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI are in discussions over a potential merger ahead of a planned public offering later this year, Reuters reported citing a person familiar with the matter and two...
Coforge sweetens India’s largest IT deal after shareholder pushback
Coforge Ltd’s public shareholders rejected the firm’s decision to give private equity giant Advent International the right to nominate members on the board’s audit, nomination, and remuneration panels, forcing the Noida...
ONGC to offload stake in petchem arm OPal, eyes global investors
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. plans to come up with a global tender for selling stake in its petrochemical subsidiary, according to a top executive. ONGC Petro additions (OPaL) has “become our subsidiary, and we...
Zydus Lifesciences eyes acquisition of US firm Ardelyx for $2.5 billion
Ahmedabad-based Zydus Lifesciences is evaluating acquisition of a majority stake in US-based Ardelyx Inc., with the deal likely to be valued at $2.2–2.5 billion, two people aware of the development told Mint. The...
Blackstone Said to Weigh $5 Billion-Plus Sale of Beacon Offshore
Blackstone Inc. is in the early stages of weighing a sale of Beacon Offshore Energy, a Gulf of Mexico driller it’s owned for about a decade that could fetch more than $5 billion, according to people familiar with the...
State Street to buy 23% stake in Groww Mutual Fund for ₹580 crore
State Street, the world’s fourth-largest asset manager, has agreed to invest ₹580 crore for a 23% stake in the mutual fund unit of Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd, the parent of broker Groww. The transaction involves...
The Gentari stake sale gets cracking. Will Actis, Macquarie and Sembcorp bid?
Global private equity firms Macquarie, Actis, Sembcorp and strategic investors such as Serentica Renewables and JSW Group are evaluating bidding for a 50% stake in Malaysian energy firm Gentari’s India business, three...
Banijay, owner of Big Brother franchise, and All3Media in talks to merge TV production businesses: Report
French media production company Banijay Group, widely known for owning the “Big Brother” franchise, is reportedly in talks with RedBird IMI, the owner of All3Media, to merge their television production businesses...
