Acquisitions | Page 2

Bartronics' investment is expected to help increase aggregation volumes, enhance processing capacity and support the addition of new product categories.

The talks come shortly after Urban Harvest acquired premium gourmet food brand Cocosutra in an all-cash transaction valued at INR 2.5 crore.

A licensing agreement for LKP Finance's proposed name change to Gyftr is currently under process.

Following the acquisition, Urban Harvest plans to scale the brand by expanding distribution and improving price competitiveness through supply chain efficiencies.

The deal will see Info Edge exit Gramophone and take a minority stake in the combined entity.

As part of the deal, CarInfo and its companion app BikeInfo will be brought into the CARS24 ecosystem. However, both applications will continue to function as standalone products and will retain their existing teams.

As part of the agreement, UMG will secure global distribution rights for all future original soundtracks created for projects owned or controlled by Excel Entertainment.

The transaction is expected to be completed within the next 3–9 months.

The approval process is expected to take about 12 to 15 months.

VBL, which is majority-owned by the Jaipuria family, will execute this deal through its South African subsidiary called Bevco, which will give it control of three Twizza manufacturing plants in Cape Town, Queenstown, and Middelburg.

It is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

The transaction is valued at INR 57.74 crore and will be executed through a share swap.

Following the acquisition, the founders and team members of Bytes will join Cautio's research and development team.

The acquisition will add a large tertiary care hospital with a capacity of 360 beds to Park Medi World's portfolio.

The acquisition is targeted for completion on or before 31 March 2026.

Fortis Healthcare plans to invest an additional INR 410 crore over the next three years to expand bed capacity, upgrade medical infrastructure, and strengthen clinical programs at the Yeshwanthpur hospital.

According to Tata Chemicals, the acquisition supports its plan to increase participation in higher value and less cyclical product segments.

With this acquisition, Extreme IX will serve as the foundation for Megaport's expansion in India.

The deal marks AnyMind Group's entry into offline retail and is its 13th acquisition overall and 7th in Japan.

With the acquisition, Näck's range of supplements will become part of GABIT's existing health ecosystem.

The value of the deal was not revealed.