New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) India’s technology sector recorded 80 deals worth $2.5 billion in the second quarter of 2026, with deal volumes rising 18 per cent quarter‑on‑quarter to their highest level since Q1 2025, a report said on Friday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat said that deal values eased 35 per cent due to the absence of the mega outbound acquisitions that boosted Q1 2026.Technology deal volumes hit a five‑quarter high, driven by broader participation across M&A and pr…
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New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India’s banking, financial services and insurance sector (BFSI) recorded 65 deals worth $3.2 billion in the Q2 2026, with overall deal values rising 58 per cent quarter on quarter driven by strategic M&A transactions, a report said on Tuesday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat LLP said the increase in value was primarily driven by a single large-ticket transaction, with the sector accounting for 11 per cent of overall deal volumes and 8 per cent of total deal v…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) India’s automotive sector recorded 20 overall deals worth $717 million in Q2 2026, with deal values remaining largely strong, a report said on Monday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat said overall deal values eased marginally by 4 per cent sequentially, as capital remained concentrated in a few high-value transactions across mobility platforms, automotive technology and public market fundraisers.Mobility-as-a-Service led overall sector deal values with $298 millio…
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) India’s mergers and acquisitions’ deal value jumped 31 per cent (year‑on‑year) to $86.9 billion in the first half of 2026, even as deal volumes eased 8 per cent, highlighting fewer but larger transactions, a report has said.The report from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said momentum was concentrated in Q2 (April-June), which totalled $66.9 billion, more than triple the prior quarter and the highest quarterly total since Q2 2022, driven by a handful of large restr…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Deal activity in India cooled in May 2026 from an exceptionally strong April, with 196 transactions worth $11 billion, a report said on Monday.Excluding public market activity, the month witnessed 190 M&A and PE deals worth $10.2 billion, marking an ease of 10 per cent in volumes and a 53 per cent ease in values compared to the previous month.Large-ticket deals continued to shape monthly totals despite a pullback in overall volumes and values.The month’s volume was s…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India recorded 220 deals worth $22.8 billion in April 2026 because of a substantial surge in outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity despite ongoing global macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties, a report showed on Wednesday.The report by Grant Thornton Bharat highlighted that five billion-dollar deals contributed $17.4 billion during the month, accounting for nearly 80 per cent of the total deal value.Moreover, M&A activity emerged as the key driv…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Amid strong rebound of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in 2025, Indian dealmakers are increasingly turning to transactional risk insurance to navigate complexity, manage execution risks, and drive deal certainty, a report said on Wednesday.The report from Marsh said that M&A deal value surged nearly 37 per cent year-on-year to approach $5 trillion globally, with a sharp rise in large and mega deals.Similarly in India, growing deal sizes, cross-bo…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India’s real estate sector recorded a stable start to 2026 with 32 deals valued at $763 million in Q1 2026, even as total deal value moderated due to the absence of large-ticket transactions, a report said on Friday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat said deal volumes, including IPO and QIP activity, rose from 26 to 32 sequentially and were up about 14 per cent from 28 deals a year earlier, signalling steady momentum.The divergence between rising activity and decl…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) India’s financial services sector displayed inherent resilience in the first quarter of 2026, as deal activity normalised after strong activity in the previous quarter, despite geopolitical tensions arising from the US-Iran conflict, a report has said.As per the analysis by Grant Thornton Bharat, the industry recorded 61 deals worth $1.9 billion, showing a healthy consolidation phase. The report noted that in this figure, IPO and QIP transactions are excluded.While dea…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian tech startups raised $9.1 billion in 2025, up 23 per cent year-on-year, with funding becoming more selective and milestone-linked, a report said on Wednesday.India’s technology startup ecosystem is moving from volume-driven expansion to execution-led maturity, as capital was concentrated in scalable, commercialisation-ready ventures, the report from Nasscom and Zinnov said.It noted that 74 per cent of deal activity was at seed and early stages, underscoring the …