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Silver Lake in talks to buy Workday, sources saySilver Lake and the human-resources and financial management software company have held discussions about a potential deal in recent month...
Coforge launches private equity business unit for private equity sectorPowered by Coforge Nuuron, its AI operating system and enterprise autonomy platform, Coforge’s PE business unit aims to combine technology,...
PEs trade big buyouts for founder-led and AI-driven nimble companiesSuch investments are focused on digital, AI-infrastructure and data services stack. Valuations are selectively improving with business deli...
Nazara’s new raise; PEs gravitate to startupsHappy Friday! Nazara Technologies will raise funds via a preferential issue. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Impact of MDR’s return; KKR veterans to anchor new fundHappy Thursday! Competition in the payments space may change with merchant fees on UPI potentially making a comeback. This and more in toda...
MFs push back on Zepto valuation; PEs take AI betsHappy Monday! Zepto's IPO pricing expectation has run into resistance from top mutual funds. This and more in today's ETtech Morning Dispat...
Private equity investors shift tech bets from IT services to AI startupsBankers and investors told ET that interest is expanding beyond capital-intensive AI infrastructure to applications that automate business ...
Vibe-coding startup Emergent's valuation jumps 5x to $1.5 billion in new fundingThe latest financing takes Emergent's total capital raised since inception to $230 million. The startup last raised $70 million in January,...
US Stock Market: Private credit lending slumps in Q2 despite rebound in fundraisingUS private credit funds raised significant capital in the second quarter. Direct lending activity, however, saw a sharp decline during the ...
Microsoft joins AI-driven tech layoff wave with 4,800 job cutsMicrosoft is cutting approximately 4,800 jobs, representing 2.1% of its workforce. This move follows a wave of tech layoffs and significant...
Inside Cursor's journey to a $60 billion deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceXSpaceX has acquired AI coding assistant Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock deal, significantly bolstering its AI ambitions. This move p...
Applied Aerospace & Defense valued at $3.5 billion as shares rise in NYSE debutApplied Aerospace & Defense made its stock market debut on Wednesday. The company's shares opened higher than their offer price. This debut...
Bain Capital mulls $10 billion sale of Rocket Software, sources sayGlobal information technology (IT) spending is expected to grow nearly 10% to touch $5.61 trillion this year, according to technology resea...
PE fund Apax India head Anurag Sud quitsApax Partners LLP appointed Harjot Dhaliwal as the new India head after Anurag Sud's departure. This aligns with the firm's strategy shift ...
Smartsheet to go private in $8.4 billion deal with PE firms Vista and BlackstoneSmartsheet develops software that offers more features and capabilities than Microsoft's Excel, targeting organizations seeking to manage, ...
Vista Equity Partners nears $4 billion buyout of fintech company EngageSmart: ReportVista Equity Partners is close to a $4 billion deal to acquire payments software vendor EngageSmart , a sizable buyout at a time when many ...
- Former i-flex officials bid for Oracle's services business
Former officials of i-flex have come together to bid for the co's services biz, in a transaction that has potential to become India's large...
- Buyout will add buoyancy to Zensar
The stock of small-cap software services provider Zensar Technologies jumped to its monthly high of Rs 164.50 on Monday after the company a...
- Gokaldas deal: Shape of things to come
Blackstone’s acquisition of Gokaldas Exports comes a few months after it bought Intelnet and PE watchers and with a PE fund likely to take ...
- Celunite gets PE funding from Garnett & Helfrich
Celunite, the US-headquartered provider of open mobile platforms software and services, which had acquired the services business of Codito ...