M&A Deal Summary

Rallis India Acquires Metahelix Life Sciences

On December 30, 2010, Rallis India acquired agriculture company Metahelix Life Sciences from Kotak Private Equity Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rallis India’s 1st transaction in the Agriculture sector.
  • This is Rallis India’s 1st transaction in India.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-12-30
Target Metahelix Life Sciences
Sector Agriculture
Buyer(s) Rallis India
Sellers(s) Kotak Private Equity Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Metahelix Life Sciences

Bangalore, India
Metahelix is an agricultural biotechnology company focusing on developing traits and technologies for crop protection & improved productivity. Metahelix also provides customized research to select global Ag-biotech business using its proprietary technologies in crop transformation and functional genomics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Rallis India

Mumbai, India

Category Company
Founded 1948
Sector Chemicals
Employees1,677
Revenue 26.4B INR (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Rallis India offers manufacturing capabilities in crop protection chemicals and various types of chemistries with ability to develop new processes and formulations supported by the capacity to register new products. Rallis India was founded in 1948 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: India M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Kotak Private Equity Group

Mumbai, India

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kotak Private Equity Group (KPEG) is the private equity investment arm of financial services firm, Kotak Mahindra Group. KPEG looks to invest $20 to $40 million in a variety of mid-sized Indian companies to support expansion, acquisitions, or buyouts KPEG targets businesses with strong management and growth potential operating in fragmented industries. Sectors of interest include life science, retail, media/entertainment, light manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, healthcare, distribution, and IT/software. Kotak is based in Mumbai.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 18
Sector: Agriculture M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 5
Country: India M&A 4 of 17
Year: 2010 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Chennai, India

Paramount Airways is a full-service carrier operating in South India with a unique model of offering frequent connectivity between two destinations with business class service at economy prices. The airline operates a fleet of five Embraer 70-75 seater jets connecting eight destinations with about forty two flights per day and enjoys market leadership in these sectors. Paramount Airways was founded in 1998 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-03-14 BVG

Pune, India

BVG is a provider of facilities Management Service provider. The company offers services related to mechanized cleaning and facilities management services, waste management services, turnkey plant relocation, maintenance and construction of utility plants at industrial units, landscape design & development. BVG was founded in 1997 and is based in Pune, India.

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