GSS America To Raise Upto $75 Mn For Acquisitions
GSS America Infotech Ltd is raising upto $75 Mn through various routes like QIP, FCCBs, ADRs or GDRs to fund acquisitions. GSS has identified companies in the same line of business and would acquire them in a span of a year.
GSS America is keen to acquire companies which would assure it of uniform revenues over a period of time. It may look to acquire companies in the infrastructure management space.
GSS America Infotech – incorporated in 1999 by Bhargav Marepally and Ramesh Yerramsetti – offers enterprise application and collaboration solutions, infrastructure optimization and virtualization solutions and IT and remote infrastructure management services.
It’s clientele includes Ernst & Young, BMC Software, TDS Telecom and Pepsi among others.
GSS America's Acquisitions
| Year | Target | Business |
| 2009 | ATEC Corp | Virtual Infrastructure |
| 2008 | System Dynamix Corp | Project Management, Enterprise Application Integration |
| 2006 | Infospectrum Consulting | IT Consulting & Software Development |
GSS America posted a bottomline of Rs 2.49 Cr on revenues of Rs 10.43 Cr, 10% of which comes from the Indian market, while the balance 90% comes from the US markets. GSS’s exposure in the Indian market is so low because the Indian operations are used for delivery and not a market place.
GSS America has about Rs 100 Cr cash reserves on its books as on June'09.
HCL Technologies and Wipro are the other players operating in the space.
Transaction Reference: BS
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KVEZAR VIEW
| Date | Transaction | Type | Buyer | Size ($mn) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/12/10 | GSS America Infotech - Clearwater Capital (Additional Stake) | Private Equity | Clearwater Capital Partners LLC | 0.76 |
| 16/12/10 | GSS America Infotech - Clearwater Capital | Private Equity | Clearwater Capital Partners LLC | 1.98 |
| 14/06/10 | GSS America - QIP | IPO / Offerings | 9.80 | |
| 01/08/09 | GSS America Infotech Limited - Buyout | M&A | GSS Infotech Limited (Formerly GSS America Infotech Ltd) | 1.79 |
| 15/02/08 | GSS America Infotech - IPO | IPO / Offerings | 35.27 | |
| 29/01/08 | GSS America - Kubera Cross–Border Fund | Private Equity | Kubera CrossBorder Fund Limited | 10.20 |
| Date | Type | Buyer | Target | Size ($mn) | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/05/12 | Private Equity | Looking For | Prizm Payment Services Private Limited | 92.18 | Planned |
| 17/05/12 | M&A | Carzonrent India Private Limited | QCABS | - | Announced |
| 17/05/12 | M&A | Trivone Digital Services Private Limited | Chakpak Media Private Limited | - | Completed |
| 17/05/12 | M&A | Trivone Digital Services Private Limited | WheelsUnplugged.com | - | Completed |
Company |
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| Name | Promoters | Office | Competitor | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSS Infotech Limited (Formerly GSS America Infotech Ltd) | Bhargav Marepally Ramesh Yerramsetti |
Wing-2, 3rd Floor, Block B, Cyber Gateway, Hitech City, Madhapur | Omnitech Infosolutions Limited | www.gssamerica.com |



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