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India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services<\/a> (TCS) is "hungry" for acquisitions and is scouting for assets that can bring in intellectual property and widen market reach to further accelerate growth.<\/p>\n

Speaking to PTI, Chief Operating Officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam said TCS had acquired two entities \u2014 W12 and BridgePoint Group \u2014 last year and both of them have been integrated well with the Mumbai-based firm.<\/p>\n

"We continue to remain open and hungry for acquisitions. We have one of the best track records in terms of acquiring companies and integrating them\u2026 the approach is that clearly, we are in the market looking for the right asset which will add certain amount of IP (intellectual property), market reach or client addition," he said.<\/p>\n

TCS, which had acquired French SAP service provider acquire Alti SA for 75 million euros (about Rs 533 crore) in 2013, has been focussing on organic growth even as its global and domestic rivals went on an acquisition spree.<\/p>\n

Infosys<\/a> acquired consumer insights agency WongDoody for USD 75 million last year. Wipro<\/a>'s investment in the digital space includes entities like Designit and Cooper.<\/p>\n

TCS, in November last year, announced the acquisition of W12 Studios (for an undisclosed amount). A digital design studio based in London, the acquisition of W12 was part of TCS' efforts to bolster its digital and creative design capabilities.<\/p>\n

In the same month, TCS acquired the business of BridgePoint Group, LLC, a US management consulting firm (for an undisclosed sum).<\/p>\n

Asked about the opportunities in the market, Subramaniam said there are options, especially among startups.<\/p>\n

"Some of the startups are doing very well, blockchain is an area where lot of firms have come up. There are many who are working on future of financial services, future of cash, future of payments\u2026 so we continue to watch closely some of those Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a>
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