Saints & Masters Buys Xencia, Sets ₹1,000-Crore Microsoft Cloud Target

Saints & Masters, a Kochi-based technology advisory firm, bought Bengaluru cloud and AI provider Xencia Technology Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The deal adds eight Microsoft Advanced Specializations, more than 500 cloud customers, and over 150 Azure-certified engineers to S&M's roster. The combined entity is targeting ₹1,000 crore in revenue from its Microsoft Cloud business over the next few years, the company said.

CEO Jaikrishnan G called the acquisition central to scaling the firm's Microsoft cloud, AI, and digital transformation offerings for clients in India and abroad. "Xencia brings a team of experienced professionals with expertise across the entire Microsoft cloud stack," he said. "Together, we are building a comprehensive multi-cloud AI delivery platform."

The buyout is expected to create more than 1,000 technology jobs over the next two to three years as the company scales engineering and delivery capabilities globally. Xencia's workforce of more than 350 engineers and delivery professionals, based in Bengaluru and Chennai, will be fully integrated into the S&M group.

Xencia holds ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and PCI DSS certifications, making it one of India's more credentialed Microsoft partners. The firm has completed more than 80 large datacenter migrations. S&M operates in North America, the UK, Australia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

The deal follows S&M's earlier acquisition of Kochi-based Nubinix Technologies, an AWS Advanced Tier Partner. That deal strengthened the company's cloud infrastructure capabilities and expanded its AWS service offerings.

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