NEW DELHI: GirnarSoft , the parent company of auto classifieds portal CarDekho .com, has acquired virtual reality startup Volob Technologies in an all-cash deal, the company announced on Tuesday.This is the eight such transaction entered into by GirnarSoft, which has emerged as one of the most active players in the Indian startup M&A leaderboard over the past 18 months, and comes less than a week after it announced its acquisition of SaaS startup Connecto.Founded in 2010 by Tarun Kumar and Shweta Jain, Volob Technologies provides 3D visualisation solutions to various industries, primarily automotive, according to a company-issued statement.The acquisition is expected to add to CarDekho.com’s 3D visualisation capabilities through technologies like virtual reality and augmented reality, the press release stated."Volob has proven expertise in the virtual content. CarDekho.com’s acquisition of Volob is aimed at amplifying the visual experience of car buyers in both real and virtual settings. GirnarSoft has enriched its value proposition for online buyers, dealers and OEMs," said Amit Jain , chief executive of CarDekho.According to the official statement, Volob Technologies counts automobile companies, such as Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra, among its list of clients. It has also serviced well-known brands such as Godrej, Greenply and Somany Ceramics."Joining CarDekho.com will help us provide solutions which can enable automotive industry deliver life-like experiences to car buyers across multiple touch points," said Volob Co-founder Kumar.The latest acquisition is the second such made by the Jaipur-headquartered GirnarSoft. It had previously acquired Drishya360s, a premier photography and video production firm to develop its virtual reality framework.The terms of the Volob Technologies acquisition, however, were not disclosed.Other acquisitions by GirnarSoft include, Times Internet-backed ZigWheels and cross-product price comparison portal BuyingIQ.com, both for undisclosed sums, in 2015.Prior to that, in April 2014, the company had acquired Naspers Group-backed Gaadi.com. Separately, it has made a strategic investment in car testing and benchmarking firm Advanced Structures India, while also incubating and investing in CollegeDekho.com.The buyouts also come a little over a month after the consumer internet company closed an undisclosed round of funding, led by Google Capital , the growth equity investment fund backed by Alphabet, and existing backer, Hillhouse Capital, which is believed to have valued it between $375 million-$400 million.CarDekho, the flagship brand of GirnarSoft, and which competes with Mumbai-headquartered, Temasek Holdings and March Capital-backed rival auto classifieds venture CarTrade.com , as well as with horizontal classified portals, such as Naspers-backed OLX and Warburg Pincus and Tiger Global-backed Quikr , claims to draw about 33 million visits on a monthly basis.