Sachin Bansal, the co-founder of India’s leading e-commerce marketplace Flipkart, has invested $21 million in Ola — the leading...
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Co-living startup Grexter secures $1.5 million in its Pre-Series A funding round
Venture Catalysts is placing its bet on the rental accommodation sphere and has invested $1.5 million in Grexter — one of the leading...
Huawei Y9 2019 with 6.5-inch display and 4GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 15,990
Huawei has announced its new mid-range smartphone Huawei Y9 2019 in the Indian market. This launch also marks the debut of the Y-series smartphones...
Samsung Galaxy S10 launch event scheduled on 20th February
Samsung has been launching its Galaxy S-series smartphones a few days ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC) and this time is no...
Hero Electronix enters consumer electronics space with AI-powered connected devices
Hero Electronix has today announced its entry into the Consumer technology space with a series of AI-powered connected devices. The company is...
All of Google’s #CES2019 announcements, right here
The mega Las Vegas consumer electronics event is underway, and there have been a literal flurry of announcements coming in from Google. And while it...
OLX acquires Aasaanjobs to expand its jobs classifieds vertical
In a bid to expand its jobs classifieds business in India, OLX Group has acquired Aasaanjobs — an online recruitment marketplace for blue and...
Pokemon GO maker Niantic pockets$190Mn ahead of Harry Potter game launch
Niantic, a startup which makes mobile augmented reality (AR) games, has secured $190 million in a new Series C funding round, as revealed by the...
Servify acquires gadget repair startup iService in cash-and-stock deal
Servify, a Mumbai-based company that offers brand-authorized after-sales service for devices, has announced the acquisition of Bengaluru-based gadget...
CarDekho bags $110 million Series C round from Sequoia, CapitalG, others
CarDekho, an online market for automobiles, has announced that it has secured $110 million in Series C funding round, led by existing investors...
After Swiggy, Zomato is reportedly raising $1 Billion of its own
India’s food-tech market is getting a bit more spicy now. As the market matures and market penetration for food delivery services increases...
Huawei Y9 (2019) to launch in India on 7th January as Amazon-exclusive
Soon after Amazon India started teasing the launch of Huawei Y9 (2019) in the Indian market, the company has sent out media invites for the launch of...
Paytm Payments Bank finally gets RBI nod to add new customers
Paytm, which was among the first to launch the payments bank service in India, hasn’t had a good run so far. Soon after launching the service...
Xiaomi dismisses price hike rumours related to Redmi 6 Pro, Redmi 6A and Mi Air Purifier 2S
A message related to price hike on Xiaomi products in India was being circulated online since the past few days. The message suggested that the...
Visa is buying cross-border payment service provider Earthport for $250 million
International payments giant Visa, has announced that it is acquiring Earthport for £198 million ($250.6 million). Earthport is a company that...
High Street Essentials raises ₹60 crore Series B funding round from SAIF Partners
Noida-based High Street Essentials, which owns and operates omni-channel women’s fashion brands FabAlley and Indya, has raised ₹60 crore Series B...
Realme’s upcoming entry-level smartphone Realme A1 leaks
Realme, a smartphone brand which started off as an Oppo sub-brand earlier this year for the online-only retail in India, has travelled a long way...
Bike taxi service Baxi pivots to hyperlocal delivery; rebrands as B-fresh
Baxi, a Gurugram-based bike taxi service provider, has now pivoted to a hyperlocal delivery service provider. For this, the company has already...
Sachin Bansal’s BAC acquisitions to acquire stakes in up and coming tech companies
Sachin Bansal, co-founder of India’s one of the largest online marketplace Flipkart, and a billionaire post his stake sale, is now returning to...
SpaceX completes its final mission of 2018 with US Military’s GPS III satellite launch
SpaceX successfully launched the United States Air Force’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, which is nicknamed Vespucci...
Reliance invests in Blockchain, has acquired a minority stake in VAKT Holdings for $5.5 million
What would certainly come in as a major push for Blockchain in the country, Reliance Industries, the Mukesh-Ambani owned $140Bn+ conglomerate, has...