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airbnb

Airbnb acquires social payments platform Tilt to simplify group travel expenses

To become the only one-stop destination for travelling experiences, Airbnb has now…

Myntra to foray into offline retail space with Spanish fashion label “Mango”

For most part of the last year, we’ve been hearing that Myntra…
vector watch / fitbit

The Pebble acquisition set Fitbit back by around $23 million

Fitbit acquired Pebble late last year. At the time, no numbers  regarding…

MakieLab, a unique UK-based 3D printing startup, has been acquired by Disney

MakieLab, a London-based startup spearheading the rather unique business of 3D printing…

Post its acquisition, Groupon Malaysia unveils its rebranded O2O restaurant platform Fave

Groupon Malaysia had been acquired by a leading O2O firm, Fave Group,…
myntra tech connect retail

Myntra looking to invest in 15-20 brands through its Brand Accelerator programme

Though Flipkart-owned Myntra is already the largest online fashion portal in India…
Snapdeal, flipkart

Snapdeal to layoff 600 employees, founders salaries cut by 100 percent

On the heels of FreeCharge CEO Govind Rajan’s resignation this morning, fresh…
acko, stellaris, absentia, buttercups funding, money

Reap Chemist gets backing from FreeCharge founders, others for its pharmaceutical supply chain management app

Reap Chemist, which is running a Business-to-Business (B2B) supply chain management mobile…
flipkart, ebay india

Flipkart said to be in talks with Microsoft, PayPal and others to add fresh $1.5Bn to its coffers

Flipkart has been looking to a raise a fresh round of capital…

Cognizant inaugurates one-of-a-kind ‘collaboratory’ in Melbourne

Digital business and professional services company Cognizant has announced a digital business…

Faurecia Ventures pumps fresh capital into TaktoTek, total funding crosses $20Mn mark

TaktoTek, in an announcement today revealed, it has raised over $20 million…

SkillLane receives ‘undisclosed’ funding to roll out online training programs for corporate clients

SkillLane, a Bangkok-based edtech startup, has received an undisclosed amount of funding…

The Ken raises $400k in angel funding to build out its subscription-based media platform

The Ken, a new subscription-based media startup, has announced that it has…

Ant Financial invests $200 million in Kakao Pay to expand into South Korea

Alibaba’s financial services affiliate Ant Financial is aggressively pushing to expand its presence…

Electric vehicle charging firm POD Point rakes in £7.5Mn amidst surging EV sales

UK electric vehicle (EV) charging company POD Point is closing in on its…
reliance jio, jio

Breaking Paytm’s monopoly, Reliance Jio announces strategic partnership with Uber

If you were taking the suite of services Reliance launched with Jio,…

Healthtech startup Vault Dragon secures $1.16Mn in pre-series A round of funding

Singapore’s leading digital health data startup Vault Dragon has secured $1.16 million…
flipkart

Flipkart inks cloud partnership with Microsoft to further their e-commerce shopping experience

Flipkart and Microsoft have today signed an agreement to adopt Azure as…

Mobile recharge management app True Balance raises ₹100 crore from SoftBank Ventures and IMM Investment

True Balance, a mobile application which keeps track of user’s talktime and…
paytm

Paytm to invest ₹600 crore into further expansion of its QR-based payment solution

Scoring big due to government’s demonetization move, the digital payments major Paytm is…