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snap, snapchat

After two great trading days, Snap sees its second bad one

Snapchat parent Snap made a killing on the stock market when it…
Uber, Travis Kalanick

Travis Kalanick could be looking for a Chief Operating Officer for Uber

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has apparently notified his employees that he is…

Start VR and Samsung bring virtual reality technology to oncology patients

In collaboration with Samsung Australia and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Sydney-based virtual reality…

Paktor designates Shang-Hsiu Koo the role of CFO to become the leading player in social dating industry

Singapore-based Paktor has recruited Shang-Hsiu Koo as its Chief Financial Officer. The…

PatSnap unveils its R&D center in Singapore to enhance its online platform

PatSnap, an intellectual property (IP) startup which has its presence in Singapore,…
comcast

Comcast NBCUniversal launches startup accelerator ‘LIFT Labs’ in partnership with Techstars

As announced today, U.S-based media and entertainment behemoth Comcast NBCUniversal is now…

Uber and its Indonesian rival Go-Jek agreed to sign a non-compete deal but ultimately didn’t!

Uber isn’t big on negotiating and is always looking to get ahead…
goodera, sagacito funding/infosys, mulesoft

Early-stage VC firm pi Ventures announce their first close at $13Mn, target $30Mn within this year

pi Ventures, a venture capital firm which focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

AgroStar raises $10 million Series B funding from Accel Partners to bolster its agri-commerce platform

AgroStar, a mobile commerce platform for farmers that sells agricultural inputs on…
Snapchat, Snap

Snap stock takes a 12 percent nosedive after surging up for two days

Well, that was quick. After surging up for two days following its…

Online florist BloomThis gets seeded with $600K to impart its scent to Singapore and Indonesia

BloomThis has raised $600K in seed round of funding from Singapore-based VC…

Garrison Technology raises £12Mn in Series A to accelerate product development and commercialisation

Garrison Technology Limited announced that they have raised £12 million in Series…
Arrive, JayZ

Welcome Arrive, JayZ’s brand new venture capital firm

JayZ has been considering a new career of late, and it is…
Alibaba, townscript

The war for supremacy in the Indian e-commerce space could be fought between Amazon and Alibaba

India is a great place. And it’s advantages are even more apparent…

Is Grab planning to set up an engineering office in India? Maybe.

Ride-hailing firms are more than eager to be pronounced the “leader” of the…

Online care marketplace HomeTouch launches its service nationwide, adds 500 Startups as its backer

U.K.-based HomeTouch is an online home care marketplace incorporated with an aim…

Y Combinator aims to teach everyone how to start-up via its ‘Startup School’ online course

Startup School, as the name suggests, is one massive learning ground for…

Fashion discovery platform SummerLabel secures $150k from 7 HNIs, to list 1500 private label stores by Dec’17

Fashion discovery startup, SummerLabel today announced that it has nabbed funding of…
snapdeal

Online sellers seeks help from commerce minister to recover dues from Snapdeal

Snapdeal, the homegrown e-commerce startup which was once competing against Flipkart and…
money, funding, ian

IDG Ventures partners with Axilor Ventures to invest in disruptive Indian tech startups

Venture capital firm IDG Ventures India has forged a partnership with early-stage venture…
Uber

Indian researcher discovers Uber bug that allowed free travel!

Now if I was a researcher and I stumbled across something like…