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SoFi secures $500Mn to venture into new areas of personal finance and expand globally

San Francisco-based SoFi was incorporated in 2011 as a startup refinancing student…
Layer

Layer bags $15 million funding, confirms acquisition of Cola’s messaging platform

Layer has moved a step ahead in developing its messaging platform which…
Embark, truck

Backed by Maven Ventures, Embark is the latest self-driving truck startup

Just a day after the lawsuit episode of Alphabet’s Waymo and Uber…

Rocket Internet’s Zalora is in process of pulling out from Philippines and Indonesia

Last year, Zalora had pulled out its services from two Southeast Asian…
Uber

Early Uber investors are disappointed with the company’s response to allegations of sexual harassment

A couple of early investors in Uber are apparently unhappy with how…

Monzo nabs £19.5Mn to prepare for a complete bank rollout later this year

Monzo, previously reported on as one of numerous “challenger” banks in the…

MobiKwik to invest around $45 million towards user growth and business expansion

MobiKwik, an online payments platform which is competing against Paytm and Freecharge…

Amobee takes over adtech firm Turn for $310Mn to extend data management capabilities

Amobee is a subsidiary of Singtel is a global digital marketing technology…

Get My Parking secures $1.1 million in pre-series A funding round led by IAN

Parking Solutions provider, Get My Parking has today announced that it has…
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…