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Discount-focused app ‘BlueBook’ raises $500k in seed round led by IAN

Bluebook, a discount and deals focused mobile app has raised funds to…
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China’s new regulations spell trouble for ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (which also includes Uber China’s operations) should…

Peak, the subscription based cognitive learning game, sells huge stake to Hachette

The makers of Peak have sold a majority stake to French publisher…

GM will work with 500 Startups to make a slew of early stage investments

General Motors is a rather ardent investor. The company is best-known for…

Daily consumables delivery startup Supr Daily secures seed funding from a cohort of angels

Supr Daily, a subscription-based daily consumables delivery service, has raised an undisclosed…

Agricultural e-commerce startup BigHaat secures funding from Ankur Capital

BigHaat, a Bangalore-based agriculture e-commerce startup, has received investment from Ankur Capital,…

Personal care startup MCaffeine raises $300K in seed funding

MCaffeine, a personal care startup working on an e-commerce model, has raised…
Uber

Uber’s losses expected to swell to a humongous $3 billion this year

When you’re only is worldwide domination, then you don’t have time to…

Tamil Nadu is all set to launch ‘Amma Venture Fund’ with a $30 Mn corpus

In a bid to boost entrepreneurship in the state of Tamil Nadu,…
goodera, sagacito funding/infosys, mulesoft

The Chennai Angels invest Rs. 1.1 crore in fresh vegetables seller E-Vegetailing

The Chennai Angels has today announced that they are investing Rs 1.1…

IguanaFix receives $16Mn in series B from Temasek and Qualcomm Ventures

Buenos Aires-based IguanaFix, a home-services startup, is an on-demand home improvement marketplace…

Uber’s Middle-eastern rival Careem grabs a $350Mn investment, co-led by Rakuten and STC

Uber’s rival ride-hailing giants are bagging investments left and right. The latest…
LeEco, lesports

LeEco looking to slash offline sales, jobs and delay new smartphone launches

There is no hiding the fact that Chinese hardware maker LeEco is…

OnlineTyari acqui-hires photo sharing platform Plix

Test preparation platform OnlineTyari has today announced the acquisition of Plix, a…

Pricing optimization software company ‘Price f(x)’ raises €4 million in series A

Price f(x), a company specializing in pricing optimization SaaS, has raised €4…

Food delivery service HelloFresh mints a fresh $88Mn in equity financing

Berlin-based food delivery service HelloFresh has raised a fresh $88.5 million (€85…

E-learning platform Byju’s secures another $15Mn from World Bank member IFC

Popular e-learning platform Byju’s seems to be on a roll. After securing…

Uber acknowledges its autonomous cars have trouble with bike lanes

The past two weeks have been completely full with allegations against the…

KPISOFT appoints new CEO to drive global adoption of its solution

Singapore-based KPISOFT, a solution provider for a cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management application,…

Self-drive car rental startup Zoomcar secures funding from Chinese VC firm Cyber Carrier

Zoomcar, the leading online self-drive car rental startup, today announced that it has…

Gomif Partners targets a $200Mn fundraise for its new ‘Socialpreneur Growth Fund’

Singapore-based Gomif Partners (GP) is an early stage investment advisory network joint headed…