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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…

5th edition of NTT Data’s ‘Open Innovation Business Contest’ goes global, finale scheduled for March’17

Japanese IT service provider, NTT Data, is all set to host The…

Amazon India bags close to $300Mn to stay competitive against Flipkart

While Flipkart and its founders complain of foreign competition while they comfortably…

iPrice Group secures $4Mn in series A to strengthen its foothold in SEA

iPrice Group specializes in three business lines that are highly in demand –…
Airbnb

Airbnb to come up with Flights for, well…booking flights

According to Bloomberg, Airbnb is expanding its scope beyond merely vacation lodging…

Moglix simplifies taxation for B2B e-commerce firms with its new GST technology

Moglix, a business-to-business commerce platform has today announced the launch of its GST…

Events marketplace Events High secures seed funding from Axilor Ventures

Events High, an online marketplace for events and activities, has announced that…

NoBroker raises another Rs 50 crore from KTB Ventures in its Series B round

Extending its current Series B funding round, NoBroker, which aims to eliminate…

Tesla implements idle fees at Supercharger stations to stop it from being used as a parking spot

In recent times, Tesla witnessed a significant drawback for its electrically driven…
airbnb

Airbnb authorizes $153 million equity funding in an attempt to close a $1Bn Series F round

Home-stay aggregator Airbnb, according to a regulatory filing spotted by CB Insights,…

Fintech startup Curve launches its services on Android

Launched way back in February on iOS, London-based fintech startup Curve has finally…