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Oyo

OYO is offering cash incentives to COVID-19 impacted hotels in Japan to get them on-board

The effect of the coronavirus has spared none and plagues even the…
Swiggy

Contact less delivery, financial support and more, Zomato, Swiggy train delivery fleet to curtail coronavirus spread

Coronavirus fears have resulted in companies asking almost their entire workforce to…

Airtel acquires stake in Spectacom for its unique devil circuit obstacle race

One of India’s biggest telecom companies, Airtel said that it has acquired…

Deliveroo will let food couriers be left on the doorstep in the UK, in light of coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus is a pandemic now — no running from the demon. As…

India’s BYJU’s announces free services for students as coronavirus forces educational institutes to close

Despite remaining largely unaffected from the initial coronavirus outbreak, India now has…

A corporate credit card solution for Indian startups, Karbon Card mops up $2 million in fresh round

If you are a young startup in India with not the best…

Airmeet, a platform that lets conferences/events go remote, lands $3 million in fresh round

Remote meet-ups have become an essential part of any small or large…

[Update: Services now online] PhonePe suffers outage after banking partner Yes Bank placed under moratorium by RBI

Update: After an outage that lasted for well over 24 hours, PhonePe…

“Returns of the Jedi” by Kleiner Perkins will invest in early stage companies, even those in “a galaxy far far away”

If giving unique names to operations were a competition, Kleiner Perkins would…
Uber simplifies rides for seniors

French court says Uber drivers to be classified as employees of the company

In a major setback for Uber, a French court has ruled that…
Oyo

Oyo makes lay offs official, over 5,000 fired globally amid profitability rush

Oyo is making its rumoured lay-offs, official. The company announced today, that…
UberEats

Uber sold UberEats India to Zomato for $206 Million

Zomato’s much storied UberEats India acquisition, finally has an official value pegged…

ClearTax buys GST filing unit from financial services firm Karvy

ClearTax, an online tax filing service has obtained the Goods and Services…

‘Robinhood’ trading app experiences ‘major outage’ amid heavy trading in U.S. equities

The last couple days were a boon for stock marketeers in the…

Bounce lands another $6.5 Million from InnoVen

After a massive $105 million round recently, one would assume Bounce’s appetite…
Spinny

Used-car retailing startup Spinny gets $43.7M in fresh round led by Fundamentum Partnership

Gurugram-based online used car retailing platform Spinny on Monday announced it has…
DoorDash seeks to acquire Deliveroo

U.S. food delivery upstart DoorDash, last valued at $13B, confidentially files for its IPO

DoorDash, the SoftBank backed U.S. based food delivery upstart, has announced that…

Rupeek lands $60 million for its gold-backed digital lending platform

Rupeek, a startup that provides loans in India by using India’s favourite…

Grab raises US$856 Million to expand into financial services amid rumors of a merger with rival Gojek

Amid swirling rumors of a merger with Gojek, Southeast Asia’s most valuable…
Vogo

Dockless scooter rental startup Vogo mops up $19 million in fresh round at a $76M valuation

India’s scooter rental space is back in news, after having a rather…

Microsoft announces ‘100x100x100’ program to help B2B startups in India get business from enterprises

As speculated, Satya Nadella is now in India, for a three-day long…