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AirAsia purchases 50% stake in online travel planner Touristly to strengthen its ancillary portfolio

Malaysia-headquartered AirAsia, the budget airline carrier, has acquired a 50% stake in…
ant financial

Ant Financial takes over Lazada’s payment platform to boost expansion of Alipay in SEA

In a move to strengthen Alipay’s brand and presence in Asia, Ant…
guruq

GuruQ secures seed funding to build out and expand its tutor-student digital platform

GuruQ, a one of its kind digital integrated platform connecting tutors and…

HR tech startup EngageRocket secures S$450K to scale operations to meet growing demand

Singapore-based EngageRocket has secured $322K (S$450K) in an angel round of funding…

Alibaba-backed Paytm is in talks to raise around $1.5 billion from SoftBank Group

After speculations of SoftBank looking to secure a stake in Flipkart, it…

Grocery delivery startups BigBasket and Grofers are planning a merger: Report

BigBasket and Grofers, which are among the leading startups in the online…
acko, stellaris, absentia, buttercups funding, money

Absentia secures ₹8 crore from Exfinity VP, others to build an AI+VR engine called ‘Norah AI’

Absentia, a startup working on artificial intelligence and virtual reality technologies, has…
whodat

Whodat raises $600k to simplify creation of AR experiences for developers & businesses

Whodat, an augmented reality (AR) platform, has today announced that it has…
snapchat memories, snapchat, snap

Snapchat’s share prices tumble due to social media hubbub over alleged CEO comments on expansion

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. is currently faced with the wrath of Indian…
Uber

Uber loses yet another executive as VP of global vehicle programs leaves

And the departures continue. Some top Uber executive seem to have taken…
uber, uberclub

New York City TLC is bringing in proposition for in-app tipping requirement for Uber and its peers

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has decided to move…

Wercker, a Dutch coding startup, has been bought by Oracle

Oracle, the database technology giant, today announced its plans to acquire Wercker,…

Japanese billionaire Taizo Son relocates to Singapore, gears up to invest $100Mn on SEA startups

Taizo Son, the founder of gaming studio, GungHo, is relocating to Singapore…
Udacity, mapmyindia

MapmyIndia partners with Udacity to train, employ aspiring self-driving engineers from India

We’ve already seen the advent of self-driving and connected mobility technologies across…
mapmyindia

MapmyIndia to build ‘Digital Map Twin of the Real World,’ acquires Bengaluru-based video maps pioneer VidTeq

MapmyIndia, one of India’s renowned mapping companies, has today taken center stage at…
housing

Housing.com reintroduces its rental offering, aims to triple listings in next three months

Post it acquisition by PropTiger earlier this year, Housing.com is now stepping…

Paytm rolls out Food Wallet for corporates to issue tax-free employee benefits

Continuing its business expansion drive into more digital payments/related domains, Paytm is now…

Medical assistance startup Credihealth scores $1.5 Mn in Pre-Series A

Health-tech company Credihealth, is today announcing that it has closed its Pre-Series A funding round by…

After days of negative publicity, Uber’s financial data heralds some hope

Uber has been going through a literal PR nightmare of late. Harassment…