News Startups Emaar Malls challenges Amazon with $800 million bid for Souq.com’s acquisition Amazon’s Middle-eastern expansion plans might have to face some serious competition. According… March 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups PayU to set up its Digibank service and release a UPI-led payment product by next year In order to become an all-around payments hub, PayU recently announced plans… Simran AgarwalMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Online fashion marketplace Fynd scores $500k in Series A funding round from Venture Catalysts Fynd, an online-to-offline fashion e-commerce portal has today announced that it has secured… March 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Food delivery app Swiggy to reportedly raise $50 million in a fresh round While the investor interest in food-tech startups, especially delivery ones, had completely… Jeet SutharMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups DoneThing raises $300K from Brand Capital to help users find personal assistance for most tasks DoneThing, an on-demand personal assistant service platform, has reportedly raised a funding round… Jeet SutharMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Marketing automation platform Wigzo closes bridge round to fund global expansion Wigzo — marketing automation platform which claims to be using ML (machine… Jeet SutharMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Zivame co-founder Richa Kar steps down, company pivots to marketplace model Zivame — the online lingerie retailer, has undergone top-level management restructuring a… Jeet SutharMarch 27, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Citing fine print, Uber tells U.S. court that customers must arbitrate disputes How many of us actually bother to read the Terms&Conditions seriously, whenever… Mudit MohilayMarch 25, 2017No comments2 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Uber had reportedly refused to share diversity data with recruiters The public sentiment has turned strongly in favor of diversity of late.… Mudit MohilayMarch 25, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups UK Fintech startup Quantexa raises $3.3Mn to support international expansion Quantexa Limited, a FinTech startup, has managed to rake in $3.3 million… Disha ManochaMarch 25, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups BabyOnBoard secures seed investment to help make parenting a memorable journey BabyOnBoard, a Bangalore-based startup focused on making parenting a memorable journey, has today… Jeet SutharMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Tesla continues to give Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ proposal a cold shoulder We’ve all been eagerly waiting for Elon Musk to bring its zero-emissions… March 24, 2017No comments3 minute read
News Singapore Startups Uber rival Grab to add over $1.5Bn to its coffers from SoftBank and others: Report Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab is seeking to raise over $1.5 billion… Kajal JoshiMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups AppWorks acquires software development company BigDrop to ramp up business AppWorks, a Gurgaon-based IT servicing and consulting company has acquired BigDrop, a… Jeet SutharMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Logistics startup Delhivery grabs a hefty $100Mn investment from Carlyle Asia Partners and Tiger Global As we reported earlier, Delhivery – the logistics startup which was in… Jeet SutharMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
Theranos offers to double investor shares using Elizabeth Holmes’ own stock Theranos is indulging into some deft maneuvering in order to cope with… Mudit MohilayMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups SAP announces SAP.iO Fund with $35Mn initial corpus, to invest in early-stage enterprise startups German software giant, SAP today launched its SAP.iO Fund to monetarily support… Simran AgarwalMarch 24, 2017No comments2 minute read
Consumer Tech News Startups Flipkart is reportedly acquiring eBay India, raising a couple billion $$$ to take on Amazon India In what could easily trump all other nervous breakdown moments India’s novice… Deepanshu KhandelwalMarch 23, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups Tencent leads $350Mn investment in Chinese photo-sharing, live broadcasting app Kuaishou One of the hottest photo-sharing and live video broadcasting apps of China,… March 23, 2017No comments3 minute read
News Singapore Startups Carro nabs $12Mn to make automobile financing more accessible with a new finance app Car-marketplace Carro has picked up $12 million in the latest round of… Kajal JoshiMarch 23, 2017No comments2 minute read
News Startups As investor interest piques, One97 employees sell company shares worth over ₹100 crore Post demonetisation, Noida-based digital payments giant Paytm has not only seen a… Jeet SutharMarch 23, 2017No comments2 minute read