One97 ropes in former Star India EVP as CFO; gets new board director

Delhi-based mobile internet company One97 Communications Ltd has roped in Raj Ahuja as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining One97, Ahuja was with Star India and worked as the executive vice-president (finance). He had also worked at Wipro as general manager (business finance) and was direc...

Sonam Gulati

One97 to launch Android-driven mobile ad network Adworks

Mobile internet firm One97 Communications Ltd is all set to foray into the mobile advertisement sector with the impending launch of its mobile ad network called Adworks. Adworks, which will be launched sometime next month, is currently in the beta stage. Talking to Techcircle.in, Vijay Shekhar Sharm...

Sainul K Abudheen

MobiSwipe raises funding from One97 Mobility Fund

Mobile payment solutions provider MobiSwipe Technologies Pvt Ltd has received undisclosed funding from early-stage investor One97 Mobility Fund. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of One97 Communications, which runs One97 Mobility Fund along with private equity firm SAIF Partners, will join MobiS...

Anand Rai

One97 Mobility Fund ropes in Arun Katiyar as venture catalyst

One97 Mobility Fund (OMF), a $100 million investment fund set up by Delhi-based mobile VAS company One97 Communications Ltd and PE major SAIF Partners, has roped in media and business leader Arun Katiyar as a venture catalyst. Katiyar will actively engage with the leadership teams of OMF’s portfol...

Anand Rai

One97 Communications & Oorja in a bitter split; Oorja founder Rajiv Madhok out of One97 board

Mobile Internet firm One97 Communications has split from its mobile marketing subsidiary Oorja Mobile Services Pvt Ltd. While Oorja founder Rajiv Madhok maintains the disengagement (where One97 transferred its majority holding in Oorja) was as per pre-decided option, One97 Communications’ founder ...

Anand Rai, Nandana Das & Sonam Gulati

Digirati: Top 25 powerful people in Indian digital business

They provide smart insights into hot trends and create strategies that redefine businesses. They innovate opportunities for themselves and others – writing some success stories that inspire awe. Meet the homegrown Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerbergs and Warren Buffetts who have made waves in the digital ...

Anand Rai

Paytm Changes Logo, Spruces Up Deals & More; What’s New

Recharge site Paytm.com, which enables mobile, DTH and data card users to make online payments for service usage, has hit the Ctrl+R button with a redesigned website, new logo and more. Noida-based Paytm, a subsidiary of the mobile Internet firm One97 Communications, crossed the 1 million registered...

Nandana Das

iimjobs Secures Angel Funding From One97, India Venture Partners & Others

iimjobs, a job portal run by Delhi-based Highorbit Career Pvt Ltd and focused on mid-to-senior level placements, has raised an undisclosed angel round from One97 Communications, India Venture Partners, Shailesh Vickram Singh, Pallav Nadhani, Abhishek Rungta, Anand Lunia, Sachin Garg and others....

Team TC

Online Payments & Loyalty Conference: A Ringside Look At Emerging Trends

A bustling e-commerce industry in India has naturally thrown up a vast market for e-payments. Although the presence of a huge consumer base without plastic money means new modes of offline payment have cropped up, e-payment is certainly the way to go as the market matures. Techcircle’s Online Paym...

Team TC

Online Payments & Loyalty Conference: A Ringside Look At Emerging Trends

A bustling e-commerce industry in India has naturally thrown up a vast market for e-payments. Although the presence of a huge consumer base without plastic money means new modes of offline payment have cropped up, e-payment is certainly the way to go as the market matures. Techcircle’s Online Paym...