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SoftBank-backed PolicyBazaar slumps back into loss for FY18
Online insurance selling platform PolicyBazaar sank into the red for the financial year through March 2018, as higher advertising ....
Logistics startup BlackBuck’s new venture will help truckers obtain credit
Tiger Global-backed Zinka Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs business-to-business logistics platform BlackBuck, will set ....
Logistics-tech startup BlackBuck raises $27.4 mn in fresh capital
Zinka Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which operates business-to-business tech-enabled logistics startup BlackBuck, has raised Rs ....
Supreme Court appoints arbitrator for Oyo-Zo dispute over failed merger talks
The Supreme Court has appointed an arbitrator in a bid to resolve the drawn-out dispute between hotel aggregators Zo Rooms and ....
US fintech startup Stripe plans India entry after hitting $20 bn valuation
Payments startup Stripe said on Wednesday it has raised $245 million in funding, better positioning the company to expand to new ....
Walmart may replace Binny Bansal as group CEO at Flipkart: Report
Walmart Inc., which acquired Flipkart earlier this year, may replace the Indian e-commerce company's group chief executive ....
Ola founders, Temasek to acquire 10% stake in ride-hailing firm
Ola’s co-founders, along with Singapore’s state investment arm Temasek, are in the process of buying out a less than ....
Robotics startup GreyOrange raises $140 mn in Series C funding round
In one of the biggest funding rounds for a robotics startup globally, Singapore and Gurugram-based GreyOrange has raised $140 ....
Tiger Global-backed robotics company GreyOrange starts US operations
Singapore-headquartered robotics and warehousing automation company GreyOrange Pte. Ltd said on Wednesday it has started operations ....
SaaS firm Freshworks joins unicorn club after raising $100 mn; appoints CFO
Freshworks, a cloud-based business software firm, has raised $100 million (around Rs 685 crore in current exchange rates) in a ....
Electric scooter startup Ather Energy gets $19 mn funding boost
Hero MotoCorp Ltd is investing Rs 130 crore ($19 million) more in electric scooter startup Ather Energy Pvt. Ltd, the country’s ....
Exclusive: Video platform The Viral Fever raises $6 mn in fresh funding
The Viral Fever (TVF), an over-the-top (OTT) platform which creates original video content, has raised an additional $6 million ....
Hedge fund Tiger Global takes $1 bn stake in Japan's SoftBank
U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global has built a stake worth over $1 billion in SoftBank Group Corp as it considers the Japanese firm ....
After two pivots and a poke from Binny Bansal, Zopper is back in the game
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, whose investment firm DST Global has backed unicorns such as Ola, Swiggy and Flipkart, hosted ....
PolicyBazaar raises $200 mn from SoftBank, others; joins unicorn club
ETechAces Marketing & Consulting Pvt. Ltd, the operator of online insurance selling platform PolicyBazaar.com and lending ....
SaaS firm Freshworks earns $100 mn in annual subscriptions
San Bruno- and Chennai-headquartered Freshworks Inc. (formerly Freshdesk Inc.) has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, ....
SoftBank-backed Paytm acquires mobile tech startup Cube26
One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of digital payments firm Paytm, has acquired Delhi-based mobile technology startup Cube26 ....
Farewell, copy editors? AI is now summarising news on curation app Inshorts
News curation app Inshorts has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to crunch articles into a 60-word summary, The Economic ....
Alibaba-backed SenseTime, world's most valued AI startup, raises $620 mn
Chinese facial recognition technology developer SenseTime Group Ltd said it has raised $620 million in a second round of funding ....
Quikr shrank FY17 losses but burnt over Rs 6 for every Re 1 in net revenue
Bengaluru-based online classifieds firm Quikr India Pvt. Ltd has reported a sharply narrower net loss for the year through March ....
A history of Flipkart's many big billion days
Flipkart is well-known for its Big Billion Days, a bonanza for consumers where the e-tailer doles out heavy discounts on products. ....