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28 May, 2018

Uber elevates India head to Asia-Pacific chief

Uber India and South Asia chief Amit Jain will now head the ride-hailing app’s operations in the Asia-Pacific, with his ......

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28 May, 2018

Amazon leads funding round in online insurance startup Acko

Mumbai-based online insurance startup Acko General Insurance Co. Ltd has raised $12 million (around Rs 80 crore) in a new ......

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24 May, 2018

HNI leads second pre-Series A round in ed-tech startup Smartivity

Ed-tech startup Smartivity Labs Pvt. Ltd, which designs toys and learning projects for kids, has raised $2 million (Rs 13 ......

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23 May, 2018

Bike taxi startup Rapido buys Hyderabad peer Getbike

Bengaluru-based bike taxi startup Rapido has acquired Hyderabad rival Getbike to enter the business-to-business segment, the two companies’ executives told ......

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23 May, 2018

SoftBank confirms Flipkart stake sale in first known exit from Vision Fund

Japanese telecom and Internet conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp has confirmed it will sell its entire stake in Indian online retailer ......

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23 May, 2018

Alibaba brings online movie ticketing platform TicketNew under Paytm

Digital payments major Paytm has announced the acquisition of Chennai-based Orbgen Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs online ticketing platform TicketNew.Both ......

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21 May, 2018

E-tailer Infibeam buys UAE-based digital payments firm

Infibeam Incorporation Ltd, the parent of the country’s only listed e-commerce company, has acquired 100% stake in Vavian International, a ......

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Finance

15 May, 2018

Inventus set for first close of India-only VC fund

Early-stage investment firm Inventus Capital Partners, which invests in Indian and US startups and had spliced up its latest fund ......

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10 May, 2018

Before Walmart played god, these angels kept Flipkart afloat

Co-founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal have always been the prominent individuals at the heart of Flipkart’s success story. But ......

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09 May, 2018

Walmart-Flipkart deal: Naspers earns four-fold returns in big India exit

South Africa-based internet group Naspers said on Wednesday it has sold its entire 11.18% stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart ......