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Flashback 2017: Angel, seed deals halve for startups as caution grows

TMT

21 December, 2017

Flashback 2017: Angel, seed deals halve for startups as caution grows

Indian entrepreneurs seeking funding for their new ventures faced greater difficulties in 2017, as the undoing of many well-funded tech ......

Flipkart completes $100 million ESOP buyback

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13 December, 2017

Flipkart completes $100 million ESOP buyback

E-commerce firm Flipkart said it has completed the $100 million (Rs 645 crore) employee stock options repurchase programme that it ......

TVS Motor buys into electric two-wheeler startup Ultraviolette

Manufacturing

08 December, 2017

TVS Motor buys into electric two-wheeler startup Ultraviolette

TVS Motor Company Ltd has acquired a 14.78% stake in electric bike maker Ultraviolette Automotive Pvt. Ltd for Rs 5 ......

Paytm merging Little, Nearbuy to create largest deal discovery platform

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07 December, 2017

Paytm merging Little, Nearbuy to create largest deal discovery platform

Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led Paytm has announced the merger between Little and Nearbuy to create the largest online deal discovery platform ......

Flipkart rubbishes CEO exit rumours

TMT

06 December, 2017

Flipkart rubbishes CEO exit rumours

Ecommerce major Flipkart has dismissed rumours around a likely exit of its CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy.Krishnamurthy, a former executive at Tiger ......

Chinese bicycle sharing unicorn Ofo enters India

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05 December, 2017

Chinese bicycle sharing unicorn Ofo enters India

Alibaba-backed Chinese bicycle sharing unicorn Ofo has entered India, likely intensifying competition in a market where three homegrown companies have ......

Ola to launch bicycle sharing, runs pilot on IIT Kanpur campus

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30 November, 2017

Ola to launch bicycle sharing, runs pilot on IIT Kanpur campus

Under its ambitious plan of covering a wide spectrum of transportation services, cab-aggregator Ola plans to launch bicycle sharing, and ......

SoftBank's purchase of Flipkart shares from Tiger, Accel awaits regulatory nod

TMT

29 November, 2017

SoftBank's purchase of Flipkart shares from Tiger, Accel awaits regulatory nod

The sale of Tiger Global and Accel's shares in homegrown e-commerce firm Flipkart to Japan's SoftBank is awaiting clearance from ......

Why do SoftBank and Tiger Global Appear to Be in a Serendipitous Relationship?

Opinion

27 November, 2017

Why do SoftBank and Tiger Global Appear to Be in a Serendipitous Relationship?

SoftBank and Tiger Global—hands down the most prolific investors in India's startup ecosystem, albeit in different moods. The Japanese Internet ......

Targeting more acquisitions, $500 mn revenue in India: Ebix chairman Robin Raina

TMT

23 November, 2017

Targeting more acquisitions, $500 mn revenue in India: Ebix chairman Robin Raina

Ebix Inc. and its India-born chairman and CEO, Robin Raina, grabbed the headlines in India when the Nasdaq-listed company acquired ......