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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 ......
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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 ......
Manufacturing
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 ......
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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 ......
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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 ......
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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 ......
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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 ......
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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 ......
Opinion
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 ......
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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 ......