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Amazon infuses $260 mn in its Indian seller services arm

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06 July, 2017

Amazon infuses $260 mn in its Indian seller services arm

Amazon.com Inc. has infused $260 million (Rs 1,680 crore) in Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd, the Seattle-based global e-commerce major’s ......

Wedding services startup AppilyEver pivots to fashion portal Estrolo

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05 July, 2017

Wedding services startup AppilyEver pivots to fashion portal Estrolo

Hyderabad-based wedding services provider AppilyEver.com has pivoted to become an online fashion portal called Estrolo, a top company executive told ......

Ad-for-equity investor BCCL exits Yatra

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05 July, 2017

Ad-for-equity investor BCCL exits Yatra

Media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL) has sold its equity-convertible warrants in Yatra Online, Inc. for Rs 39 crore (around ......

Career Point in talks to acquire ed-tech startup Plancess

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30 June, 2017

Career Point in talks to acquire ed-tech startup Plancess

The National Stock Exchange-listed tutoring services firm Career Point Ltd is in an advanced stage of discussions to acquire Mumbai-based ......

Ola, Uber cut driver incentives significantly in March quarter: RedSeer

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30 June, 2017

Ola, Uber cut driver incentives significantly in March quarter: RedSeer

With a sharp focus on unit economics, cab-hailing companies Ola and Uber reduced driver incentives significantly in the first quarter ......

Accel-backed Mihup returns with a B2B pivot

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29 June, 2017

Accel-backed Mihup returns with a B2B pivot

Kolkata-based Mihup Communications Pvt Ltd, which operated artificial intelligence-based personal mobile assistant app Mihup, has resumed its operations by pivoting ......

Lendingkart to add marketplace, P2P loans and offer SaaS product: Harshvardhan Lunia

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29 June, 2017

Lendingkart to add marketplace, P2P loans and offer SaaS product: Harshvardhan Lunia

Non-banking finance company Lendingkart Finance Pvt. Ltd, formerly Aadri Infin Ltd, is one of the most-funded startups in the alternative ......

News Corp acquires analytics startup Gyanmatrix

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28 June, 2017

News Corp acquires analytics startup Gyanmatrix

New York-based diversified media and information services firm News Corp has acquired Bengaluru-based Gyanmatrix Services Pvt. Ltd, which develops enterprise ......

Julia Computing bags grant worth $910K

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28 June, 2017

Julia Computing bags grant worth $910K

Julia Computing—a US- and Bengaluru-based developer of an open source computing language for data, analytics, algorithmic trading, machine learning and ......

Naspers ups stake in Flipkart with $71 mn top-up

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27 June, 2017

Naspers ups stake in Flipkart with $71 mn top-up

South African technology conglomerate Naspers has invested an additional $71 million (about Rs 458 crore) in Flipkart, taking its stake ......