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04 January, 2018

Naspers may join hands with Tencent to invest afresh in Swiggy

South African technology group Naspers and Chinese internet giant Tencent may jointly invest around $150-200 million in homegrown food delivery ......

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27 December, 2017

BigBasket's consumer-facing arm doubles revenue, narrows losses for FY17

Innovative Retail Concepts Pvt Ltd, which operates the consumer-facing arm of grocery e-tailer BigBasket, saw its revenues rise two-fold and ......

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21 December, 2017

Alibaba launches first cloud data centre in India

In a move to extend its cloud services to Indian enterprises, Jack Ma-led Alibaba Group has opened its first data ......

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16 December, 2017

VCC Startups weekly wrap: Jhunjhunwala backs Nazara; SoftBank, Alibaba get CCI nod

One of the big newsmakers in the past week was veteran stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala who made a $27-million ......

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14 December, 2017

India competition watchdog approves SoftBank-Flipkart, Alibaba-BigBasket deals

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared SoftBank Group Corp’s purchase of a minority holding in Flipkart and Alibaba ......

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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 ......

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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 ......

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29 November, 2017

SoftBank may invest $200-250 mn in food delivery platform Swiggy

Japanese telecom and internet conglomerate SoftBank is in discussions to invest around $200-250 million (Rs 1,288-1,610 crore) in homegrown food ......

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28 November, 2017

After backing Flipkart, SoftBank may invest in Paytm Mall to counter Amazon

After investing in Indian e-commerce majors Flipkart and Snapdeal, Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group is in talks to lead a ......

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21 November, 2017

Tencent beats Alibaba to $500 bn valuation, overtakes Facebook

China’s biggest social network and gaming firm Tencent Holdings, which last week reported forecast-beating quarterly results, is close to making ......