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26 December, 2017

Tracing Rocket Internet's exits in India

The two-year-long efforts of Rocket Internet, the German venture capital firm-cum-startup incubator, to sell off Foodpanda India came to fruition ......

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26 December, 2017

Why Ola's Foodpanda buy is unlikely to challenge Swiggy, Zomato dominance

Ride-hailing firm Ola’s second shot at the food business after acquiring the Indian business of Foodpanda is undoubtedly the most ......

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23 December, 2017

VCC Startups Weekly Wrap: Ola buys Foodpanda; Quikr picks up HDFC Realty

Cab aggregator Ola was the newsmaker of the week as it opened up a new battle front against global rival ......

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19 December, 2017

Ola to acquire Foodpanda India, invest $200 mn

Homegrown cab-hailing major Ola has agreed to acquire the Indian business of food delivery platform Foodpanda from its Germany-based parent ......

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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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09 December, 2017

VCC Startups weekly wrap: Google backs dunzo; Paytm to merge Little and Nearbuy

Google’s investment in daily tasks management app dunzo was one of the key highlights of the week as it marked ......

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08 December, 2017

Ola appoints PayU India co-founder Nitin Gupta as head of Ola Money

Bangalore-based ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which owns cab-hailing app Ola, has appointed Nitin Gupta, co-founder and former chief executive of ......

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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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04 December, 2017

Mumbai Uber, Ola drivers call for strike over falling income, rise in suicides

Drivers and car partners of app-based taxi aggregators Uber and Ola in Mumbai have called for an indefinite strike to ......

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02 December, 2017

VCC Startups weekly wrap: SoftBank in focus; Ola turns to bicycle; Nazara gets funds

Japanese investor SoftBank was in focus this week as it moved ahead on its share purchase of Indian e-tailer Flipkart ......