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Flashback 2019: B2B startups, second-time founders and IT deals hog tech limelight
Business-to-business (B2B) technology companies focused on small and medium enterprises got the most attention from private investors this year while ......
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Lenskart walks into unicorn club with SoftBank Vision Fund investment
SoftBank Vision Fund is injecting $275 million (Rs 1,956 crore) into online-to-offline eyewear retailer Lenskart, as it continues to pour ......
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Yahoo Japan exits Oyo-SoftBank room rental venture
India’s Oyo Hotels and Homes said on Thursday SoftBank-controlled Yahoo Japan has quit its Japanese room rental venture, in the ......
Finance
First Cut: How dealmaking shaped up in India in 2019
A lack of big-ticket mergers and acquisitions took its toll on Indian deal street with the overall transaction value skidding ......
Finance
Oyo-SoftBank's JV secures debt financing from Avendus arm
MyPreferred Transformation And Hospitality Pvt. Ltd, a joint venture between Oyo Hotels & Homes and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, has raised ......
Finance
Fund Scan: How DSG Consumer is swimming against the tech tide
It isn’t easy to swim against the current. But Deepak Shahdadpuri decided to do just that in 2012 when he ......
Infrastructure
SoftBank's Oyo foresees India losses till 2022
SoftBank-backed Oyo Hotels and Homes' internal projections showed it may not make a profit in India and China until 2022, ......
General
Grapevine: Zomato frontrunner for UberEats; Mitsui, CPPIB in talks for RMZ projects
Uber’s India food delivery business, UberEats, has been put on the block again for close to $500 million (Rs 3,583 ......
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Why India's B2B unicorns are more capital-efficient than B2C startups
Indian or Indian-origin technology unicorns that focus on the business-to-business segment are more capital-efficient than their business-to-customer counterparts, a new ......
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CCI to probe SoftBank-backed Oyo, MakeMyTrip
An Indian regulator has ordered an investigation into allegations that hotel-booking service MakeMyTrip Ltd gives special treatment to SoftBank-backed hotel ......