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30 November, 2017

Amazon's India marketplace revenue up 105%; in-house vendor's sales rise 24%

Amazon.com Inc.’s revenue from its India marketplace more than doubled in the year through March 2017, as the online retailer ......

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30 November, 2017

Kalaari-backed ScoopWhoop scaling down news operations, lays off employees

Online media startup ScoopWhoop is in the middle of restructuring its operations and laying off more than a dozen employees ......

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30 November, 2017

Bitcoin slips after rapid ascent to $11,000

Bitcoin zoomed past $11,000 (£8,185.5) to hit a record high for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday after ......

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29 November, 2017

Payments space not hypercompetitive, says PayU India's Jitendra Gupta

The perception that the payments sector in India is hypercompetitive and that one cannot make money in the space is ......

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29 November, 2017

Foodpanda lost less on every rupee earned last year than Zomato and Swiggy

Naspers-backed food delivery firm Foodpanda’s India unit said on Wednesday its revenue for the year through March 2017 jumped 64% ......

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29 November, 2017

Flipkart appoints CTO Ravi Garikipati as head of fin-tech

Days after announcing its intentions to sell insurance products, homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has appointed Ravi Garikipati, its chief technology ......

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29 November, 2017

B2B logistics startup BlackBuck names former Souq exec Dinesh Ajmera as CTO

Bengaluru-based business-to-business logistics startup BlackBuck, which is run by Zinka Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd, has appointed Dinesh Ajmera as chief ......

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29 November, 2017

UK's Stride Gaming picks up 51% stake in online gaming startup RummyPassion

Haryana-based Passion Gaming Pvt. Ltd, which owns RummyPassion.com, has divested a 51% stake to UK-based Stride Gaming Plc for $3.75 ......

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29 November, 2017

Former TPG Growth adviser Anjali Bansal joins Delhivery board

Anjali Bansal, former senior adviser and managing director at TPG Growth, the growth equity investment platform of private equity firm ......

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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 ......