HackerEarth, a platform for innovation and talent management, today said it has closed a USD 4.5 million (around Rs 30 crore) investment led by DHI Group. The Series A round also saw participation from Beenext, Beenos, Digital Garage and BizReach as well as HackerEarths current investor Prime Venture Partners. “With this round, we have raised […]
Walmart today announced a $50 million strategic investment in New Dada, China’s largest local on-demand logistics and grocery O2O ecommerce platform. The investment is an extension of Walmart’s broader agreement with JD.com and cooperation with New Dada, which includes using New Dada’s network to offer customers two-hour delivery on groceries ordered from Walmart stores through […]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, vying to better challenge Amazon.com Inc , will pay about $3 billion for internet retailer Jet.com and its innovative pricing software in the largest-ever deal for an e-commerce startup. The deal disclosed on Monday follows a five-year e-commerce acquisition spree in which Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest traditional retailer, has already bought 15 […]
Every start-up hopes for a lucky break. Swedish company Neo Technology only found out it was getting one the day the Panama Papers made headlines around the world. Journalists with access to the vast trove of data used the firm’s open-source database to make sense of 11.5 million documents, including emails, images, and spreadsheets, leaked […]
Washington, Oct 19 (PTI) America’s multinational retail corporation Wal-Mart is suspected to have paid bribes worth millions of dollars in India, according to a media report. In a major report, The Wall Street Journal said Wal-Mart’s “suspected bribery” unearthed in India involves thousands of small payments to low-level local officials to help move goods through […]
It was 2007 and our business was in trouble. Unique Photo®, during the 20 previous years, had been one of the largest distributors of photographic supplies including film (35mm, 120/220, Polaroid, Kodak, Fujifilm, etc.), cameras, photo paper, chemistry, and accessories. At one time, we represented 5% of all rolls of film sold in the United […]