Online skills assessment company Aspiring Minds has acquired online and mobile internship platform, Letsintern, for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal. “The constant feedback we got from organisations was that people need practical knowledge and training,” said Himanshu Aggarwal, CEO of Aspiring Minds, who cofounded the company with Varun Aggarwal in 2008. “Internship has […]
Mobile wallet and e-commerce venture Paytm has acquired Near.in, a marketplace app that connects users with local businesses for home services. The Economic Times, which first reported the development, said the deal is valued between $1.5 million and $2 million. A formal press release on the announcement is expected shortly. he Paytm-Near.in deal is the […]
Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for personal transportation and OnePlus, a fast growing technology startup, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership in India, giving users an opportunity to buy the latest smartphone OnePlus X, on-demand, straight from the Ola app. For one-day only on December 8, 2015, OnePlus together with OlaCabs and Amazon India is bringing […]
India’s most respected and loved E-commerce site, Flipkart founded by two college friends who studied together at IIT-Delhi and worked together in Amazon. It’s revenue is estimated to be somewhere between $500 million to $1 billion, to create which it has had to pull in around $200 million in venture funding over four rounds till […]
Fitness tracker startup GOQii has raised Series A funding worth $13.2 million (Rs 88 crore) led by New Enterprise Associates and Cheetah Mobile, with participation from Great Wall Club, DSG Consumer Partners, Ilkka Paananen (CEO and co-founder of Supercell) and Pravin Gandhi (co-founder of Seedfund) reports Mint. GOQii will use the funds to expand […]
Reuters | 20 November 2015, 6:29 PM IST Google Inc, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said it appointed VMware Inc co-founder and industry veteran Diane Greene to run its cloud business, as CEO Sundar Pichai pushes ahead with efforts to gain share in the fast-growing market. Pichai has made selling cloud storage space to […]
Bangalore-based on-demand laundry service platform, Flashdoor, has raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding, led by former Flipkart executive Sujeet Kumar. Flipkart’s Chief Business Officer Ankit Nagori and Tracxn Labs also participated in the round. Kumar was head of Flipkart’s largest seller and its captive logistics business WS Retail Pvt Ltd, before quitting in May. […]
In the wake of an unprecedented surge in e-commerce, shopping malls already under huge pressure due to large vacant spaces are expected to see a sharp decline in the footfalls could be to the extent of 55.58 per cent during the ongoing festive season this year, reveals an ASSOCHAM recent survey. According to the just […]
It’s Saturday morning and a hyperlocal experiment is playing on my mind. I have decided to fix a basket of goods and order from each of the new hyperlocal superstars that have hit the scene. Taking a page from the recent coverage, I chose the following: Grofers Peppertap Flipkart Nearby Amazon Kirana Snapdeal Instant Ola […]
Paytm is an Indian e-commerce shopping website launched in 2010, owned by One97 Communications which initially focused on Mobile and DTH Recharging. The company is headquartered in Noida, India. It gradually provided recharging and bill payment of various portals including electricity bills, gas bills, as well as telephone bills. Paytm entered India’s e-commerce market in […]
Lesson #1: Investors love to make excuses on why they don’t want to invest When we first started pitching Crazy Egg, no investor would write us a check. It wasn’t their fault as my co-founder and I sucked at pitching. They all had different reasons why they didn’t want to invest. After getting over 20 […]
In world’s top 10 mobile makers, Micromax announced a strategic investment in Scandid, a mobile product and savings discovery platform. The Scandid app helps customers compare prices and discover discounts across top e-commerce and local retailers, helping them make informed choices. The Scandid investment further reinforces Micromax’s foray into application services and building an integrated […]