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Ola Set to Beat Uber, Reports 70% Growth in Revenue
BUSINESS

Ola Set to Beat Uber, Reports 70% Growth in Revenue

India's leading cab-hailing company Ola, run by ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd. has reported a phenomenal 70% jump in revenue in the year that ended 31 March 2017 as reported in its latest annual regulatory filings. As per the filings under the ministry of corporate affairs, Ola has recorded a revenue of Rs. 1,286 crore in 2016-17 when compared to Rs. 758.23 crore in the previous year. Ola is battling competition against San Francisco based cab hailing giant Uber which has expanded rapidly in India since it first launched its service in the country nearly five years ago. The interesting part is that both these companies e backed by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. The latest numbers are indicative of the fact that Ola has managed to hold its worth against Uber in India over pa...
Ola Confirms $1.1 Bn Fund Raise From Tencent Holdings
FUNDING

Ola Confirms $1.1 Bn Fund Raise From Tencent Holdings

One of India's unicorn, Ola, operated by ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd has confirmed that it has closed a $1.1 billion funding from Tencent Holdings, a leading Chinese internet company. The round also saw participation from its existing investor- SoftBank Group and other new US-based financial investors. Ola also said that it is in advanced talks with existing and another investor to raise additional $1 billion, thus rounding off what may turn out to be a $2 billion funding round. After a billion scale funding received by Flipkart and Paytm, Ola is the third one to receive such massive funding this year. Flipkart leads them by having raised at least $2.8 billion  in two separate tranches from SoftBank, Tencent, eBay and Microsoft, followed by Paytm which raised $1.4 billion from SoftBank....