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28Sep By RishabhNo Comments

INDIA

Indian Unicorn Startups To Launch Nasscom Like Lobby Group- Indiatech.org

India’s Unicorn Internet startups Flipkart and Ola are grouping together with peers including travel portal MakeMyTrip to launch a Nasscom like industry body that will be representing their interests and aim to deal with deep pocketed rivals, and sustain their existence in one of the world’s most prized markets for digital commerce. The lobby group will be called Indiatech.org — and will be led by Sachin Bansal, as its President and Chairman; appointing a former IAS officer as its CEO, said four people aware of the matter. The former bureaucrat is expected to join in 2-3 weeks. The other founding members include online classifieds company Quikr and messaging platform Hike. “The group wants to become the Nasscom for the startup space,” said two of the people cited above. The formati...

MakeMyTrip Co-founder And President Ashish Kashyap Resigns

8Sep By AnkitaNo Comments

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MakeMyTrip Co-founder And President Ashish Kashyap Resigns

India's leading online travel company,MakeMyTrip announced on Wednesday about the resignation of its cofounder and President Ashish Kashyap, with effect from September 30, 2017. The MakeMyTrip Board has accepted the resignation and MakeMyTrip (India) and Ibibo Group have entered into a separation agreement with Kashyap. In a filing submitted with the US Securities and Exchange Commission this agreement provides among other things, final settlement of dues and benefits to Mr. Kashyap and certain obligations on Mr. Kashyap including Non-Solicitation and Non-Competition which shall continue until September 30, 2019. “It’s been a decade-long journey. Post the merger, the next step was to build something new, and integrating the brand, and that has been done. The structure is set, and the b...

6Sep By Ankita SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Travel Booking Startup GoFro Raises $10 Mn Funding In Series B Round

Delhi-based travel booking startup GoFro, has recently raised $10 million in a Series B round led by Japanese travel company HIS Co. Ltd. The round also saw participation from its existing investor MakeMyTrip. The company will be utilizing its funds to strengthen its technology platform, supply and agent network and expand into international markets. “Support of HIS and MakeMyTrip is a validation of the potential of GoFro’s marketplace platform. We now look forward to HIS’s global reach and experience to help us enhance our global supply network and provide great holiday packages at competitive prices,” said Amitabh Misra, founder and chief executive, GoFro. GoFro is a three-way online marketplace for holiday packages connecting travellers with suppliers and destination experts. The c...

MakeMyTrip to Raise $330 million From Ctrip and Naspers

3May By AdityaNo Comments

FUNDING

MakeMyTrip to Raise $330 million From Ctrip and Naspers

Online travel firm MakeMyTrip today said it will raise $330 million (over Rs 2,115 crore) through share sale to investors as well as to Ctrip and Naspers’ arm MIH Internet, to fund expansion. The company has entered into share purchase agreements with undisclosed investors for placement of its ordinary shares, which is expected to generate gross proceeds of $165 million. The company will issue 4,583,334 ordinary shares in aggregate to investors at $36 per scrip. Moreover, it has also signed share purchase agreements with Nasdaq-listed Ctrip.com International Ltd and MIH Internet SEA Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Naspers Ltd for issuance of the company’s ordinary shares and Class B convertible ordinary shares respectively. Under the agreement, MakeMyTrip will issue 9,16,666 ordinary ...

SAIF Partners Sold Its Entire Shares in Makemytrip, Received 16x Returns Around $400 Million

16Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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SAIF Partners Sold Its Entire Shares in Makemytrip, Received 16x Returns Around $400 Million

One of the leading Venture capitalist SAIF Partners has sold its entire 11 percent stake in MakeMyTrip and the transactions are estimated to be 400 Million, a largest cash exit in India’s venture capital industry. The news was first reported by economic times. Founded in 2000 by Deep Kalra, Keyur Joshi and Rajesh Magow, Makemytrip shares surged by over 50 percent following its merger with the Ibibo Group. The Nasdaq-listed company’s received about USD 25 million in travel company’s series B and series C round of funding between 2005 and 2008 and owned 41 percent stake in the company when it debuted in Nasdaq in 2010. This is an exceptional investment exit as venture capital firms in India are facing difficulties to generate cash from the investment as only few of the companies have o...

4Feb By NitishNo Comments

ACQUISITION

CCI Clears Acquisition of Ibibo Group By MakeMyTrip

Fair trade regulator CCI has approved online travel portal MakeMyTrip's proposed acquisition of rival Ibibo group in an equity deal that would create one of the country's largest online travel firm. As per the deal announced in October last year, South Africa's Naspers and China's Tencent Holdings would sell Ibibo Group to MakeMyTrip in exchange for an issuance of new shares by the latter. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the deal, as per the latest update on the regulator's website. Post completion of the transaction, MakeMyTrip would own 100 per cent of Ibibo Group, and Naspers and Tencent will become largest shareholder in MakeMyTrip, owning a 40 per cent stake and will contribute proportionate working capital, MakeMyTrip had announced in October last year. ...

YellowBulbs- A Website For Startups & SMEs To Find Your Specialist

29Jan By NitishNo Comments

Story

YellowBulbs- A Website For Startups & SMEs To Find Your Specialist

“Availability, Priorities, Quality and Lack of experience” The words commonly told by the ones who possess experience working with a freelancer. In recent times, the swift expansion of a freelance market has experienced a significant increase in the number of startups providing opportunities to thousands of freelancers working after school, college or even employees working after their full time jobs. But most of these freelancers face certain challenges such as a student with negligible experience or examinations, causing delay or even working professionals with full time jobs with overloaded work are unable to complete project causing delay, quality issues and so on. The result? Something which you can barely say satisfied even after wasting countless hours and endless revision. ...

29Nov By Ankita SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Online Travel Portal IXIGO Raises $10 Million Funding From Sequoia Capital India

Ixigo, a Gurugram-based online search marketplace portal has raised $10 million funding from Sequoia Capital India. Started in 2007, Ixigo started operation in flights, hotels, trips, trains, buses and cabs booking, where users can choose best options across multiple service providers. It has a separate mobile application for all of them. Ixigo is backed by Indian investors lyk India's largest online travel agency (OTA) MakeMyTrip and smartphone maker Micromax, besides venture capital firm SAIF Partners. In August 2011, SAIF Partners and Make MyTrip picked up 76.6% in ixigo for $18.5 million, valuing the company at about $25 million. SAIF bought 56.7% while MakeMyTrip picked up 19.9% then. In June 2015, Micromax picked up a stake in the company by investing about $4 million. The i...

Makemytrip And Ibibo Group Announced Merger

18Oct By NitishNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Makemytrip And Ibibo Group Announced Merger

MakeMyTrip Limited and ibibo Group (owned by global technology group Naspers Limited, have agreed to pursue a transaction that will combine the two businesses under MMYT, creating one of the leading travel groups in India that provides a one-stop shop for all Indian travellers and serves as a critical partner for travel industry suppliers. The combination will bring together a bouquet of leading consumer travel brands, including MakeMyTrip, goibibo, redBus, Ryde and Rightstay, which together processed 34.1 mm transactions during FY2016. The transaction is expected to unlock value for customers, supply partners and shareholders, by combining the complementary strengths of each business. MakeMyTrip brings its strong brand, robust mix of domestic and outbound hotels and packages busines...

Finance Ministry Will Challenge Delhi High Court Order to Refund The Service Tax of Travel Portals MakeMyTrip, Ibibo and Ebiz

4Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA, News

Finance Ministry Will Challenge Delhi High Court Order to Refund The Service Tax of Travel Portals MakeMyTrip, Ibibo and Ebiz

A recent High Court verdict directing the central revenue authorities to refund service tax collected from three travel portals including MakeMyTrip may be challenged in Supreme Court by the government. Officials sources today said legal experts are going through the High Court order and an appeal challenging the verdict is likely to be filed in Supreme Court. Delhi High Court had on Thursday ordered Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), an intelligence arm under the Finance Ministry to refund the service tax collected from travel portals-- MakeMyTrip, Ibibo and Ebiz, saying the payment made by them "was not voluntary but under coercion and duress". The court had also pulled up the DGCEI for "unwarranted" arrest of a senior official each from MakeMyTrip and Ebi...

13May By PriyankaNo Comments

FUNDING

Online Hotels Aggregator Startup Stayzilla Raises $13 Million Funding

As per the mint report, Stayzilla has raised $13 million Series C funding from existing investors Matrix Partners and Nexus Ventures, according to documents filed with the Registrar of Companies. In report the funding round of online aggregator of budget hotels split into three tranches of $8.8 million (Rs.58.5 crore), $1.9 million (Rs.13 crore) and $2.4 million (Rs.16.3 crore), between November 2015 and March 2016. About Stayzilla - Stayzilla was founded by Yogendra Vasupal, Sachit Singhi and Rupal Yogendra. The company which started off by offering travelers stay options in budget hotels, last year forayed into home stays, connecting travellers with homeowners with spare accommodation in their houses. Earlier, Stayzilla raised close to $20 million from Nexus Venture Partners...

China’s Ctrip invested $180 million in MakeMyTrip

8Jan By AdityaNo Comments

FUNDING

China’s Ctrip invested $180 million in MakeMyTrip

India's leading online travel company, MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT), announced an agreement under which Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP), a leading travel service provider of accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management in China, has agreed to make an investment in MakeMyTrip. Upon completion of the transaction, Ctrip will invest US$180 million in MakeMyTrip through convertible bonds. In addition, MakeMyTrip has granted permission to the chinese company to acquire MakeMyTrip shares in the open market, so that combined with shares convertible under the convertible bonds. Ctrip may beneficially own up to 26.6% of MakeMyTrip's outstanding shares. Also it will acquire the rights to appoint a director to the MakeMyTrip board of director...