Friday, November 22

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Deal: Roadrunnr and TinyOwl in Early Stage of All-Stock Deal
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Deal: Roadrunnr and TinyOwl in Early Stage of All-Stock Deal

As per the report in ET, Roadrunnr (Logistics player) and Tinyowl(online food ordering platform) are in early stages talks to merge in an all-stock deal. Venture funds including Sequoia Capital and Nexus Venture Partners invested in both the startups. At present, both companies have cash to sustain operations for at least 10 months. The talks under way for a few months now, are still at a preliminary stage the sources said. If talks prove successful, the combined entity could explore several options including launching food ordering and delivery services and may also expand to categories beyond food like the launch of bike taxis, the sources said. If the deal does goes through, the combined entity may look at raising fresh funding of about $40 million, the person said. A successfu...