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Click Asia Summit: Asia’s Best Digital Marketeers Flock To Mumbai This Year
Increasing mobile penetration and use of internet has paved way for the business to draw and engage customers through digital marketing. The marketers are also spending heavily on various digital...
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Ola To Invest $30 Mn To Promote CNG Vehicle Adoption In Delhi-NCR
Transportation aggregator, Ola, plans to expand the fleet of CNG cars on its platform over the next six months. For this, the company will be spending $30 Mn (INR 200 Cr) for adopting CNG cabs in...
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Car & Bike Pooling Startup Liftiee Raises Seed Funding From Roadies Presenter...
Mumbai-based car and bike pooling app, Liftiee, has raised $ 108K (INR 72 lakh) in Seed funding from Roadies presenter Rannvijay Singh. The round also saw participation from TV actor, Anita...
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Gaja Capital Closes Its Third Funding Round; Raises $240 Mn
Mid-stage PE firm Gaja Capital has closed its third round of funding by raising $240 Mn. The firm’s third fund, Gaja III, has been backed by International Finance Corp (which has parked about $130 Mn...
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Hello Curry Raises $1.5 Mn In Bridge Funding
Hyderabad-based, quick service restaurant chain (QSR) specializing in Indian cuisine, Hello Curry, has raised $1.5 Mn in bridge funding. The round was led by entrepreneur-turned-investor Sashi Reddi,...
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News Roundup: 12 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [14 March –...
In a bid to mark its presence in the digital wallet services, Amazon India has applied for a semi-closed wallet license. The company reportedly filed for a wallet license through its subsidiary, Amazon...
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Movers & Shakers Of The Week [14 March – 19 March]
Times Internet appointed former COO Gautam Sinha as the new CEO. Also, former CEO Satyan Gajwani is promoted as the Managing Director. The new appointments will come into effect in April. As a...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [14 March – 19 March]
Flipkart is planning to raise about $1 Bn in next few months to expand its business. The new round is expected to be a down round. On the other side, Ahmedabad-based Infibeam is likely to raise INR 450...
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Internet Consulting Company Indus Net Technologies Acquires ERP Solution...
Indus Net Technologies, a Kolkata-based internet consulting company, has acquired ERP solutions provider, InFluxERP, in a stock plus cash deal for an undisclosed amount. Under the deal, the Influx team...
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Girnar Software Grabs Funding From Google Capital
Girnar Software that owns auto portals like CarDekho.com, Gaadi.com, BikeDekho.com, TyreDekho.com, and Zigwheels.com has received investment from Google Capital, along with participation from existing...
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PM Narendra Modi Launches Kisan Suvidha App For Farmers
Pitching for the second green revolution in the country based on science, technology and modern inventions in the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Kisan Suvidha app for...
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Room on Call Secures $2 Mn From CASHurDRIVE (CUD)
Room on Call, a branded budget accommodation marketplace, has raised $2 Mn led by ‘on-vehicle’ advertising company, Cash ur Drive (CUD). Founded in 2015 by Pradeep Sajjan, Amit Goel and Nirupma Dhawan,...
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BigBasket Raises $150 Mn From Abraaj Group And Others
Bangalore-based online grocer BigBasket has raised $150 Mn in funding led by UAE-based private equity investor Abraaj Group. Online grocer’s existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion...
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Meet 4 Startups Who Made It To The 15th Batch Of Startup Chile Program
Four Indian-based startups have been selected to represent Asia in Startup Chile program in its 15th batch. Startup Chile is an accelerator program that attracts early-stage, high-potential...
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Crouching Jack And His Hidden Dragons
Jack Ma, the founder of China’s largest ecommerce company Alibaba, is neither a Harvard nor a Stanford graduate. He was actually rejected by Harvard, 10 times. He is just street smart, and it has...
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Bookmycab Gets Acquired By Wings Travels After A Fall Through From Jugnoo
Wings Travels Management, a transport service provider for the corporates, has reportedly acquired Mumbai-based call taxi service Bookmycab.com in a mix of cash and equity deal. Bookmycab was earlier...
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Digital Health Record Platform eKincare Raises $329K From Bitkemy Ventures &...
Hyderabad-based healthcare startup eKincare has raised $329K (INR 2.2 Cr) in Pre-Series A round of funding from Bitkemy Ventures, Maheshwari Investment. Pvt. Ltd., and other HNIs including Anshoo Gaur,...
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Gurgaon Based Horntell Raises $150K To Reinvent Notifications Into Actionable...
Gurgaon-based tech startup Horntell has raised $150k in angel funding led by Bharanidharan Viswanathan (CEO at 91mobiles.com). Sanjiv Mital (CEO at NISG), Shobhit Shukla (Chief Revenue Officer at...
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News Roundup: 8 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [21 March –...
In a complaint filed by Ola in Delhi High Court, Uber has alleged that Ola employees and agents are making false bookings on its app. The complaint claimed that over 20K drivers left the company...
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Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [21 March – 26 March]
The Infibeam IPO, which started slow on its first day and was given thumbs down by many analysts, made a comeback on a closing day. As per NSE data (till 1700 hrs 23rd March), the issue received bids...
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