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Housing.com’s Vikas Wadhawan On The Evolving Role Of A CFO As A Multiskilled...
One of the most thriving sectors worldwide, real estate and construction is the second-highest employment generator in India, next only to agriculture. It currently employs an estimated 67 Mn people,...
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BrowserStack Enters Unicorn Club With $200 Mn Funding; Valuation Jumps To $4 Bn
Homegrown software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup BrowserStack has raised $200 Mn in Series B funding. Post funding, BrowserStack reached a valuation of $4 Bn. This funding round makes BrowserStack just...
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PharmEasy Sees Valuation Jump To $1.8 Bn With B Capital’s $20 Mn Transaction:...
Ahead of a potential IPO within the next year, PharmEasy’s valuation has shot up $1.8 Bn after a secondary transaction from Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital. B Capital is said to have...
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NV Capital Targets INR 500 Cr Corpus For Maiden Media & Entertainment Fund
Alternative investment fund NV Capital has launched its first media and entertainment credit fund to raise up to INR 500 Cr (approx $68.2 Mn) and invest in content creators, India’s rapidly-growing...
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Paytm Steps On The Pedal For $3-Bn IPO By Hiring Four Investment Banks
Fintech giant Paytm has hired four banks including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs for its proposed initial public offering, according to several media reports. The board of One97 Communications, the...
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Furniture Behemoth IKEA Launches Ecommerce Service In Bengaluru
Swedish furniture and household appliances retailer IKEA announced the launch of its ecommerce services and unveiled a mobile app for online shopping in Bengaluru. Currently the ecommerce and mobile...
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Talent Recruitment Platform Sense Raises $16Mn In Series C Funding Round
Talent engagement platform Sense has raised $16 Mn in a Series C round of funding led by Avataar Ventures, along with participation from existing investors Accel and Google Ventures. The startup which...
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Amazon, Flipkart Challenge Karnataka HC Order Which Upheld CCI Probe
Ecommerce majors including Flipkart and Amazon have challenged Karnataka High Court’s June 11 order which dismissed an earlier plea by both companies to quash a competition commission of India’s (CCI)...
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Nazara Technologies Acquires Gaming Agency Publishme For INR 20 Cr
Gaming and sports media platform, Nazara Technologies Ltd has acquired a majority stake of 69.82% in Turkey and West Asia based mobile gaming publishing agency, Publishme. The acquisition of the...
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Early Access To PUBG BattleGrounds India Begins For Selected Few
South Korean videogame developer Krafton Inc., announced that it would be opening up early access to its newly released game BattleGrounds Mobile India. Only selected players would be given early...
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D2C Beauty Brand MyGlamm Raises Funding From Bollywood Actress Shraddha Kapoor
Mumbai based D2C beauty and personal care company MyGlamm has announced that Bollywood actress Shradha Kapoor has invested an undisclosed amount in the company. The actress would also take on the role...
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SBI, HDFC Bank And 13 Banks Form A Blockchain Company For Processing Letter...
After the Bankchain project, leading Indian banks SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and 12 others have come together to further widen the blockchain application to the processing of Letters of Credit...
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Mumbai Police Arrest ‘Crypto King’ In Bitcoin-Linked Drug Bust
The Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai Zone has arrested a Mumbai resident Makarand P Adivirkar for allegedly facilitating the purchasing of drugs in Bitcoin. Known as ‘Crypto King’ by some, Adivirkar...
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BharatPe-Centrum Bid For PMC Bank Takeover Gets RBI Nod
Delhi NCR-based fintech startup BharatPe has announced that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued an in-principle approval to the take over of cash-strapped Punjab & Maharashtra Co-Operative...
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How Dukantech Is Beating Ecommerce Behemoths To The Kirana Punch
From the U.S. tech giants like Amazon and Flipkart owner Walmart to Indian conglomerates like Reliance Jio and the Tata group, every business worth its salt wants a slice of India’s $500 Bn grocery...
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[Funding Galore] From BYJU’S to BroswerStack — $750.6 Mn Raised By Indian...
This week, India saw yet another unicorn from the enterprise tech space as BrowserStack raised $200 Mn from Bond Capital and other investors. The funding round also saw participation from Insight...
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Grofers Cofounder Saurabh Kumar Quits, To Continue As Board Member
Saurabh Kumar, cofounder of grocery delivery startup Grofers has left the company almost 8 years after setting it up along with Albinder Dhindsa. In a statement on June 18, Grofers CEO Dhindsa said...
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BharatPe Eyes Unicorn Status With $250Mn Fundraise From Tiger Global
Delhi-based B2B fintech platform BharatPe is in talks with venture capital firm Tiger Global to raise a fresh Series E round of $250Mn. The talks are in an advanced stage which would give BharatPe a...
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James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems Targets Indian Family Offices For Startup Fund
James Murdoch, the British-American billionaire and son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is considering raising funds from ultra-rich families for his investment firm Lupa Systems, which is looking to...
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Google, Facebook, Twitter May Get Caught In Huge Tax Net On IT Rules Compliance
US technology giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter might have to shell out higher taxes if they comply with the new Information Technology Rules, according to a report by ET. The provision in the...
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