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How BP Ventures-backed taxi startup BluSmart is picking EV fight with Uber, Ola
Indian ride-hailing startup BluSmart is seeking to challenge Uber and Ola for market share in the country with bets on ......
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Grapevine: KKR buys road asset; SoftBank looks to pare stake in FirstCry
Private equity firm KKR has signed agreements to acquire a toll road from Hyderabad-based Navayuga group, a media report......
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Tiger Global wraps up $250 mn exit from eight-year-old India bet
Tiger Global, one of the most active venture capital investors in the country over the past decade, has exited an ......
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How the digitised Indian consumer is luring global investors for a piece of cake
Mumbai resident Shivam Vahia cannot remember the last time he left home to shop. He spends about 30,000 rupees ($364) ......
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Oyo slashes issue size as it refiles for IPO
Softbank-backed hotel aggregator Oyo has submitted a confidential "pre-filing" document for a likely slimmed-down ......
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SoftBank-backed Unacademy to lay off 12% of staff
Indian edtech startup Unacademy is laying off 12% of its workforce, citing a funding winter and pressure to turn ......
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LifeLong-led consortium acquires GoMechanic in slump sale
A consortium led by auto component maker Lifelong Group on Wednesday said it has bought beleaguered car workshop and ......
Finance
SVB collapse may shift eyes towards SoftBank investments
The spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might increase trouble for other US lenders, and bring SoftBank Group ......
Finance
How profitable was SoftBank's latest partial exit from Indian firm?
Japanese conglomerate Softbank has divested 3.8% of its stake in supply chain company Delhivery for Rs 954 crore through......
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Startups pivot towards stock sops as funding crunch deepens
Startups are pivoting from cash bonuses to stock options and other long-term incentives to retain talent as they look to......