Ecommerce
Startups
Snapdeal, Flipkart may ink merger next week
The impending merger of troubled e-commerce firm Snapdeal with bigger rival Flipkart could happen as early as next week......
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Times Group, others invest $13.5 mn in Koovs
Koovs plc, the UK-based parent of Indian lifestyle e-tailer Koovs.com, said on Wednesday it has raised £10.9 million ($13.5 million, ......
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Management's buyout offer for AskMe unviable, says Astro
Malaysia’s Astro Group, the controlling stakeholder in the defunct ecommerce firm AskMe, has put the onus to pay employees and ......
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Nexus Venture backs on-demand logistics service provider GoPigeon
Bangalore-based on-demand logistics service provider GoPigeon has raised $1.5 million (around Rs 10 crore) in a pre-Series A funding round ......
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Crunched for cash, Flipkart likely to raise debt
Faced with the steady march of US-based rival Amazon on its home turf, e-commerce marketplace Flipkart is now turning to ......
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Amazon-vs-Flipkart-vs-Alibaba-vs-Snapdeal-vs-Rakuten – Who will win the Indian market?
The world’s largest ecommerce company Amazon’s consistent march towards leadership in India, the imminent entry of its Chinese rival Alibaba ......
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E-commerce logistics startup Wow Express raises $2.2 mn
Mumbai-based e-commerce logistics startup Wow Express, which is run by JMS Logistics and Express Pvt. Ltd, has raised Rs 15 ......
Technology
What markdowns mean for companies and investors
Markdowns in valuations of consumer internet companies isn't a phenomenon limited to India. And, yet questions have ......
General
Valuations may be theoretical, markdowns are not
There is very little science or math behind valuation of private companies. It is just a reflection of sentiment about ......
General
Chinese entrepreneur Peter Zou floats India-focused VC fund
Peter Zou, founder of Chinese mobile ad network YeahMobi, has launched an India-focused venture capital fund, joining several other peers ......








