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Fireside Ventures leads new round in jewellery e-tailer Pipa + Bella
Pipa + Bella, a private label non-precious jewellery e-tailer, has raised $1 million (Rs 6.4 crore) led by Fireside Ventures, ......
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Walmart completes due diligence for controlling stake in Flipkart
Walmart completed a thorough due diligence process on e-commerce firm Flipkart this week, two sources said, as the U.S. retail ......
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Walmart India appoints KFC executive as strategy head
Walmart India has appointed Sameer Aggarwal, a former executive at American fast-food chain restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken, as executive vice ......
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Tracxn founder, former Flipkart exec pick up stake in CTO recruitment startup
Angel investors Abhishek Goyal, founder of data analytics firm Tracxn, and former Flipkart executive Mekin Maheshwari have picked up an undisclosed ......
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Walmart eyes majority stake in Flipkart; Blackstone ends bid for Anand Jain fund
US-based retailer Walmart Inc. is in advanced discussions to acquire a large stake in e-commerce company Flipkart, The Economic Times ......
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Tencent leads $115 mn round in music streaming service Gaana
Chinese Internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings Ltd has made another bet in India. This time, it has led a $115-million (Rs ......
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Alibaba eyes minority stake in Dailyhunt; Brookfield, Macquarie bid for highways
Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba group may be in talks to pick up a 10-12% stake in Ver Se’ Innovation Pvt. ......
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Lightspeed, Yuri Milner fund back B2B marketplace Udaan
Bengaluru-based Hiveloop Technology Pvt. Ltd, which operates business-to-business e-commerce platform Udaan, has raised a $50-million (Rs 324 crore) Series B ......
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Myntra sees top-level exits, product and revenue chiefs put in papers
Two top-level executives have resigned from Myntra, the Flipkart-owned fashion e-tailer said in a statement.Chief product officer Ambarish Kenghe and ......
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Carlyle, Flipkart may bid for Vishal Mega Mart; Actis eyes green energy assets
Global alternative asset manager Carlyle Group is in the race to acquire TPG Capital-backed wholesale and retail chain Vishal Mega ......