Acquisition

  The new fiscal year starting from April is proving to be a crucial year for Indian e-commerce industry. The first shot of fireworks has just been ignited, as Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce portal, has announced a major news.…

Airtel, which is India’s 2nd biggest telecom player after Idea-Vodafone, is refusing to settle down. In yet another case of telecom consolidation, they have acquired the 4G business of Tikona Digital Networks. As per regulatory filing…

It seems patience and money, both are running out, when it comes to Snapdeal’s financial health. As per latest reports coming in, Snapdeal is right now amidst advanced talks to sell out. And their biggest competitors: Flipkart and…

Reliance Jio is dominating the telco industry right now, with over 100 million subscribers in less than 170 days, and Vodafone-Idea merger is going to take place soon. This means Airtel has to buckle up to take these giants head-on.…

Softbank backed Housing.com has decided to merge with News Corp funded PropTiger.com. The new joint entity is claiming to be India’s largest digital real estate company, as it has raised a fresh VC funds of $55 million from REA Group…

The Indian Internet story in India which is just over a decade old has unfolded itself beyond anyone’s imagination. It kick started in 2004 with eBay starting its operations in India by acquiring Baazee.com (India’s largest online…

India’s largest online travel company, MakeMyTrip, has announced the acquisition of Ibibo, a rival online travel company, for $720 million in stocks. This makes the valuation of the merged company at $1.8 billion, the largest in its…

Jet.com, which was launched in July, 2015, has been acquired by world’s largest retailer Wal-mart for $3 billion in cash and $300 million in stocks, which would be transferred in a phased manner. This acquisition has been termed as…

For a long time, Yahoo! was the front door to the world wide web for several ‘first generation’ Internet users. It used to be one of those independently run web portal which provides everything a news channel can provide, and even more.…

$26 billion is certainly a lot of money; especially when it’s paid in cash to acquire a professional social network, which reported an increase in loss during the first quarter of 2016. The industry wasn’t expecting any marriage…