Funding

Snapdeal, which is right now going through a rough patch, has now more reasons to worry. A possible infusion of $100-150 million by Softbank has been cancelled, thereby making the fate of Snapdeal even more doubtful. And an intense…

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 start-up ecosystem is amongst the world’s fastest growing ecosystems in the world. A steady backing by investors in 2014 and 2015 had lead to a growth spurt in the Indian start-up ecosystem. However, with the changing…

Education is one of the most important pillars of the development of any economy. In India, the education sector has undergone a major transformation over the last five decades. Before we explore the investment opportunities in this…

During the 2016 Union Budget, FDI in startups was a burning issue, and Govt. was requested to make it easy for startups to raise funds from foreign investors. In March this year, when Govt. allowed 100% FDI in B2B online…

E-commerce battle in India has suddenly taken a new turn as rumors of World’s #1 retail company Walmart entering into the arena has set the market abuzz. As per reports coming in, though unconfirmed, Walmart is all set to invest $1…

As of June, 2016, India’s capital Delhi attracted more venture capital funds than all other Indian cities combined. In terms of VC money, total of $917 million was infused into Delhi-NCR startups across 155 deals, which more than 50% of…

Traditionally, telecom firms are known to trigger price war by suddenly dropping price and forcing competitors to do the same. But due to cut throat competition within Indian taxi app market, we are witnessing a new level of price…

Jasper Infotech, which owns Snapdeal has successfully raised $200 million (Rs 1360 crore) from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Brother Fortune Apparel & Bennett Coleman & Co (publishers of Times of India) which has enabled their…

Have you seen the Walt Disney box office grosser ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kid’, where Wayne Szalinski, an inventor, accidentally shrinks his and his neighbours’ kids to ¼ of an inch with his electromagnetic shrinking machine? Well,…