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Zomato eyeing fresh funding; aggressive investment in traditional and new businesses

Nov 7, 2016Nov 7, 2016 Pankaj Handa Capital funding, investments

Zomato was one of the early unicorns in the Indian startup industry. The online restaurant discovery and food ordering player

ECOMMERCE

Rivigo raises $75 million of capital funding from Warburg Pincus

Nov 7, 2016Nov 7, 2016 Pankaj Handa Capital funding, logistics

Rivigo, a surface transport logistics provider, has raised $75 million capital from Warburg Pincus in a Series C funding round.

ECOMMERCE

PayTM appoints Deepak Abbot as Senior VP

Nov 4, 2016 Pankaj Handa 0 Comments ecommerce, Growth Marketing, paytm

In a latest move, the ecommerce darling PayTM appointed Deepak Abbot as its Senior Vice President – Growth Marketing. Deepak

TECHNOLOGY

Talkshow decides to shut shop; couldn’t attain the desired scale

Nov 2, 2016 Pankaj Handa 0 Comments Michael Sippey, Shutdown, Talkshow, Twitter Ex

Talkshow, the social network for public texting, is planning to shut down by 1st December’16. The application, created by former

TRANSPORT

Ride hailing firms joining hands with automobile manufacturers; to benefit drivers

Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016 Pankaj Handa 0 Comments collaboration, Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Nissan Motors, ola, Tata, uber

Collaboration seems to be the hot theme in transportation startup ecosystem right now. Both Ola and Uber are partnering with

ACQUISITIONS

Flipkart to run Jabong as a separate unit; not to merge with Myntra in near-future

Nov 2, 2016 Pankaj Handa 0 Comments acquisitions, ecommerce, flipkart, jabong, myntra

Myntra recently acquired Jabong in a $70 million deal, and the Flipkart-Myntra-Jabong combine became numero uno group in the online

ACQUISITIONS

Google acquired the eye tracking interface startup Eyefluence

Nov 2, 2016 Pankaj Handa 0 Comments Acquisition, augmented reality, Eyefluence, google, virtual reality, VR

Continuing with it focus on Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality technology, Google acquired an eye tracking interface startup Eyefluence for an undisclosed