Family offices of Alibaba's Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai exploring investments in IndiaWhile their personal investment vehicles are yet to park money in Indian startups, feelers have been sent through informal networks.
13 Jun, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Startup funding deals at a high, but cheque size shrinksIn the last three months, there was an average of 53 funding deals a month, compared to 43 transactions in the first three months of 2015.
14 Nov, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
Aashish Bhinde emerges as top paid investment banker with $2 million remunerationBhinde who is an executive director at Avendus Capital helped companies in stringing together transactions worth over $1 billion.
21 Jul, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Investment banks setting up dedicated teams to cash in on e-commerce boomForeign and domestic investment banks are increasingly setting up dedicated teams to cater to India’s rapidly growing e-commerce companies.
13 May, 2015, 05.46 AM IST
Foreign and local investment banks set up dedicated teams to cater e-commerce firmsA $300-billion market value in five years might appear overtly optimistic to some, but it would still be about 10% of India's estimated $3-...
12 May, 2015, 07.17 PM IST
After IT, Wipro's Azim Premji & Infosys' Narayana Murthy squaring off in $3-bn e-commerce marketPremji has gone with the domestic players; he has investments in Myntra and Snapdeal while Murthy has placed his bets on global e-tailing g...
14 Aug, 2014, 10.10 AM IST
Meet Avendus Capital's Aashish Bhinde, the go-to banker, who raises money for tech companiesExecutive director of Avendus Capital is much feted as an investment banker who raises money for tech companies and advises on buying and s...
15 Jul, 2014, 10.08 AM IST
Global taxi-hailing app Uber in talks for fresh fundingThe talks of fresh round of funding comes less than a year after the five-year-old co raised $258 million at $3.5 billion valuation in Aug ...
16 May, 2014, 03.17 PM IST
Online travel booking company Yatra.com mulls listing on NasdaqUnlisted Yatra.com doesn’t publish financial results. Analysts say most travel-booking companies in India, like local airlines, are unprofi...
10 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Myntra ropes in Lowe Lintas, Ogilvy India Worldwide to maintain leading position in apparel retailLowe to handle overall marketing strategy, Ogilvy to focus on private-labels
17 Mar, 2014, 01.58 PM IST
Nasdaq-listed MakeMyTrip initiates sale of 4.5 million sharesMakeMyTrip has initiated a share sale for about 4.5 million shares, which includes stake sales by its venture capital investors and the man...
12 Mar, 2014, 04.10 AM IST
Silver Lake plays lead investor in Eka Soft’s 250 crore funding roundThe US-based technology buyout fund which manages assets of around $ 20 billion, recently acquired computer maker Dell Inc along with Micha...
16 Oct, 2013, 06.32 PM IST
Advertising and apps to drive new business triggered by rapid mobile penetrationThe increased willingness of users to pay for content and enterprises to advertise on mobiles is opening up new business opportunities.
19 Sep, 2013, 07.50 AM IST
Snapdeal gets $50 million funding from eBay, Japan's Recruit CoVenky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman, who cofounded Junglee that was bought over by Amazon in 1998, are also investors in the latest deal.
11 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- There is no more easy money, or room for me-too models in e-Commerce : Avendus' Aashish Bhinde
After the 2011 frenzy to invest in e-commerce startups , investors have become more bearish and are now asking questions about how these fi...
04 Apr, 2012, 11.56 AM IST
- PE Sequoia Capital to invest $4 million in FreeCultr
Blue chip investment firm Sequoia Capital has invested in FreeCultr, an online apparel brand.
16 Dec, 2011, 04.18 PM IST
- Continental Europe is next stop for cos on buying spree
Large-cap companies, which have not made any acquisitions so far or only small ones, may also jump into the fray and make acquisitions to g...
06 Feb, 2007, 12.57 AM IST