Udaan rejigs board, co-founder, Vaibhav Gupta, appointed as CEOThis is in line with the evolution needed for udaan to become a publicly listed entity over the next 18-24 months.
10 Sep, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
Udaan builds war chest to take on Reliance, Amazon and FlipkartUdaan has raised $280 million in a follow-on funding round from a clutch of new and existing investors at an estimated valuation of $3.1 bi...
06 Jan, 2021, 08.16 PM IST
Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar says trust is key to any business partnershipKumar shares how he and his two other co-founders manage a symbiosis while running the B2B e-commerce platform.
06 Mar, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
‘Startups need to stop looking at jobs from a short-term perspective’"In India, the local risk capital is less than 2-3% in comparison to about 55% in China. I think there needs to be an ecosystem wherein cap...
25 Oct, 2019, 09.36 AM IST
ET India dialogues: India needs to shift the focus to large-scale employmentRule-based jobs, which are a small proportion of employment in the country, will be disrupted by advances in technology, such as artificial...
25 Oct, 2019, 09.13 AM IST
Small towns should be a big focus area: TV Mohandas PaiEnabling micro entrepreneurs will give a boost to local economies and drive consumption across the country. The government should look at u...
25 Oct, 2019, 08.12 AM IST
Taking tech to Bharat needs inclusive tools: Amod Malviya, Co-founder, UdaanMore than 100 million formal and informal jobs are generated by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and trade busin...
22 Aug, 2019, 09.44 AM IST
Udaan gets $50 million in Series-B round to take offThis is one of the biggest funding rounds at an early stage in the Indian startup ecosystem.
21 Feb, 2018, 08.15 AM IST
Former Flipkart execs' startup Udaan raises $10 million from LightspeedUdaan has hired a team of over 20 people, half of whom have been picked from Flipkart to form a core team who are initially focusing on pro...
23 Nov, 2016, 09.41 AM IST
Flipkart appoints Suvonil Chatterjee as consumer design headChatterjee, who was among the early employees of real estate portal Housing.com, will be responsible for attracting design talent from acro...
22 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Flipkart adds two Silicon Valley hires to its cart - one from Yahoo, other from AmazonFlipkart is making two top technology hires - Yahoo's VP for analytics Eric Lange and Amazon's Dan Rawson from its fulfilment business.
15 Jul, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
Veterans quit as Flipkart rebuilds a new technology teamThe online marketplace’s chief technology officer, Amod Malviya, has shifted to an advisory role, while Sameer Nigam, who headed engineerin...
10 Jul, 2015, 08.07 AM IST
Flipkart CTO Amod Malviya quits active role, engineering head Sameer Nigam quits tooAmod Malviya is moving to an advisory role at Flipkart, Bansal wrote. Sameer is moving from Flipkart to start an entrepreneurial venture in...
09 Jul, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
Sachin and Binny Bansal get new roles in Flipkart recastUnder the new structure, Flipkart will be split into three verticals to bring a sharper focus on its strategy and help the company tap its ...
24 Feb, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
Internet has become important for young businesses to have a level-playing field to survive and thriveObama gave a clarion call favouring net neutrality, & India’s young Internet firms are saying protecting the principle is of paramount impo...
18 Nov, 2014, 03.51 AM IST
How Flipkart's backroom boys are powering the e-tailing behemoth's rapid growthArmed with over a billion dollar in venture capital Flipkart is readying for the long haul, and a lot hinges on the backroom boys.
25 Oct, 2014, 10.58 PM IST
Data scientist among the sexiest jobs of the centuryData scientists are a rare species being chased by startups & tech cos alike for their ability to make sense of large and complex set of in...
19 Sep, 2014, 09.13 AM IST