Star India hires LivingSocial CEO Gautam Thakar to head sports businessGautam Thakar, currently located in Washington D.C., will be joining Star India as CEO – Star Sports, on January 15.
26 Dec, 2017, 10.28 PM IST
After selling its Indian assets to Flipkart for a stake in it, what does eBay leave behind?eBay has a significant stake in Snapdeal. And there’s Quikr. A company that became a unicorn in the heady days of 2015, with an unusual gen...
18 Apr, 2017, 12.15 PM IST
With $500-m stake buy, eBay makes a fresh bidThe company will also fold its Indian arm, set up when it bought local ecommerce startup Baazee.com for Rs 230 crore in 2004, into India's ...
11 Apr, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2016: Avnish Bajaj has a proven track record of spotting future winners earlyAs an investor, Bajaj was initially not convinced about the scope of the internet market in India and put money in sectors like healthcare.
08 Aug, 2016, 04.11 AM IST
Matrix Partners raises 730 crore to boost its corpusThe fund raise comes at a time when a cofounder Rishi Navani is leaving the firm, which will now be managed by cofounder Avnish Bajaj.
21 Apr, 2016, 07.01 AM IST
Why e-Bay India is missing in e-commerce conversation despite coming before Flipkart, Amazon & SnapdealWe are the largest marketplace (by number of sellers), but we are not in valuations game. Hence, we don’t get talked about that much, says ...
09 Sep, 2014, 07.42 AM IST
Rupert Murdoch reboots internet play in IndiaThe media giant is rebooting tactical investments as part of a strategy to aggressively expand the group's digital play in markets like Ind...
13 Aug, 2014, 01.27 PM IST
Venture capital investments surge; reflects optimism about India's entrepreneurial ecosystemAccording to data from audit and advisory firm E&Y, investments in early-stage companies and startups rose nearly 40% to 121 deals.
02 Jul, 2014, 04.45 AM IST
India's young entrepreneurs turn angel investors for new startupsAngel investing is typically done at a very early stage of a company's life, and startups say they gain significantly from these entreprene...
30 Jun, 2014, 12.31 PM IST
Meet Quikr CEO Pranay Chulet, IIT-IIM alumnus, who built India's largest online classifieds co"We get 32 million unique visitors every month. That's one-in-six internet users in India," said Chulet.
12 Mar, 2014, 09.44 AM IST
- Amazon set to launch services in India next year
World’s largest online retailer, Amazon-. com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of ecommerce boom in India.
26 Jul, 2011, 09.26 AM IST
- Amazon set to launch services in India next year
Amazon is establishing a warehouse in Mumbai, a standard step before entering e-commerce space going by what Amazon has been doing globally.
26 Jul, 2011, 07.24 AM IST
- SC stays proceedings against eBay, its chief
The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings against auction portal eBay India Pvt Ltd and its chief Avinash Bajaj for allegedly permitti...
25 Aug, 2008, 07.41 PM IST
- eBay chief moves SC in DPS MMS case
eBay chairman Avinash Bajaj has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi high court order which allowed proceedings against him for permit...
13 Aug, 2008, 05.01 AM IST
- NVP appoints Niren Shah as MD India
Norwest Venture Partners announced appointment of Niren Shah as the Managing Director for its Indian operations.
10 Sep, 2007, 09.11 PM IST
- Matrix Partners to invest in 20-30 new ventures
The $150-million consumer services risk capital fund, Matrix Partners India, which closed on July 26, has decided to invest in some 20-30 n...
28 Aug, 2006, 02.59 AM IST
- Matrix Partners India to invest in 20-30 new ventures
The $150 million consumer services risk capital fund, Matrix Partners India, which closed on July 26, has decided to invest in some 20-30 n...
25 Aug, 2006, 09.15 PM IST