Live commerce startup Shopr.tv raises $1.7 million from Y-Combinator, Kunal ShahThe startup, founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs Akhil Suhag, Akshay Suhag, Mukul Anand, and Tushar Dhara, said it will invest the money in it...
18 Oct, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
Amazon India launches live commerce feature during festive season saleOn Amazon Live, the company will run 15 live streams every day from 10 am to 1 am. More than 150 content creators are live streaming during...
01 Oct, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
Temasek to anchor InfoEdge funds, to put half of corpusInfoEdge, an early backer of food delivery app Zomato and online insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar, takes initial bets in companies and bac...
28 Apr, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
InMobi's Roposo pivots to live commerce from short videoUsers on the Roposo platform will now be able to discover products recommended by creators on live streams and shop from hundreds of creato...
13 Oct, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
YouTube to acquire video-based social commerce startup simsimStarted in July 2019 by Amit Bagaria, Kunal Suri and Saurabh Vashishtha, simsim helps small businesses transition to e-commerce through inf...
20 Jul, 2021, 06.28 PM IST
Trell in talks to raise $25-30 million funding at $400 million valuationTrell’s valuation for the said fundraising is nearly double from August last year when the social commerce platform raised $11.4 million in...
11 Mar, 2021, 06.01 AM IST
Short-video apps in India may be in for consolidation nearly six months after TikTok banAccording to Google Play Store's rankings, ShareChat's Moj, Times Internet's MX Takatak and Dailyhunt's Josh have remained among the most d...
15 Dec, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
India's social commerce space set to grow to $16-$20 billion by 2025: ReportThe segment is gaining in popularity among non-urban affluent customers and is being used predominantly by small retailers, a report by Bai...
09 Dec, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
Small stores find selling on social media apps too good an opportunity to pass upMom-and-pop stores quickly harnessed social platforms to revive their businesses that had lost sales totally due to the protracted lockdown...
28 Oct, 2020, 05.30 AM IST
Dating app TrulyMadly raises Rs 8.1 croreThe company clocked in a revenue of Rs. 3.60 crore in the financial year 2018, Rs. 3.48 crore in 2019 and Rs. 3.45 crore in 2020. However, ...
31 Aug, 2020, 02.45 PM IST
Short video apps Roposo, Chingari, Trell focus on monetisation as competition heats upWith the advertising market rebounding after the Covid19-led lockdown, the approach of the festival season and a cash-guzzling business to ...
06 Aug, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Indian video apps see usage surge, peak investor interestLive shopping app Bulbul has also doubled down on non-shopping content to drive user engagement on its platform as shopping was stalled dur...
15 Jun, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
The new buzz: As internet reach expands, live streaming emerges as the next big thingLive streaming — in education, gaming, commerce and sports — is emerging as the next big frontier for internet platforms in India. In China...
28 Feb, 2020, 03.02 PM IST
Ecomm calling: Shoppable ads pop up on TikTokTapping on the video advertisement pushes users to a microsite experience where they can browse and shop while still being on the TikTok ap...
19 Oct, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
Headfone raises seed funding from Fosun RZ CapitalThe Headfone android app has more than half a million downloads and its daily active user spends around 50 minutes a day in the platform.
09 Jul, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
VCs bet on startups that use regional languages to access next 100 million usersSome of these platforms are also leveraging the bargain-hunting and social-shopping behaviour to build trust.
11 Mar, 2019, 11.45 AM IST
Early childhood edu startup Bulbul Apps raises Rs 3.5 croreFounded in 2015 by Prakash Dantuluri to focus on building apps for pre-school students, Bulbul Apps had raised seed capital of $200k and an...
27 Feb, 2019, 02.20 PM IST