MapmyIndia founders strike gold on stellar debut, now worth $586 mnThe Vermas’ startup met with resounding success during its trading debut after its initial public offering. The stock rose around 35 per ce...
21 Dec, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
Geospatial policy and India market growth catalysed IPO plans: MapmyIndiaChief executive and executive director Rohan Verma told ET that the decision to go in for an initial public offering was due to the overwhe...
18 Nov, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
How Flipkart tech mapped India so wellDelivery executives of e-commerce companies don’t need to call you to identify your location anymore.
10 Sep, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
Here’s why you get your e-commerce, food orders so quicklyRobots, AI & ML help logistics companies beat traffic & bad roads.
06 Aug, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
Geo-tagging to help Amazon deliver fasterThe company is also relying heavily on machine learning and artificial intelligence at various levels of its value chain such as product re...
22 Jun, 2018, 09.22 AM IST
As MapmyIndia enters Google territory, can it beat the Goliath of internet?As homegrown mapping company MapmyIndia moves from automobile navigation to connected devices like phones, it steps on the territory of int...
25 Feb, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
On right track: Navigating India's address problemThe success of many e-commerce enterprises in India, from web-retailing to ride-hailing and food delivery, hinges on cracking the code to w...
21 Sep, 2017, 02.18 PM IST
Indian e-commerce giants like Flipkart, Snapdeal will take 10 years to become large businesses: Rajan Anandan"(India has a) very large (internet) user base but a very small addressable market for the businesses we have decided to build so far," sai...
05 Sep, 2016, 11.11 AM IST
From proceed to checkout: What happens when you buy a product onlineWe take a peek into warehouses used by electronic marketplaces to bring you an account of the various technologies involved in delivering y...
01 Jul, 2016, 01.48 PM IST
Online service providers up their mapping and network connection to increase efficiencyFor on-demand cab aggregators that bet on their algorithms to route drivers, reducing the estimated time of arrival or drop can only be man...
03 Jun, 2016, 12.28 PM IST
Flipkart building mapping platform to help mark customer addresses more accuratelyThe online retailer is building Flipkart Maps, which will help it mark customer addresses and landmarks more accurately to make more speedy...
10 May, 2016, 03.33 AM IST
With the ecommerce industry set to hit $100 billion by 2020, can logistics business be far behind?Existing logistics operators have failed to keep pace with the growth of an industry expected to cross $100 billion in size by 2020.
17 Apr, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Tech gives wings to logistics firms like Delhivery and othersLogistics startups are tying up with e-commerce companies and small merchants to overcome the problems of last-mile delivery.
24 Jan, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Flipkart picking up 34% stake in digital mapping firm MapmyIndia in Rs 1,600 crore dealMapmyIndia had a topline of Rs 70 crore during last fiscal year, which it expected to double in current financial year and profits increasi...
04 Dec, 2015, 05.00 PM IST
Flipkart picks up strategic minority stake in digital mapping company MapmyIndiaDetails of transaction were not disclosed, except that MapmyIndia’s early investors Nexus Venture Partners & Lightbox Ventures will exit th...
03 Dec, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
SourceCode: Flipkart and other startups' gender diversity problemMyntra, Ola, Quikr, Freshdesk and several others have long ignored the need to achieve gender diversity at the top.
23 Jul, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Jobs for students, assessment for companies: How CoCubes pulls it offFriends for 15 years, the co-founders and roommates at IIT-Mumbai graduated in 2005 and after stints at Microsoft and Inductis, they quit t...
08 May, 2015, 09.58 PM IST