PhysicsWallah's mega funding; Kiranas vs quick commerceEdtech firm PhysicsWallah has raised $210 million at a $2.8-billion valuation. Details on this and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
20 Sep, 2024, 10.29 PM IST
Livspace’s reverse flip; Byju’s US lenders move SCHome decor startup Livspace is preparing to move its domicile back to India from Singapore. More on this and other updates in today’s ETtec...
18 Sep, 2024, 07.42 AM IST
Home interior company HomeLane may acquire smaller rival DesignCafeAfter the merger, the firms aim to generate a combined earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) of about Rs...
12 Feb, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
Layoffs in 2023: Microsoft, Cognizant, Accenture among latest firms to cut jobs amid economic turmoilThe layoff wave has swept not only startups and mid-sized firms, but also big tech companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google parent A...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.42 PM IST
HomeLane raises $9 million via convertible notes, denies sale talkThe funding is a bridge round in type and has been raised via convertible notes with no new no valuation priced in, founder and CEO Srikant...
15 Jun, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
Bengaluru auto rickshaws ply despite strike against bike taxis; behind internet shutdowns in IndiaAuto rickshaws offered services during peak hours in Bengaluru despite being on a strike against ‘illegal’ bike taxis. The fight between ci...
20 Mar, 2023, 07.17 PM IST
Exclusive: Byju’s offers to pay higher interest rate on $1.2B loan; Rajesh Gopinathan’s ops model may have led to unease at TCSHappy Monday. Byju’s has held discussions to pay higher interest rates to its lenders for the $1.2 billion loan the company picked up in No...
20 Mar, 2023, 07.08 AM IST
Livspace layoffs: Home design startup cuts nearly half of tech, product rolesA total of 36 staffers, including software engineering developers and directors from a team of 80 have been asked to leave the company, sou...
19 Mar, 2023, 07.08 PM IST
Draft data bill may relax local storage rules; Amazon sues consumer protection bodyProvisions over data localisation in the previous draft of the PDP Bill — withdrawn earlier this year — that mandated certain types of data...
10 Oct, 2022, 07.37 AM IST
Pazcare appoints Sandeep Setty as VP of human resourcesPazcare appoints Sandeep Setty as VP of human resources.
17 Aug, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
Digital rupee must be anonymous: Nilekani; why Polygon tapped top investorsDigital rupee must be anonymous to prevent the possibility of state surveillance, Nandan Nilekani says. Institutional heft and firepower we...
09 Feb, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Lawyer boards BharatPe; Livspace is 7th unicorn of 2022Ashneer Grover has already called current chief executive Suhail Sameer “spineless” and accused him of dancing to the board’s tunes. Now wi...
08 Feb, 2022, 08.52 PM IST
Freshworks IPO details; Uber's Dutch setbackSaaS startup Freshworks is hoping for a valuation of $9 billion for its US IPO. Uber Technologies has lost another lawsuit over its drivers...
13 Sep, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
Bigger green shoots in white-collar job marketCapgemini, Whirlpool, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Philips, Nestle, Deloitte, Livspace, PepsiCo and Myntra were among the companies that told ET th...
03 Nov, 2020, 10.07 AM IST
Indian startups like Grofers, Zomato start restoring salaries after pay cutsWhile the country's economy has gradually begun to open up, albeit under a tight leash, the startups are beginning to reinstate the salarie...
20 Jul, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Pay cuts, layoffs: Startup morale under lockdownOver the past 4 weeks, at least two dozen top companies have fired employees and contract staff.
25 Apr, 2020, 10.30 AM IST
Pepperfry narrows losses improving margins on the back of private labels, new business linesThe India’s online homeware and furniture retail market, it is expected to cross $1.1 billion in revenue this year, up from about $900 mill...
24 Oct, 2018, 08.39 AM IST