Softbank's Masayoshi Son wishes to gift a million electric cars to Ola cabbiesIndia investment likely to cross pledged $10 billion, says SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son.
03 Dec, 2016, 12.27 AM IST
Softbank cuts $555 million in India portfolio value due to Yen appreciationWhile Softbank mentioned Snapdeal and Ola specifically in the write off, it did not mention other India portfolio companies like hotel book...
08 Nov, 2016, 12.00 PM IST
SoftBank to back Snapdeal, Ola; open to consolidation: Alok Sama"In terms of plans, our priority is to nurture our portfolio companies," said Alok Sama, president of SoftBank, in an exclusive interview w...
20 Oct, 2016, 07.52 AM IST
SoftBank's profit drops, but India investments show tractionCEO Masayoshi Son said Indian companies in which SoftBank has invested are growing, which include games, online messenger and retail busine...
11 May, 2016, 12.54 AM IST
Tech startups, e-commerce companies like Flipkart, Ola, Snapdeal, Uber cut down on joining bonusesExperts said e-commerce companies have become prudent as they are under pressure from investors to focus on profitability.
15 Apr, 2016, 09.17 AM IST
Startups begin to renege on offers; Ola, Snapdeal absent from placementsA few months after Indian startups set records in hiring from premier engineering and management schools, some have begun to renege on thei...
10 Mar, 2016, 10.32 AM IST
Startups: Consolidation, customer experience to be key in 2016Peppertap CEO Navneet Singh agreed saying the focus will be on customer experience rather than just customer acquisition.
03 Jan, 2016, 12.02 PM IST
Startups rope in senior non-technology executives for functional rolesStartups are willing to pay top dollars to rope in senior non-technology executives who can complement the big ticket technology hires.
04 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Modi govt needs to end licence raj to kickstart startup raj: Venky GanesanGanesan says Modi government needs to streamline and make laws consistent with entrepreneurship.
25 Sep, 2015, 03.24 PM IST
Billion dollar startups bring in corporate honchos to innovate, accelerate growthFlipkart, Snapdeal and Ola — the first three Indian startups to join the unicorn club of firms with $1 billion valuation — are hiring seaso...
09 Aug, 2015, 01.55 PM IST
Ratan Tata invests in Ola in his personal capacityRatan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in his personal capacity in taxi services company Ola. He has also backed Snapdeal, Paytm, am...
02 Jul, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Startups like Snapdeal, Ola, Zomato ramp up customer support hiringWhile Ola is planning to hire 1,000 people for customer operations in the coming quarter, Snapdeal appointed a new customer service head la...
01 May, 2015, 05.57 AM IST
Softbank's Nikesh Arora steps down from Housing, Snapdeal, Ola boardsHe will be replaced on the Housing board by Jonathan Bullock as a representative of the largest investor in the online real estate search c...
29 Apr, 2015, 09.57 AM IST
M&As zoom 7-fold in startup spaceAs many as 34 M&As have happened so far, compared to just five last year till April end. There were a total of 46 deals in 2014, which mean...
20 Apr, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Ola Cabs switches to PayU as main payment gateway“At the end of the day, both Ola and Uber want to give customers the best experience, so it is critical to make the payments process seamle...
27 Mar, 2015, 07.10 PM IST
Ola founder-investors may drive into riches post fundingWhen the four-year-old Ola acquired smaller rival TaxiForSure in February, it was estimated to be worth about $1.4 billion.
20 Mar, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
Snapdeal, Ola backers say no to SoftBank’s buyout offerIt may not have been an easy offer to refuse as some of these early investors are sitting on returns of 100 times their investment on paper.
27 Nov, 2014, 06.58 AM IST