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In 1994, Pierre Omidyar built a simple auction website during a holiday weekend, and ended up creating eBayIn 1995, Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb, a primitive auction site, revolutionizing online commerce. This platform, later known as eBay,...- Ebay's 30-year journey: From a bidding marketplace to takeover targetGamestop has proposed a massive fifty-six billion dollar deal to acquire EBay. The videogame retailer, known for its meme-stock fame, is pr...
- GameStop makes $56 billion takeover bid for eBayGameStop has launched a $55.5 billion takeover bid for eBay, aiming to transform the online marketplace into a formidable competitor to Ama...
- Omidyar Network India to exit country, stop new investmentsThe fund, which has invested in the likes of healthcare platform 1mg and edtech Vedantu, among other startups, will completely transition o...
- ‘India offers exciting blueprint for other emerging markets’Tilman Ehrbeck, managing partner, Flourish, spoke about the India opportunity, how the market offers a blueprint for other emerging markets...
- With 3 big exits, 2019 was marque year for Pierre Omidyar in India, says MD Roopa KudvaThe fund started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, which has been investing in India for 10 years now, claims to have touched the lives of 55...
- WhiteHat Jr scores $10 million in Series AThis is the second ed-tech bet by Owl in India in the last three months.
- Omidyar Network announces Rs 16 crore grant focused on property rightsGlobal impact investment investor sets aside Rs 3.5 crore as innovation fund.
- NCAER, NIPFP, Brookings get Rs 16-crore grant from Omidyar Network for research on property rightsThe Rs 16-crore fund includes an innovation fund of Rs 3.5 crore (USD 500,000) to back proposals from across the country.
- Did you know eBay founder Pierre Omidyar earned $6 an hour in high school for coding?The philanthropist top boss' fascination with computers began early.
- Omidyar Network outguns local VCs in startup betsThe firm is also looking to tap into its global network to recreate successful global businesses in India and vice versa to expand its port...
- India is fast moving up the Global Giving Index: Matthew Bannick, Omidyar Network'The (Mark) Zuckerberg announcement is one that's a firming of a direction -people embracing business as vehicle to positive social change,'
- Young professionals seek to enter impact sector; make difference in education, health, sanitationImpact sector is seeing a surge in interest as India consolidates its position as a hub for enterprises that are driven by a socially respo...
- Aspiring Minds sets up Rs 6.5 crore fund to invest in startupsAspiring Minds is present in the US, China, West Asia and Southeast Asia. It has tied up with over 2,000 cos and enrolled millions of stude...
- Omidyar Network, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation invest Rs. 28 crore in IntelleGrowThe funding will be used by the Mumbai-based NBFC to increase its loan book to Rs. 500 crore, up from its current Rs. 50 crore book size.
- Angel Network sets up social impact investment armAngel investors are now seeking to invest in socially relevant enterprises at the seed-stage as they see an opportunity to make high return...
- Deal corner: Rockefeller Foundation backs Impact FundImpact investing in India is seeing a surge driven by an increase in entrepreneurship and a corresponding rise in participation by risk cap...
- Power of Ideas 2012: How employable are youIn 2007, brothers Varun and Himanshu Aggarwal came across a report by the Nasscom , which estimated that just a quarter of India’s engineer...
- Global billionaires turn to philanthropy in IndiaBillionaires are investing in MFIs, rural energy, education & other areas of empowerment like property rights. New kids on the corporate bl...
- Premji is the 6th richest tech titanAZIM Premji, chairman of IT major Wipro, has made it to the list of the world’s 10 richest Tech Titans compiled by Forbes business magazine.
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