The Japanese investment giant has also roped in Sumer Juneja from venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners to lead Indian operations.

ET was the first to report in its edition dated November 21, that Norwest Venture Partners’ Sumer Juneja would be joining Softbank to lead ...

Around 40% people want to change their mobile phones within a year of purchase and almost that many Indian consumers are open to buying ref...

For Quikr, FY17 has been a year where its inorganic strategy has begun bearing fruit significantly with the businesses of the acquired star...

Through this partnership, customers can sell their old furniture on Quikr’s consumer platform Quikr Bazaar in exchange for gift cards that ...

Indus OS co-founder Rakesh Deshmukh on how they built an OS that works on Indian languages

Quikr has seen a 154% growth in selling of refurbished smartphones than those manufactured in 2015 while Apple and Samsung led the most pop...

Flipkart’s entry into the online second-hand products business will pit it directly against QuikrBazaar and OLX in a largely unorganised ma...

In 2017, the prodigal, wayward startups may still be able to find their way back home. But it may not be as easy in the years ahead.

There are 36 keys needed in Hindi as compared to 26 in English. With touchscreen smartphones gaining popularity, it is easy to introduce a ...

Firstouch raised $5 million in a series A funding from investors led by Omidyar Network, and rebranded itself as Indus OS.

The money will be used to fund the cash acquisition of rival CarWale from German media conglomerate Axel Springer.

Last year, e-commerce companies had spent as much as Rs 1,300 cr on marketing & promotion during the September-December period.

As e-comm cos scale up their biz, they’re being forced to look overseas as the talent pool available locally is not as evolved as those fou...

Fund managers are pouring money into consumer internet and technology firms that have cornered over half of the total deal flow this year.

Amazon.com has launched an advertising blitzkrieg in India with a budget that not only dwarfs all its local peers but is also comparable wi...

Some of the biggest spenders are Olx, Flipkart, Quikr, Snapdeal, Jabong & Myntra, that hold a meaty portion of the Rs 18,000-cr e-retail in...