Zomato acquires drone delivery startup TechEagle InnovationsThe acquisition comes in roughly a year after the food tech company bought last mile delivery fleet startup Runnr.
05 Dec, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
Hungry and hurried: The inside story of the race against the clock for food-tech startupsEfficiency of the delivery itself has become a key metric on which performances are being measured. But, after a tumultuous year, would tha...
27 Sep, 2018, 05.12 PM IST
More companies use Aadhaar to verify new hiresAadhaar verification will make such frauds difficult. The cost of verification using Aadhaar can be as low as Rs 15 per person.
17 Oct, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
Zomato announces Runnr acquisition in all stock dealWhile both Zomato and Runnr CEO Mohit Kumar declined to comment on the financials of the acquisition, the deal values Runnr at close to $40...
15 Sep, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
Zomato set to buy Runnr in Swiggy fightThe transaction valued Zomato at $800 million while Runnr -which is the merged entity of Roadrunnr and TinyOwl, two of the most wellfunded ...
06 Jun, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
In a bid to match Swiggy, Zomato plans to deliver on its ownThe development comes as Zomato is in talks to acquire hyperlocal delivery startup Runnr, as reported by ET earlier this month.
30 May, 2017, 09.01 AM IST
UberEATS and Zomato in talks to acquire RunnrBoth UberEATS and Zomato have given a term sheet to Runnr, where the offer from US-based cab-hailing application is pegged to be higher, sa...
15 May, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
How fast should startups expand? The jury is outCurrently present in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru, ecommerce platform for automobile parts and services SparesHub, plans to expand to four mo...
16 Nov, 2016, 08.05 AM IST
Food-delivery company Runnr hires for top deck as TinyOwl founders exitIt has strengthened its top management with hires from companies including Facebook and Uber, as it looks to fight larger players in a high...
19 Oct, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Runnr focuses on corporates to increase its order volumeCompany's pilot, which runs across 40 offices, has employees ordering lunch from a curated selection of dishes from five to six restaurants...
29 Aug, 2016, 09.01 AM IST
Blacklisted firms term IITs decision harsh, some say they are not at fault"The blacklisting has put the companies in a bad light, as even investors have been calling us seeking an explanation," the founder of a ba...
27 Aug, 2016, 07.33 PM IST
Startup founders try to revamp leadership modelThese young leaders spend a lot of time on the business aspect of their startup without really going into why or how something happens the ...
15 Jul, 2016, 02.27 PM IST
Grofers lays off 10% of employees, withdraws 67 campus job offersIn a email to its employees, Grofers said it will be laying off few people in every department but the support & content department will be...
30 Jun, 2016, 02.20 PM IST
TinyOwl halts operations in all cities besides MumbaiTinyOwl was previously operational in cities like Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Nagpur,...
23 May, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
Roadrunnr, TinyOwl to merge in an all-stock dealThe joint entity will launch its consumer-facing food delivery platform 'Runnr' in the next three weeks. Roadrunnr CEO Mohit Kumar declined...
09 May, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Basil Advisors develops simulation gaming tool for learning through smartphonesThe company hopes to have a monthly active user base of more than 35,000 by July for the programme that was launched last December.
26 Feb, 2016, 02.02 PM IST
Delivery company RoadRunnr gets Yuri Milner’s backingThis year, Milner - one of the world's most successful social media investors having backed Facebook and Twitter.
13 Oct, 2015, 11.17 AM IST