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How three brothers turned cloning startups into a global empireGerman brothers Marc, Oliver, and Alexander Samwer became billionaires by cloning successful U.S. startups like eBay, Airbnb, and Amazon, a...
Blitzscaling can take your portfolio valuation up quickly, but you can fall badly tooBesides startups, many new areas are now actively deploying blitzscaling. Hindi movie distribution is one such area — the release is hyped ...
Billionaires line up to take their unloved companies privateMany of the deals involve ultra-rich founders who have been helped by cheap financing and the sluggish share performance of their businesse...
Future group likely to shutter FabFurnishPeople in the know said Biyani does not want to continue investing in two brands especially when FabFurnish has not performed as expected.
Rocket: Strategy of betting on entrepreneurs failed in IndiaRocket Internet infuses the startups with huge capital and increases the chances of success by giving the entrepreneurs a sense of security.
Inside Rocket Internet’s Ailing Startup FactoryMangrove Chief Executive Officer Mark Tluszcz regrets getting involved with Rocket and says Nestpick’s survival is far from assured.
Hiring so-called founders at startups: What went wrong with the global model of incubationAs per analysts, it had more to do with the so-called founders not having enough skin in the game to want to stick by and lead their cos th...
Foodpanda eyes fresh funds, may opt for saleThe Rocket-incubated company recently said it's selling its Indonesian business and rethinking its presence across the rest of Southeast As...
Indian e-commerce most challenging in world: Lorenzo Grabau, AB Kinnevik"The Indian market is very exciting but it is also a place where there are a lot of talented local entrepreneurs and management teams with ...
Foodpanda finds no takers even at $10 million price tagDespite low valuation, the food ordering platform has not found a buyer yet, signalling that it may decide to shut India operations soon.
Roadrunnr may sprint home with Rs 300 crore in DST Global-led fundraiseRoadrunnr which started as a hyperlocal logistics company aims to expand to delivering packages both within large cities and local neighbou...
Ethnic e-tailer Craftsvilla raises Rs 220 croreWith its Series C round of funding in place, the Mumbai-based e-tailer is looking to go public in the next 12-18 months, Manoj Gupta, co-fo...
Lookup, a free and secure messaging app, raises $2.5 millionIn January this year, Lookup had raised $382,000 in its seed round from Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, DeNA Japan, Beenos founder ...
Rocket Internet plans to sell its top companies in IndiaRocket Internet spokesman Jan Christoph Bohnerth said the company would not comment on what he said were “rumours”.
Foodpanda may pick up stake in TinyOwl as part of $40-million dealTinyOwl, one of the fastest growing food ordering startups, has had a quick ramp-up after having started off in Mumbai in April 2014.
Sequoia Capital leads $18 million investment in CraftsvillaCraftsvilla, a Mumbai based online marketplace for ethnic products, has raised $18 million in a second round of funding led by Sequoia Capi...
Nisa Godrej backs e-tailer for infantsThe 15-month-old Hopscotch, co-founded by two former Diapers.com executives Rahul Anand and Lisa Kennedy, sells curated hard-to-find mercha...
Want a business like Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg's 8 lessons for entrepreneursFor all 20-something entrepreneurs here is a list of 8 things to do in biz that might make your co like Facebook, give or take a few billio...
Samwer bros' Rocket Internet spending big bucks to gain foothold in Indian e-com industryRocket Internet GmBH - founded by siblings Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer - is often attacked for cloning successful US start-ups in eme...