Coursera appoints BlaBlaCar's Raghav Gupta as India country directorRaghav Gupta will play a strategic role in deepening Coursera’s investment in India with a focus on expanding the company’s workforce devel...
03 May, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
In a first, BlaBlaCar introduces verification in India to ensure safer ridesIndia is the first market of the 22 countries in which BlaBlaCar operates where the company has introduced this feature.
07 Jul, 2016, 09.50 AM IST
India could soon be our biggest market: BlaBlaCarThe company, which launched its services in India in January last year, has already seen one million seats being offered through its platfo...
17 Apr, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
Odd-even plan: Firms like MakeMyTrip, Panasonic encourage staff to sign up for carpooling appsCarpooling is one option that has especially emerged as a favourite among companies and firms with ride-sharing apps are relishing the mome...
31 Dec, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
BlaBlaCar to allow users to offer rides as per odd-even planRide-sharing platform BlaBlaCar will launch a new feature that will allow its users in Delhi to offer rides on specific days depending on t...
13 Dec, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Uber, Swiggy, BlaBlaCar and other startups step up efforts to help flood hit ChennaiInternet startups were stepping up efforts to deliver food, medicine and blankets in rain-hit Chennai, even as the downpour abated on Thurs...
04 Dec, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
How new startups like LiftO, Shuttl, rBus are trying to solve urban commuting problemThere is a massive need for public transport options, and private enterprise is looking to fill the breach left by state-sponsored infrastr...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Uber plans to launch car-pooling service in BengaluruTaxi-hailing app Uber is launching its car-pooling service in India, competing with a handful of other similar services launched since last...
22 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Uber to launch UberPOOL in BengaluruUberPool will join other carpooling services such as BlaBlaCar, Ridingo, Tripda and Meru Cabs who have launched such a service in India.
21 Sep, 2015, 05.58 PM IST
BlaBlaCar raises $200 million from Insight Venture Partners, othersThe funds will be used to expand services across existing markets as well as expand to newer geographies like Brazil, Asia and additional m...
17 Sep, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Meru Cabs toys with the idea of public carpooling, starts pilot drive in MumbaiMeru, which recently raised $50 million from investor IVFA, expects to launch the service, for private car owners to share rides with other...
08 Jul, 2015, 02.46 AM IST
What clicks in the startup domain and what does not? No one knowsYo!Potato was a Chennai startup that called out to couch potatoes. Order from any number of restaurants and deliver it would. No shipping c...
04 Mar, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
Budget 2015: Amazon, Flipkart and Uber to be affected by new service tax rate of 14 per centThe budget proposal to bring the online commerce industry under the ambit of the new service tax rate of 14% will impact web-based aggregat...
02 Mar, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
Ride sharing app Tripda raises $11 million in series A fundingAs such, car-pooling differs from the taxi-aggregation services offered by companies like Ola, Uber and TaxiForSure that link commercial dr...
29 Jan, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
French carpooling company BlaBlaCar driving into India when aggregators are stuck in a jamIndia is the first stop in Asia, for the 10-year old company that has built an online community of 10 million across 13 countries so far.
14 Jan, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Rocket Internet-backed ride-sharing startup Tripda enters IndiaTripda, a ride-sharing marketplace, is entering India at a time when the likes of Uber and Ola are slugging it out in a highly competitive ...
21 Nov, 2014, 12.00 PM IST
- European ride-sharing app BlaBlaCar may zip across Indian streets
It connects people looking for a ride with drivers who have empty seats so they can share their costs.
04 Jul, 2014, 07.45 PM IST