Varun Beverages surges 18% on South African deal worth Rs 1,320 croreBevCo is engaged in the business of manufacturing and distribution of licensed PepsiCo Inc/ own-branded non-alcoholic beverages in South Af...
20 Dec, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Varun Beverages to acquire PepsiCo's South Africa bottler BevcoVarun Beverages Ltd (VBL), a major PepsiCo franchise bottler globally, announced the acquisition of South Africa's Beverage Company (Bevco)...
19 Dec, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon spices riches in web3. Others see rubbish"Blockchains provide a powerful new way to build networks where the network effects accrue as public goods, as they did in web1," Dixon twe...
14 Feb, 2022, 06.17 PM IST
PB Fintech covers a growing bazaar, look for a long-term playPB Fintech, which owns the online insurance policy platform Policybazaar and online lending platform Paisabazaar, plans to raise Rs 3,750 c...
29 Oct, 2021, 04.25 PM IST
What’s behind the insurtech boom?In today's ETtech Morning Dispatch: Acko raises $200 million to become India's latest startup unicorn, Govt-Twitter spat set up escalate ov...
29 Jun, 2021, 07.09 PM IST
ETtech Exclusive: Acko in talks to raise $200 million, may become India’s next unicornHeightened interest among risk investors in the overall fintech sector, due to greater digital adoption triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic,...
29 Jun, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Dizzying valuations, IPO craze tick boxes on bubble checklistShare issuance, initial public offerings and blank-check companies have grown so popular that record after record fell in 2020. U.S. compan...
03 Jan, 2021, 09.29 AM IST
A millennial crypto victory bigger than the price of BitcoinSathvik Vishwanath and Harish BV, cofounders of a then five-year-old startup, were arrested in late 2018. No, they hadn’t pulled off a shad...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.58 AM IST
SoftBank returns to profit after record lossesMasayoshi Son has pulled off a remarkably speedy comeback after the worst loss in his company’s 39-year history.
11 Aug, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Son’s SoftBank poised to return to profit after big lossesSoftBank uses a number of approaches to value its stakes in private companies, including taking cues from their latest financing rounds and...
07 Aug, 2020, 08.38 AM IST
SoftBank-backed Policybazaar aims for 2021 IPO in India tech’s debutPolicybazaar helps sell about a million policies a month. The aggregator lets users compare life, health, auto, travel and property policie...
20 Jul, 2020, 09.02 AM IST
After 133% rally, has SoftBank's Son pulled off yet another escape from the abyss?SoftBank has benefited from a rebound in its portfolio of companies, particularly Alibaba. The e-commerce giant hit record after record thi...
13 Jul, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
How regional soft drinks makers are making a mark in a market dominated by MNCsThe name Sosyo is unlikely to ring a bell unless you have been to Gujarat, the home turf of the 93-year-old brand. Manufactured by the Sura...
15 Mar, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Amazon’s Alexa boasts of 80,000 apps, but there's no guarantee users will find them allSmartphone users can eyeball a list of apps, but multiple options get lost on a voice-based service.
11 Mar, 2019, 06.19 PM IST
Tech investors should enjoy its deal spree: SoftBank's Rajeev MisraThe industry is upset that SoftBank is muscling in on deals and has voiced concerns that it’s ladling out more money than startups need or ...
27 Feb, 2018, 09.36 AM IST
SoftBank is said in talks to back insurance startup PolicyBazaarThe two sides are examining how the Japanese company can take a stake without pushing foreign investment in PolicyBazaar above 49 percent, ...
26 Jan, 2018, 10.36 AM IST
- Online layoff tracker captures economy's carnage
In a sour economy like this, entrepreneurs inevitably dream up new ways to turn lemons into lemonade.
23 Feb, 2009, 09.42 PM IST