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After 5 years of shopping, Ambani has the Indian consumer in his gripThe Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, a refining-to-retail conglomerate has sought to pivot from the oil business to telecom and retai...
InMobi's Roposo in talks for deal with Reliance RetailSoftBank-backed InMobi's co-founder and CEO Naveen Tewari said in an interview that the company is looking to reach 1 billion users in the ...
Jio Platforms agrees to invest $200 million in internet company Glance for 17% stakeThe move, analysts said, is aimed at strengthening the JioPhone Next, a 4G smartphone that RIL has co-developed with Google and is critical...
Google bets a billion on Bharti Airtel; Zomato backs two more startupsGoogle will make an equity investment of $700 million in Bharti Airtel at Rs 734 a share. The $300 million go towards scaling Airtel’s offe...
Google’s investment in Bharti Airtel is part of its big India pushThe tech behemoth has in the last couple of years doubled down its investments in Indian companies, focusing on content and commerce.
Exclusive: Google in talks to back social commerce startup MeeshoGoogle’s latest investment will take Meesho’s total funding to over $900 million so far this year, including $300 million that it raised fr...
Swiggy's funding talks with Invesco; Flipkart vs AmazonTwo months after arch-rival Zomato became a public company, Swiggy is in talks to raise $500-600 million from a clutch of investors led by ...
Reliance may invest $250 million in InMobi's GlanceGlance, already backed by Reliance's partner Google, could give the Mukesh Ambani-led company access to content on the lock screen for its ...
Inmobi-owned Glance acquires Shop101 in social commerce pushGlance has acquired Shop101 in an undisclosed cash-and-stock deal, its first strategic investment since the company raised $145 million fro...
App WarsIn today's ETtech Morning Dispatch newsletter: Indian govt's mobile app store plan, RBI postpones new rules on storing card details, and In...
From SaaS to Reliance effect, here are eight trends that are reshaping pandemic-hit startup worldThe pandemic has reshaped the startup landscape. Stress took its toll but SaaS sector grasped at new opportunities and biotech firms rose t...
Overheated startup sectors may see a resetEven as entrepreneurs joined forces through M&As to tackle the pandemic, the absence of Chinese money in the ecosystem resulted in muted la...
2020 year in review: Risk investors pour $9.3 billion into Indian startups despite Covid-19 woesThe overall funding amount raised is higher than in 2016 and 2017; more than $1.5 billion invested in December alone.
Will Eros handshake with Ambani's RIL become a bear hug?Eros Now has found a deep-pocketed partner in Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani.
Mobile operators look for ways to monetise content as voice, data revenue fallTelcos are betting that about 90% of that content will be via video and are already coming up with various subscription-based plans.
It's cashback time for Paytm: Employees sell shares worth Rs 100 crore in last few weeksThe windfall comes at a time when most Indian consumer internet unicorns are under pressure to lower their valuations for getting fresh cap...
SoftBank Corp in funding talks with mobile commerce company Paytm, cab rental startup OlacabsSoftBank and the Bharti Group have a joint venture — Bharti SoftBank — which invests in mobile technology companies.