Feb 19, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch Wooplr, a startup that is aiming to ignite social commerce in India, has closed a $5 million Series A funding round from Helion Ventures to expand its team and grow across the country. Bangalore-based Wooplr started out as a social network for sharing...
Feb 19, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Stayzilla, an India-based service that combines regular hotel bookings with short-term, Airbnb-style rentals, has announced a $20 million Series B round to grow its business. The round, details of which leaked last week, was led by Nexus Venture Partners and existing...
Jan 19, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
There’s more funding for e-commerce companies in India today, after ShopClues — a startup that led the adoption of the marketplace model in the country — closed a $100 million Series D round. Read More
Jan 19, 2015 | China, East Asia, News
Xiaomi became the world’s third largest smartphone company based on sales last year, and it also began investing in companies. Its early investments have largely been in hardware, but today it diversified into software after buying 2.98 percent of Kingsoft...
Jan 5, 2015 | China, East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
TechCrunch Lalamove, an Uber-like service for logistics, has raised $10 million to expand its presence across Asia, where it already operates in six cities. The company, which began life in Hong Kong in December 2013, offers iOS and Android apps that allow customers...
