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 8, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Wall Street Journal An investment arm of search giant Google is betting that India’s online real estate market is set to boom. Google Capital is providing fresh funding to CommonFloor, the Bangalore-based startup said in a statement Thursday. The amount of the...
Jan 6, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch Remember VYou? The video Q&A platform saw more than a million answers posted and raised $3 million in funding before shutting its consumer site down in March 2013 due to lack of user engagement. Now a new startup called Frankly has launched with a...
Dec 22, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
Fresh from making its first investment in India last month, News Corp has now completed its first acquisition in the country, buying financial planning service BigDecisions.com as Next Big What first reported. The service is designed to be a one-stop-shop that uses...
Dec 16, 2014 | East Asia, India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch SoftBank’s investment spree in Asia is continuing today after the company announced a $90 million round for Locon Solutions, the company behind India’s Housing.com property portal. The Japanese telecom giant led the round in the property search company,...
Dec 12, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch Snapdeal, one of India’s largest e-commerce businesses, has acquired Wishpicker, a tech platform that uses machine learning to deliver recommendations for gift purchases. The deal’s financial terms were undisclosed. The company says this is the fifth...
