Deepti Govind
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India: Livspace appoints former Flipkart executive as marketing head
Late last year, Livspace raised $70 million in a Series C funding round led by private equity firm TPG Growth and Goldman Sachs.
Byju’s acquires US-based playful learning system Osmo for $120m
The acquisition, Byju’s first ever of a US company, will help the Indian startup expand into a new younger demographic of kids between 3 and 8.
Grover Zampa to acquire Four Seasons, associated wine brands from USL
The Four Seasons divestment is a part of its strategy to monetise non-core assets, liquor major USL said.
Kalaari-backed Urban Ladder doubles revenue, cuts losses in FY17-18
The company aims to turn profitable by December 2019 to prepare for a potential listing in three years.
How will the discount game play out with new norms in Indian e-commerce?
Analysts believe online marketplace is likely to find innovative ways to continue offering discounts once the dust around the new rules settles.
Swiggy raises $1b fresh capital to take on rivals in booming Indian food-tech space
With this funding, Swiggy has become the fifth most valuable startup in the country, commanding a valuation of $3.3 billion after the funding
Sequoia invests $9m in Indian mattress manufacturer Wakefit
With that investment, the previously bootstrapped startup’s valuation now stands at over Rs 210 crore.
Prime Venture leads $4.7m funding round in retail tech startup Perpule
It had previously raised $650,000 in seed funding from Kstart, Kalaari Capital’s seed fund, Venture Highway and TaxiForSure founder Raghunandan G.
Techstars picks Bengaluru for first city-based accelerator in India
Techstars plans to invest $120,000 from its $5 million India corpus into Techstars Bangalore Accelerator, which is set to run from end-January to end-
India: Startups loosen purse strings to hire top talent again, but with caution
Startups are not blindly looking at Silicon Valley for talent, but hiring tech executives who have spent at least some time working in Indian internet