Munsif Vengattil
Stories by Munsif Vengattil
Indian court stalls Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes
The CCI last month ordered a probe into Amazon and Flipkart over alleged violations of competition law.
SoftBank leads latest Alto Pharmacy funding round at over $1b valuation
SoftBank’s Vision Fund II contributed a majority of the funding round that totals around $250 million.
Temasek-backed fitness app ClassPass eyes $1b valuation in new round
ClassPass raised $85 million in series D financing in July 2018, led by Singapore state investor Temasek.
Huawei founder Zhengfei downplays impact of Trump’s promised reprieve
In May, Huawei was put on a list that restricts US tech firms such as Google from doing business with the Chinese telecom network gear maker.
Driverless delivery startup Nuro gets $940m from SoftBank Vision Fund
The deal values the Silicon Valley-based company at $2.7 billion.
Alphabet’s life sciences unit Verily raises $1b in Silver Lake-led round
Verily, which was previously part of Google's research and development unit, received an $800-million investment from Singapore's Temasek in 2017.
Uber’s top dealmaker Cameron Poetzscher resigns
Poetzscher oversaw several deals at Uber including its merger with the ride-hailing unit of Russia's Yandex and the sale of its Southeast Asian busi
James Murdoch tipped to replace Musk as Tesla chairman: Report
Murdoch, who is a non-executive director of Tesla, has reportedly signalled he wants the chairman job.
Former SoftBank exec Nikesh Arora joins Palo Alto Networks as CEO
Arora stepped down from SoftBank in 2016 following differences between him and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son over when he would replace Son as head of th
SpaceX seeks to raise $507m in latest funding round at $26b valuation
The company has outlined plans for a trip to Mars in 2022, to be followed by a manned mission to the red planet by 2024.
