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Sayan Chakraborty

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been pushing Azure in India to grab market share from AWS and others. In February, Microsoft announced a long-term cloud services deal with Flipkart and later invested $200 million in the start-up as part of a larger $1.4 billion funding round. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Microsoft may invest up to $100 mn in Ola parent

2 min read . 25 Jul 2017

Urban Ladder has made foray into retail with the first flagship experience centre in Bengaluru. Photo: Mint

Urban Ladder names former Croma executive Ajit Joshi as president, COO

2 min read . 19 Jul 2017

N/Core’s first batch of 20 start-ups called N Core alpha, shortlisted from 583 applications, were inducted in April for a two-week programme.

The/Nudge Foundation incubator ropes in former Infosys, Apple executives

2 min read . 18 Jul 2017

(Left to right) BlackBuck co-founders Chanakya Hridaya, Ramasubramaniam B., and Rajesh Yabaji. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

BlackBuck: The online freight aggregator on a roll

15 min read . 14 Jul 2017

Rajesh Yabaji, co-founder and CEO of BlackBuck. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

There is continuous growth for BlackBuck, says CEO Rajesh Yabaji

4 min read . 14 Jul 2017

Paytm Mall in talks to acquire $200 million stake in BigBasket

1 min read . 12 Jul 2017

The NPCI has been tasked with facilitating at least 11 billion digital transactions this fiscal, said CEO A.P. Hota. Photo: Mint

Google, Facebook in talks with NPCI to enable UPI-based payment systems

3 min read . 11 Jul 2017

Armed with funds, Upwardly, which currently facilitates goal-based investments in mutual funds, aims to expand its offering and grow its 10-member team.

Upwardly raises seed fund from senior finance industry executives

2 min read . 07 Jul 2017

Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran says the TutorVista and Edurite acquisitions will give the online education start-up access in some of the new markets when we launch our international products.

Byju’s buys Pearson’s TutorVista, Edurite in push for global expansion

3 min read . 04 Jul 2017

G.B.S Bindra, founder and chief executive at Tagos Design Innovations Pvt. Ltd. File photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Tagos Design Innovations raises $5 million in Series-A funding

1 min read . 29 Jun 2017

Livspace has so far raised about $27 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Jungle Ventures and Helion Venture Partners.

Livspace to invest Rs25 crore to strengthen its brick and mortar presence

2 min read . 28 Jun 2017

Small businesses, with turnover less than Rs20 lakh, will also not be required to register themselves under the GST for selling goods or services through e-commerce portal. Photo: AFP

GST: TDS for e-commerce firms deferred ahead of 1 July rollout

2 min read . 27 Jun 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was a big backer of the online taxi start-up’s money-losing India business. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Why Uber boss Travis Kalanick’s resignation is good news for Ola

3 min read . 21 Jun 2017

For Quikr, which has been on an acquisition spree in the last 18 months, this is the second acquisition in the jobs segment. Photo: AFP

Quikr buys Babajob in bid to strengthen place in blue collar jobs segment

2 min read . 21 Jun 2017

Unbxd plans to open new offices in the US to provide better services to customers in Chicago and New York.

Unbxd raises $12.5 million from Eight Roads, others

1 min read . 20 Jun 2017

Scores of drivers in Bengaluru and Delhi, two of the biggest markets for the ride-hailing companies apart from Mumbai, hit the streets in February and March this year to protest against the sharp fall in incentives, which, they claimed, had taken a toll on their livelihood. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Ola, Uber cab supply fell nearly 25% in March quarter, says report

3 min read . 19 Jun 2017

Uber said it had fired 20 people following preliminary results of the investigation. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Rape victim sues Uber, Travis Kalanick for digging into medical records

2 min read . 16 Jun 2017

MakeMyTrip, the largest online travel agent (OTA) in India, commands a market share of 41% in the online travel space, according to the Deutsche Bank report. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Online hotel bookings to generate about $2.3 billion by 2020 for e-travel agents: report

2 min read . 15 Jun 2017

Shopmatic will use the funding to expand its global footprint. Photo: AP

Shopmatic gets $5.7 million funding from ACP Pte, Spring Seeds Capital

2 min read . 13 Jun 2017

Flipkart is the most valuable Indian start-up at $11.6 billion. Photo: Bloomberg

Hits and misses in the Indian start-up universe

17 min read . 13 Jun 2017

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