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Shrutika Verma

ARTICLES BY SHRUTIKA VERMA

Once the RPS Investment Fund is closed, Kabir Misra will step down from his existing role at SoftBank.

SoftBank’s Kabir Misra’s fund to buy into Meesho, Acko

1 min read . 06 Nov 2018

FirstCry has been in talks for nearly a year to raise fresh funds, but has not yet been able to seal a deal.

FirstCry in talks with Alibaba, SoftBank for $150 mn funding

2 min read . 24 Oct 2018

Treebo and FabHotels have been trying to raise fresh capital, but potential investors have so far shied away from putting money into companies competing with Oyo.

Treebo and FabHotels initiate merger talks

2 min read . 18 Oct 2018

Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal has said that while the company was yet to list on Meituan, a large travel platform in China, it was selling properties on smaller platforms—Alibaba’s Fliggy and Qunar. Photo: Bloomberg

Oyo’s overseas expansion runs into a Chinese wall

3 min read . 11 Oct 2018

Nykaa in early talks with SoftBank to raise up to $200 million

1 min read . 10 Oct 2018

Oyo’s website already lists at least two properties in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Oyo set to enter Japan, tap into 2020 Olympic Games demand

2 min read . 09 Oct 2018

Ritesh Agarwal, a 24-year-old college dropout, founded Oyo five years after travelling around India on a shoestring budget. Photo: Mint

Oyo Rooms checks into unicorn club with $1 billion fundraise

3 min read . 25 Sep 2018

Google Pay’s policy for sharing user data draw comparisons to that of WhatsApp payments servic, experts said. Photo: AFP

Google Pay may be sharing payment details of customers with third parties

3 min read . 21 Sep 2018

The latest buyback at Flipkart is a rare instances where staff in India’s start-up ecosystem are receiving a payout of this scale. Photo: Mint

Walmart begins to buy shares from current, former Flipkart staff

2 min read . 20 Sep 2018

Meesho co-founder Sanjeev Barnwal.

Meesho in talks to raise funds from DST Global

1 min read . 18 Sep 2018

The proposed deal involves BigBasket acquiring Grofers, its smaller rival in the online groceries space. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

BigBasket, Grofers revive merger talks

2 min read . 17 Sep 2018

Hotstar is also one of the many Internet partners that Flipkart has brought on board for its relaunched customer loyalty programme, Flipkart Plus. Photo: Mint

Flipkart eyes stake in Hotstar to enter Amazon Prime Video, Netflix arena

2 min read . 17 Sep 2018

Byju’s founder Byju’s is part of a small, but growing bunch of tech startups, which have rapidly grown their businesses and consistently attracted blue-chip investors. Photo: Mint

Byju’s set to raise funds at over $2 billion valuation

2 min read . 03 Sep 2018

Berkshire Hathaway’s investment in Paytm gives the credibility that a digital payments business can make money, says One97 Communications’ Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

Paytm sealed the Warren Buffett deal with 1 meeting, 2 phone calls

2 min read . 29 Aug 2018

The Warren Buffett investment is an endorsement for Paytm from one of the world’s biggest and most respectable investors who had so far stayed away from private tech stocks. Photo: Reuters

What the Warren Buffett deal means for Paytm, startups

2 min read . 28 Aug 2018

Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma with Berkshire Hathaway’s investment manager Todd Combs.

It’s official: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire buys stake in Paytm

3 min read . 28 Aug 2018

The Paytm stake purchase will mark Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffett’s first investment in an Indian company. Photo: Reuters

Warren Buffett set to pick up stake in Paytm

2 min read . 27 Aug 2018

More is currently the fourth-largest supermarket chain in the country, after Reliance Retail, Future Group and D-Mart. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Amazon, Samara Capital in talks to acquire More

2 min read . 20 Aug 2018

Paytm E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd, which runs the online marketplace, achieved $3.5 billion in annualized gross sales in June.

Paytm Mall eyes $10 billion in gross sales by March 2019

3 min read . 16 Aug 2018

Paytm’s Gameping offers a host of social and casual games with loyalty rewards to millions of users. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Paytm, Alibaba’s AGTech invest $16 million in Gamepind

2 min read . 13 Aug 2018