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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
A hefty penalty imposed by the competition watchdog and its wider implications are a cautionary tale for entrepreneurs and unicorns.
Last week, the Competition Commission of India concluded its three-year-long investigation into the MakeMyTrip-OYO affair. In its order, the antitrust regulator asked MakeMyTrip and OYO to cough up Rs 223 crore and Rs 169 crore in penalties respectively. It is a sizeable amount, except that most CCI penalties don’t end up getting paid. The CCI has a recovery rate of about 1%, since most of its orders are challenged by aggrieved parties in higher courts, where they languish.
That said, the MakeMyTrip-OYO order is important because it goes into painstaking detail about how this combine brazenly thwarted competition. At the …
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
Parent AceVector is headed for a public market debut next week. As much as 97% of its revenue comes from two businesses. One is already a listed entity, the other a missed opportunity.
After 15 years, more than $550 million in funding and over $200 million in revenue, the cloud kitchen startup must find a way to make a profit and go public. Grover is the man Rebel has chosen for the job.
