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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Three months into 2021 and it is amply clear that this decade will be unlike anything Indian startups have seen so far.
Editor's note: The Tiger Global Management fundraise last week has evoked a lot of chatter in India, among both entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. ...Though Tiger Global sent a letter to its investors back in January saying it was raising $3.75 billion for its thirteenth venture fund (titled XIV, apparently for superstitious reasons), a new SEC filing shows that the new fund just closed with almost twice that amount: $6.65 billion. That’s a lot of billions, even in this market, and especially for Tiger Global, which closed its twelfth fund with $3.75 billion in capital commitments only last year. From Tiger Global just closed one of the biggest venture funds ever, with $6.7 billion• Tech Crunch The excitement around this news comes from the fact that Tiger Global is one of the best—if not the best—Series A investors in India. In the decade which ended in 2020, Tiger Global invested upwards of $3.5 billion in the country across a host of companies: Flipkart, Ola, PolicyBazaar, Byju’s and Zomato, to name a few. These investments have paid off handsomely. Tiger Global netted $3 …
Three months into 2021 and it is amply clear that this decade will be unlike anything Indian startups have seen so far.
Editor's note: The Tiger Global Management fundraise last week has evoked a lot of chatter in India, among both entrepreneurs and venture capital investors. ...Though Tiger Global sent a letter to its investors back in January saying it was raising $3.75 billion for its thirteenth venture fund (titled XIV, apparently for superstitious reasons), a new SEC filing shows that the new fund just closed with almost twice that amount: $6.65 billion. That’s a lot of billions, even in this market, and especially for Tiger Global, which closed its twelfth fund with $3.75 billion in capital commitments only last year. From Tiger Global just closed one of the biggest venture funds ever, with $6.7 billion• Tech Crunch The excitement around this news comes from the fact that Tiger Global is one of the best—if not the best—Series A investors in India. In the decade which ended in 2020, Tiger Global invested upwards of $3.5 billion in the country across a host of companies: Flipkart, Ola, PolicyBazaar, Byju’s and Zomato, to name a few. These investments have paid off handsomely. Tiger Global netted $3 …
Bistro may look like a response to Swiggy and Rapido’s 'budget' food delivery apps, but the similarities end at affordability—the playbooks are fundamentally different.
The food-tech pioneer is on the brink of losing its decade-long fight for survival, laying bare the pitfalls of the cloud kitchen business.
In light of the recent exits of top executives at Swiggy’s quick commerce business, we look at the reasons behind the departures and whether it’s impacting the business.
Bistro may look like a response to Swiggy and Rapido’s 'budget' food delivery apps, but the similarities end at affordability—the playbooks are fundamentally different.
The food-tech pioneer is on the brink of losing its decade-long fight for survival, laying bare the pitfalls of the cloud kitchen business.
In light of the recent exits of top executives at Swiggy’s quick commerce business, we look at the reasons behind the departures and whether it’s impacting the business.
