Posts Tagged: India


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eBay and HomeShop18 Add Food and Groceries For Indian Customers

In an eerie bit of coincidental timing, both eBay India and homegrown e-commerce site HomeShop18 have added food and groceries to their prod...

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  • June 19, 2013
  • at 9:09 pm
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China’s Huawei to Invest $30 Million to Build Brand in India, Aims for 1 Million Smartphone Sales

Chinese telecoms firm and phone-maker Huawei is going to spend Rs 175 crore ($30 million) to build its brand in India. This push into the co...

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  • June 18, 2013
  • at 10:15 pm
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Banking on Coupons for E-Shoppers, Flipit Expands From Europe to India

Having launched in six countries across Europe, the first Asian destination for couponing site Flipit is India. The basic idea is that Flipi...

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  • June 18, 2013
  • at 4:00 pm
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Chinese Tech Companies Are Getting Shut Out of India

Late last week, news broke that India’s Intelligence Bureau had fingered Chinese chat app WeChat as a potential threat and that the ap...

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  • June 18, 2013
  • at 2:00 pm
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WeChat Under Suspicion from Indian Intelligence Bureau

Chinese tech companies are having a rough year in India! First Huawei and ZTE were refused domestic telecom status, then they were placed un...

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  • June 15, 2013
  • at 8:30 am
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India’s Food Delivery Service TastyKhana Gets $5 Million Investment from Germany’s Delivery Hero

India-based online food delivery startup TastyKhana is today revealing a massive investment from Germany-based online food delivery company ...

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  • June 13, 2013
  • at 4:09 pm
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Asia ecommerce stats 2013

Asian E-Commerce Sites Net $6.9 Billion in Investment in Past 3 Years, But Exits Still Tiny [STATS]

Asian e-commerce companies have attracted $6.9 billion across 383 deals – through funding, acquisitions, and IPOs – from 2010 to...

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  • June 13, 2013
  • at 10:35 am
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Square.my F-commerce

Square.my Puts You Into Facebook Commerce Business

While Facebook stores haven’t worked out so well for major retailers, so-called f-commerce is still a force to be reckoned with for sm...

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  • June 10, 2013
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Yummy! 6 Popular Online Food Delivery Startups in India

Online food delivery service is a growing industry in India as we’ve seen quite a few players making their mark in that space. Here we loo...

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  • June 19, 2013
  • at 11:03 am
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Family Comes First: Vserv Co-Founders Tell Why it Took Them More Than 12 Years to Start Their Own Company

Vserv co-founders Dippak Khurana and Ashay Padwal had to wait for over a decade to start their own company. Read the full story to know why.

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  • June 18, 2013
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Via the UK, Cashkaro Hits India with Coupons and CashBack

After enjoying good success over the past two years in the UK market, the cashback and discount coupons portal Pouring Pounds has entered in...

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  • June 18, 2013
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India’s RedBus Said to be on the Verge of Getting Acquired For $138 Million

There have been hot rumors going around recently that India’s bus booking platform RedBus is either on the verge of getting acquired by So...

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  • June 17, 2013
  • at 10:18 pm
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Interview Master

Bangalore-based ‘Interview Master’ Gets Seed Funding For Global Expansion

Bangalore-based startup Interview Master is a globally-focused service for companies to pre-screen job candidates via video interviews. Toda...

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  • June 14, 2013
  • at 11:59 am
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Kindle launches in India June 2013

Just 1 Week After Opening in India, Amazon Preps Indian Launch of Kindle and Fire HD

That was quick work. Amazon India made a quiet launch just last week, and now three of Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) hardware models are set for ...

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  • June 13, 2013
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Sequoia-backed Startup AdNear Moves HQ from India to Singapore

Update: We learned from AdNear that its platform is also available in Singapore and made changes accordingly. A PR rep also updated us on th...

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  • June 11, 2013
  • at 5:46 pm
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FreeCharge India

The Story of Sequoia-backed FreeCharge and its Success in India

FreeCharge was founded on August 2010 by Kunal Shah and Sandeep Tandon. The service allows users to top-up their mobile phones for “freeâ€...

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  • June 7, 2013
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