e-commerce in India

Indian supply chain and logistics firm banks $15m in series B round

Indian supply chain and logistics firm banks $15m in series B round

3SC provides supply chain analytics to firms across the pharmaceutical, FMCG, and ecommerce sectors.
Kul Bhushan · · 1 min read
Indian gov’t’s proposed ecommerce rules may impact Amazon, Flipkart

Indian gov’t’s proposed ecommerce rules may impact Amazon, Flipkart

The proposed rules come after several brick-and-mortar retailers and parties have accused the ecommerce firms of indulging in unfair trade practices.
Kul Bhushan · · 2 min read
DayBox unboxes $600k funding to keep restaurants stocked up with veggies

DayBox unboxes $600k funding to keep restaurants stocked up with veggies

Delhi-based DayBox is in talks with microfunds to close a funding round of US$500,000 by the end of this month. The team will offload 10 to 15 percent of equity
Durba Ghosh · · 2 min read
The top 6 online furniture ecommerce sites in India

The top 6 online furniture ecommerce sites in India

Note that this was written by Ashok Swami, an associate at Wooden Street, one of the startups featured below. In the next 20 years, it’s likely that the residential furniture
Ashok Swami · · 2 min read

Comparing smartphone prices in India’s online and offline channels

The mobile industry has seen a tremendous change in the past few years. On one hand, we have the established phone manufacturers demanding a premium price for their brand name,
Ruchita Mahimkar · · 4 min read

Tired of googling symptoms and getting a terrifying prognosis? This startup will help

Doctors’ Circle, incorporated in 2012 in Bangalore, initially started as an online platform for social media recommendations for doctors. “It was designed to help the user receive reviews of doctors
Parvathi Nambiar · · 4 min read

eBay India launches ‘9 Hour Delivery’ service in Mumbai for office-goers

With the e-commerce industry growing like never before in India, the major players are going all out to stay ahead of the competition. After local e-commerce market players Flipkart and Snapdeal launched same- and
Pankaj Maru · · 2 min read

India’s fashion e-commerce site Myntra gets $50 million funding ahead of potential merger with Flipkart

Bangalore-based fashion e-commerce site Myntra today announced it raised $50 million led by Premji Invest. The money will be used to “strengthen its technology, infrastructure and customer experience; and fund future growth
Paul Bischoff · · 1 min read

Report: led by China, Asian countries are the world’s biggest online spenders

Consumers in Asia Pacific will spend more money online than North America for the first time ever this year, according to a new report from eMarketer. The research firm projects worldwide
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read

PriceBaba nabs extra funding from 500 Wallah, the Indian branch of 500 Startups

PriceBaba, the Mumbai-based price comparison search engine, has received post-seed funding from 500 Wallah, the $5 million India-specific fund from the ever-popular global accelerator program 500 Startups. The exact sum
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read