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MySmartPrice bags $10M to help Indian shoppers get best online deals

MySmartPrice bags $10M to help Indian shoppers get best online deals

MySmartPrice, a Hyderabad-based price discovery and comparison search engine, today announced that it raised US$10 million in series B funding from Accel Partners and Helion Ventures. In December 2013, both
Parvathi Nambiar · · 2 min read
Rahul Yadav has been fired as Housing CEO after all

Rahul Yadav has been fired as Housing CEO after all

Senior executives will work in tandem with the board to ensure smooth functioning.
Nikita Peer · · 2 min read
Housing saga: Why picking money because it’s available isn’t a good thing

Housing saga: Why picking money because it’s available isn’t a good thing

Housing founders didn’t know that investors were negotiating a deal with Quikr. They were slapped with a term sheet yesterday.
Nikita Peer · · 3 min read
Toppr bags $10 million to help its students top entrance exams in India

Toppr bags $10 million to help its students top entrance exams in India

The startup provides exam prep tools to IIT JEE and medical entrance exam students. With fresh funding, it expects to reach 5 million students in three years and cater to newer segments.
Nikita Peer · · 2 min read

India’s MakeMyTrip acquires last-minute travel booking app Mygola

The startups’ deep understanding of in-destination experience preferences in 20,000 destinations will help MakeMyTrip in India.
Nikita Peer · · 2 min read

Recruitment platform TalentPad raises funding from Helion Ventures

Top companies in India find it hard to spot the smartest ones among millions of fresh engineers who graduate every year. TalentPad attempts to solve that.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read

Bigbasket gets $32 million funding ahead of India’s online grocery shopping boom

India’s ecommerce boom is at high velocity, but the nation’s online groceries sector has been a lot slower to take off.
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Report: Flipkart Keen to Go Shopping, Wants to Take Home LetsBuy

The Indian e-commerce leader Flipkart is doing some shopping of its own, and is reportedly keen on buying up LetsBuy.com. Since LetsBuy is one of its main, smaller rivals in
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Indian E-commerce Portal Letsbuy Expected To Raise $40 Million

eTree Marketing Pvt Ltd is a Haryana-based company which operates one of the popular Indian e-commerce portal, Letsbuy.com. The company is reportedly expected to raise over Rs 195 crore (US$40 million), with a
Vikas SN · · 2 min read

Exclusively.in Transitions From A Flash Sale Portal To A Traditional E-Commerce Site

Exclusively.in, the Gilt-like private sale site which debuted in June 2010, seems to have ditched its members-only avatar to adopt a regular e-commerce approach. The company said this approach will
Vikas SN · · 2 min read