Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba Group, has announced that it will open its first data center, in India by early 2018. Revenue from Alibaba’s cloud business is growing at twice the rate of its core e-Commerce. Sure, growth has been slowing and there are…
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Here’s how SoftBank plans to rejig the Indian online start-up industry
After ploughing about $2 billion into minority stakes in Indian e-Commerce businesses over the past few years, Japan’s SoftBank is upping the stakes, looking to play consolidator and take a more active role at a trio of leading start-ups. According to sources with direct knowledge of the ma…
FreeCharge gets Rs 390 cr top-up from Snapdeal’s parent company
Jasper Infotech has pumped in close to Rs 390 crore into FreeCharge, at a time when the Gurgaon-based unicorn is in the process of closing a substantial equity financing round for its digital payments platform. The latest capital infusion received by FreeCharge Payment Technologies was declared b…
Chinese firms poised to take over from US cos as lead investors in Indian start-ups
If there were any fears that the rising protectionism targeted against India’s neighbours would inhibit the flow of Chinese investments into domestic startups, they are belied by the growing belief in the change of guard on the investment front. Investors from the Middle Kingdom are being a…
B2B online marketplace Udaan.com raises $10 mn from Lightspeed
Udaan.com, a business-to-business online marketplace, on November 22 said it has raised $10 million in series A funding from venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners India and Lightspeed US. Udaan was launched earlier this year by Sujeet Kumar, Vaibhav Gupta and Amod Malviya, former senio…
The chronicle of Indian startup ecosystem & the Chinese
India has seen an upsurge in Chinese investments in recent couple of years. The log jam in China’s domestic economy and the newly discovered positive thinking about India’s economic prospects has fuelled this pattern further. A mutual economic relationship which was fixated to a great…
Asia’s richest may quench startups’ thirst for funding
The family offices of two of Asia’s richest men, Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma and Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai, are among a fresh breed of Chinese investors exploring investments in India, seeking to replicate their successes outside their home market. While their personal investme…
Alipay and Paytm go to local stores to hard sell e-wallets
Chinese payments company Alipay and Indian partner Paytm said they aim to increase adoption of digital wallets by small store owners in India and China this year. As a part of the initiative, Alipay said it is offering Paytm its technological capabilities and risk management systems to help it gr…
Alibaba Group Launches 1st Face-Lock Security App
Chinese mobile internet giant Alibaba Group has announced the launch of Privacy Knight, India’s first free app-lock with Face Lock feature that protects mobile privacy from intruders. Equipped with Face Lock, the fastest and most accurate unlock solution in the world, Privacy Knight enables users…
Snapdeal establishes its data sciences centre in California
Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, has established its data sciences centre in San Carlos, California, the New Delhi-headquartered company announced on May 30th 2016. The centre will act as the focal point for the online retailer’s efforts in big data and advanced analytics…