US-based home design firm Houzz Inc. which opened its India website is hoping to capture the market with local content and communities, the company’s Co-Founder said. Houzz is an online scrapbook that allows designers and home service professionals display their work. This is its thirteenth launc…
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Internet economy: Reality check at start-ups
For Indian Internet start-ups, this year turned 2015 on its head. Valuation markdowns, executive departures, job cuts, market share losses (to American rivals) and a lack of big-ticket fund raises dominated the headlines in 2016. It was a total departure from the previous year, when start-ups tou…
Ola likely in talks to raise $600 mn to spruce up operations
Cab aggregator Ola is believed to be in talks with new and existing investors including SoftBank Group to raise another round of funding of around USD 600 million by the year end, a report says . The funds sought to counter competitive pressures from rival Uber Technologies is expected to give t…
NestAway raises $30 m in series C funding
NestAway Technologies Pvt Ltd, the Bangalore-based leader in the ‘managed’ home rentals market, has raised $30 million in a Series C financing led by Tiger Global, Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire investor/founding partner of DST Global and IDG Ventures India. Flipkart’s former head of operat…
Ajay Piramal spots value in Venture Capital Investing
The family office of Ajay Piramal is stepping into venture capital investing to get a slice of the fast-growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country. Known as being one of the savviest value investors in India Inc, Piramal is backing the newly floated Montane Ventures, an early-stage fund, as…