Over the last five years, consumer internet companies have grabbed most of the dollars but it’s the workhorse business-to business start-ups that are racking up revenues
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How start-up speak changed in 2016
The startup vocabulary of 2016 has been markedly different from the glory years of 2014 and 2015 when unicorns were born every other week, and sky-high valuations meant scale and size won over strategy and solid business models. This year as funds dried up, a number of promising startups of 2015 …
How fixing these government policies could benefit start-ups
The government has overwhelmingly acknowledged and supported the mushrooming startup ecosystem in India. However, industry experts still believe that there continues to be nuts and bolts that need to be fixed in the ecosystem in order to carry out business at a faster pace. Initiatives like Start…
Startup merger and acquisitions surge on funds crunch
As venture funding slows down, startups seem eager to sell themselves off. This is showing up in a surge in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As). In July, there were as many as 36 M&As, almost twice that in June and about three times the January and February numbers, according to data from s…
Yatra Online agrees to be acquired by Nasdaq-listed Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp
Yatra Online, which owns and operates travel portal Yatra.com, has agreed to be acquired by Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition firm Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corp (TRTL) in a reverse merger deal, which has an enterprise value of $218 million. TRTL, a blank cheque company, which made its publi…
US based Bessemer Venture Partners to invest Rs 80 crore in food-delivery co. Swiggy
US-based venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners is in advanced talks to invest around Rs 80 crore or $12 million in food-delivery company Swiggy, according to two people aware of the negotiations. The deal, if it concludes, will value the Bengaluru-based company at around $200 million (Rs…
7 Indian startups valued over $1 billion
Flipkart Flipkart as a startup 9 years ago was a company with ambitions in the e-Commerce domain. The company started as an online platform for selling books in 2007 by Sachin Bansal is now valued at $ 15 billion offering a huge range of products categories. Snapdeal Snapdeal the e-commerce compa…