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…
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Matrix partners raises 730 crore to boost its corpus
Venture firm Matrix Partners India, an early investor in ride hailing app Ola and classifieds portal Quikr, has raised a further Rs 730 crore or $110 million to boost the corpus of its second fund. The fund raise comes at a time when a Co-Founder Rishi Navani is leaving the firm, which will now b…
Tech startups, e-commerce companies cut down on joining bonuses
With the funding frenzy cooling down and concerns of a valuation bubble rising, India’s tech startups and e-commerce companies are cutting back on plum joining bonuses. “Joining bonuses, used to lure quality talent fast, are being offered to about 10% of the staff now from 30%-40% a y…
Quikr ties up with home services company Fixy for QuikrServices
Online classifieds company Quikr has tied up with home services company Fixy for QuikrServices, its home services arm. As per this tie up, any queries in the home services segment for Mumbai and Thane would be redirected to Fixy. Tufayl Merchant, Co-Founder, Fixy, said, “We will be the excl…
Truecaller plans alliances with e-commerce giants
In an effort to tap on the start-up system in India and open a new revenue stream, phone number identification app Truecaller is planning to get into tie-ups with e-commerce giants such as Snapdeal, Flipkart and other online players which require phone number verification on their customers and o…
“Quikr Doorstep” to offer end to end platform facility
Classifieds portal Quikr said it would expand from listings and offer an end-to-end platform facilitating price negotiations, payment, pickup and delivery, as it looks to monetise its business. The company has launched “Quikr Doorstep” in 25 cities across mobile phones, electronics ap…