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Jitendra Singh | Entrackr After being fined for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen its dominance by the European Commission, search engine giant Google is being investigated by Indian antitrust commission in a similar case. The Competition Commission […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr Skechers, a US-based lifestyle and footwear brand, has been a part of the Indian market indirectly for a long time. Earlier it had taken the merger and partnership route to carefully make a presence in India. […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr Government-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been asked to choose between revival or shut down over its mounting losses. After meeting with top BSNL officials, the govt asked the telco to present […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr Assisted e-commerce platform for small retailers ShopX has acquihired GabbarDeals, an omnichannel mobile phone retail brand. As a part of the deal, ShopX will amalgamate its technology with GabbarDeals’ expertise in retail and brand partnerships to expand […]

Team Entrackr | Entrackr Facebook has been filling up vacant posts of the executive in India over the past few months. After hiring Ajit Mohan as local Managing Director, the social network giant has roped in Natasha Jog as its […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr In November 2018, it was reported that Sequoia is all set to invest $7-8 million in Smallcase, which belongs to one of the hottest segments in Indian Startup ecosystem these days – fintech. It is now […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr To make available new and epedite method of payments other than text and QR, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) had sixteen months ago floated ‘proximity payment solutions’ for bidding. The proximity payments promised to […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr The world is changing and so is life. Now, data has become a new business currency and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new skill set. And whether its private banks, insurance firms, IT companies, or e-commerce […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr There’s an ongoing wave of former executives at a VC firm opening up their own funds, and internet entrepreneurs backing them. Ravi Venkatesh and Edwina Yeo, previously executives at Tiger Global, riding on the same wave […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr Neo banking startup Open Financial Technologies has raised over Rs 32 crore in its Series A round led by Beenext Ventures,  a venture capital firm investing in startups from India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the USA. The Bengaluru-based […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr A few days ago we saw how the hailstorm covered the streets of Delhi NCR, and it looked like it had snowed in Manali. This only went on to emphasise how climate change was real, and […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr Swiggy has launched Swiggy store to deliver virtually everything at customer doorstep. The service that Entrackr has just used delivers grocery, medicine, meat amongst several others within a six-kilometer radius. Swiggy Store also lets users order […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr In wake of new FDI policy implemented this month, US e-tailer Amazon has decided to put its plans to buy stake in Kishore Biyani’s Future Group on hold. The company is still assessing the damaged done […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr In the last few years, the Indian startup ecosystem has seen numerous enterprises betting on co-living space. Some were pre-established realty based companies that extended their operations in the segment, and some were completely new startups […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr This week only 9 Indian startups received funding, of which 5 received a total sum of about $94.7 million. Among them, Zomato raised the highest funding of about $40 million followed by Rivigo, which raised $35.6 […]

Pushpinder Singh | Entrackr There has been an explanation given by the CBDT for the case. I am also given to understand that the AO in question has been transferred — and I am pained to know this. I never wanted this […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr After recently starting operations in Texas, USA, India’s largest budget hotel chain OYO Rooms is in talks with Los Angeles based firm to take over their Indian operations. Los Angeles-based Berggruen Holdings, a private equity and […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr A long-standing demand of startups, investors and industry bodies to scrap Angel Tax to the government is all set to turn into reality. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade ( DPIIT) and Central Board of […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr Assessing payment gateway operators and aggregators growing importance in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is exploring a possibility to bring them under its direct regulatory ambit. The central bank plans to come out with […]

Jai Vardhan | Entrackr Stakeholders of the startup ecosystem have been fearing severe implications of draconian Angel Tax and related laws for over the past couple of months. Sensing backlash, the government has promised not to torture startups over section […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr The unicorn buzzer is on again, and this time it’s Bengaluru based grocery delivery startup BigBasket that is going to cross the $1 billion valuation. The grocery and micro delivery startup is in the final leg […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail will soon launch a new commerce platform which will benefit consumers, retailers, and producers equally. At the same time, it will empower around 30 million small shopkeepers, said Mukesh Ambani, Chairman […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr Amidst facing disruption from revised e-commerce FDI policy, which is in effect from the last week, the US e-tailer has got respite from the government. The govt has given nod to Jeff Bezos-led firm’s food retail […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr At the beginning of the second month of 2019, KPMG has released the latest report on the Indian startup ecosystem. It states that the number of startups in the country has gone up from 7,000 in […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr Surface logistics startup Rivigo has scooped up around $35.6 million in a fresh funding round led by existing investors Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners. According to filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the firm has […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr The new FDI norms, in effect from this month, is pushing marketplaces in the country to restructure their businesses. And the latest one to fall in the line is Flipkart-owned fashion portal Myntra. The marketplace, whose […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr The battle of foodtech in India will become more intense as offshore funding is coming in galore. Soon after Swiggy, Zomato has picked up around $40 million fund from US-based investor Glade Brook Capital Partners. This is a […]

Yanogya Sharma | Entrackr The last we heard about the sensational Paytm extortion saga was that the lawyer of the accused couple Sonia Dhawan and Rupak Jain, Satish Kumar had withdrawn the bail application. Their lawyer had taken the step […]

Harsh Upadhyay | Entrackr The Unified Payment Interface (UPI) registered 672 million transactions amounting to Rs 1,09,932.43 crores, a mere 8.47 per cent rise in terms of volume and 7.15 per cent hike in terms of value. The above metrics were quite […]

Jitendra Singh | Entrackr It may be just five days since new foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for e-commerce came into effect. But it seems to have triggered a massive ripple in the e-commerce ecosystem in the country. What was […]