Top 2024 resources on india
Best india resource in 2024.
Learn more about india to improve your e-commerce strategy.
-
10club raises $40 million seed funding to build Thrasio of India
-
10club, a six-month-old Indian startup that is building a Thrasio-like venture, said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in what is one of the largest seed financing rounds in the South Asian market. The round was co-led by Fireside Ventures (a prominent Indian investor in consumer and hardware tech space) and an unnamed global […]
Topics: round, ventures, indian, thrasio, funding, startup, india, raised, techcrunch, seed, build, firms, million, ecommerce, 10club, brands, raises. -
Amazon To Join ONDC With Logistics And SmartCommerce
-
According to an official statement, this will be Amazon's initial collaboration with ONDC as they continue to explore other potential opportunities for stronger integration between the two in future
Topics: entrepreneur, technology, ondc, network, opportunities, india, smartcommerce, small, amazon, integration, logistics, digital, join. -
Amazon acquires Indian retail startup Perpule
-
Amazon has acquired a startup in India that is helping offline stores go online, the e-commerce group’s latest attempt to make inroads in the world’s second most populous nation where brick and mortar continue to drive more than 95% of sales. The American e-commerce group said on Tuesday evening that it has acquired Perpule, a […]
Topics: techcrunch, amazon, startup, stores, acquires, india, million, offline, google, retail, indian, recent, perpule. -
Amazon acquires India’s GlowRoad in social commerce push
-
Amazon may be attempting to take on Shopify in the west, but in India, it is gearing up to explore social commerce. Amazon has acquired the Indian social commerce startup GlowRoad in an all-cash deal as the e-commerce giant makes a bigger push into one of its key overseas markets, a source directly familiar with […]
Topics: commerce, giant, help, techcrunch, startup, amazon, social, push, glowroad, indias, acquires, india, source, million. -
Amazon announces $250 million venture fund for Indian startups
-
Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in Indian startups and entrepreneurs focusing on digitization of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the key overseas market. The announcement comes at a time when the American e-commerce group, which has previously invested more than $6.5 billion in its India business, faces heat […]
Topics: businesses, group, smbhav, startups, indian, venture, amazon, announces, techcrunch, india, small, million, fund. -
Amazon bets on Hindi voice shopping to reach wider India
-
Speaking of Amazon — which is reportedly conducting an investigation to find whether its lawyers bribed government officials in India — the company announced today it plans to roll out the voice shopping experience feature in the Hindi language in the South Asian market ahead of the Diwali festival in early November. The e-commerce giant, […]
Topics: company, india, amazon, wider, hindi, voice, customers, regional, shopping, users, languages, bets, experience, reach, techcrunch. -
Amazon confirms Prime Day delay in US, will run Prime Day in India on Aug 6-7
-
Amazon’s annual sales holiday, Prime Day, has typically been a global event — one so big, it often crashes the Amazon retail website. This year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the retailer’s plans. Today, Amazon officially confirmed reports that it will delay Prime Day in the U.S. until sometime later this year. It will […]
Topics: event, members, pandemic, markets, techcrunch, amazon, later, india, delay, sales, confirms, prime, aug, day, run. -
Amazon eliminates single-use plastic in packaging in India
-
Amazon said on Monday it has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across its fulfillment centers in India, delivering on a pledge it made last year to achieve this goal by June. The American e-commerce group said it had replaced packaging materials such as bubble wrap with paper cushions and was also using “100% […]
Topics: india, waste, usage, supply, eliminates, plastic, amazon, techcrunch, packaging, singleuse, fulfillment. -
Amazon expands Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India
-
Amazon said on Thursday it has expanded its Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India, one of its key overseas markets, as the e-commerce giant looks to scale its delivery capability to service the growing number of orders. The e-commerce giant, which completed seven years in the country this month, launched the […]
Topics: flex, program, delivery, ecommerce, workforce, service, workers, techcrunch, cities, india, company, expands, amazon. -
Amazon is now letting Indians read magazine articles in its shopping app
-
Amazon, in its ever-growing desire to become a super app in India, is testing a new category to persuade users to spend more time on the shopping service: Feature articles. The American e-commerce giant has quietly launched “Featured Articles” on its shopping app and website in India that showcases feature articles, commentary and analysis on […]
Topics: techcrunch, letting, testing, india, app, topics, read, amazon, indians, shopping, service, feature, website, magazine, articles. -
Amazon issues rare apology in India over drama series
-
Amazon on Tuesday issued a rare apology to users in India for an original political drama series over allegations that a few scenes in the nine-part mini series hurt religious sentiments of some people in the key overseas market. The series, called “Tandav,” has faced criticism from some people in India — including a few […]
Topics: issues, group, rare, services, scenes, series, apology, content, amazon, techcrunch, streaming, rules, india, prime, video, drama. -
Amazon launches Smart Commerce in India to help offline stores launch digital storefronts
-
Amazon said it will help neighborhood stores across India launch their own digital storefronts to better serve their customers, the latest effort by the e-commerce giant as it attempts to leverage the dense network of offline stores in the key overseas market. Amazon on Wednesday launched Smart Commerce, a new offering that will allow stores […]
Topics: help, storefronts, india, neighborhood, smart, amazon, techcrunch, offer, offline, online, digital, stores, launch, serve, commerce, launches. -
Amazon launches online pharmacy in India
-
Amazon has launched an online pharmacy in Bangalore, the capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, as the e-commerce group looks to spread its tentacles in more categories in one of its key overseas markets. The company said on Friday its new service, called Amazon Pharmacy, has started accepting orders for both over-the-counter and prescription-based medicines […]
Topics: retail, month, company, service, launches, amazon, techcrunch, india, pharmacy, bangalore, sell, startups, online. -
Amazon launches ‘Smart Stores’ in India to win mom and pop
-
For Amazon, it’s never too late to try something in India. The e-commerce giant is exploring ways to further spread its tentacles in the largely offline, technology-free neighborhood stores in one of its key overseas markets. The American firm’s latest attempt is called “Smart Stores.” For this India-specific program, Amazon is providing physical stores with […]
Topics: merchants, pop, offer, physical, win, retail, sales, smart, mom, launches, stores, market, india, pay, amazon, techcrunch. -
Amazon pledges $20 billion in exports from India by 2025
-
Amazon said on Wednesday that it aims to export locally produced Indian goods worth $20 billion by 2025, doubling its initial goal of $10 billion set for the same time frame as the e-commerce group attracts more than 100,000 exporters in the key overseas market. It took the company — which launched its exports program, […]
Topics: msmes, exports, pledges, export, reliance, techcrunch, india, country, retail, future, billion, amazon. -
Amazon reportedly considering $2 billion stake in Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel
-
Amazon .com may follow its American peer Facebook’s footsteps in securing a slice of India’s booming telecom market. The e-commerce giant, which has invested over $6.5 billion in India, is in early-stage talks to buy a 5% stake worth at least $2 billion in Bharti Airtel, the third-largest telecom operator in India, according to unnamed […]
Topics: india, airtel, partnership, indian, talks, reliance, considering, amazon, telecom, billion, techcrunch, jio, operator, bharti, reportedly, stake. -
Amazon reportedly in talks to buy a 9.9% stake in India’s Reliance Retail
-
Amazon may join its global rivals Google and Facebook in backing one of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s ventures. The American e-commerce giant is in preliminary talks to acquire a 9.9% stake in Reliance Retail, local TV news channel ET Now reported Thursday afternoon, citing unnamed sources. Reliance Retail, founded in 2006, is the largest retail […]
Topics: buy, jio, retail, reliance, stake, industries, million, reportedly, amazon, india, techcrunch, future, platforms, talks, indias. -
Amazon rolls out India’s first celebrity voice on Alexa with Amitabh Bachchan
-
Amazon has rolled out India’s first celebrity voice feature on Alexa with the nation’s biggest movie star Amitabh Bachchan as the company makes a push to lure more users in the world’s second-most populated nation. The company, which rolled out the voice of Samuel L. Jackson on Alexa in the U.S. in 2019, said users […]
Topics: india, techcrunch, users, celebrity, amitabh, indias, bachchan, company, speech, voice, amazon, alexa, wake, rolls, ji. -
Amazon seeks India antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran stake in Cloudtail-parent firm Prione
-
Amazon is seeking an Indian antitrust watchdog’s approval to buy Catamaran Ventures’ stake in Prione, which operates one of the largest sellers on the e-commerce platform, months after the two firms said they won’t renew their joint venture after May next year. The announcement comes as a surprise as Catamaran owns a 76% stake in […]
Topics: buy, techcrunch, prione, seeks, catamaran, amazon, firm, joint, sellers, venture, indian, stake, laws, india, firms, ecommerce, watchdogs, cloudtailparent. -
Amazon sends legal notice to India’s Future Group over deal with Ambani’s Reliance Retail
-
Amazon has sent a legal notice to Future Group, India’s second largest retail chain, for breaching the terms of its contract by selling a significant portion of the business to Ambani’s Reliance Retail. Future Group announced in late August that it was selling its retail and wholesale business, as well as its logistics and warehousing […]
Topics: business, reliance, india, legal, amazon, techcrunch, indias, group, deal, notice, stake, future, sends, retail. -
Amazon tops 1 million Prime subscribers in India; reports record seller participation in Prime Day
-
Amazon has amassed at least 1 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program in India, the e-commerce giant revealed today in a long rundown of how its platform fared during last week’s Prime Day in the world’s second largest internet market. More than a million Prime subscribers in India shopped from small businesses in the […]
Topics: day, weeks, seller, country, reports, techcrunch, tops, amazon, businesses, subscribers, prime, sellers, record, participation, india, million, company, small. -
Amazon’s top Indian seller Cloudtail to cease operations next year amid regulatory heat
-
Amazon and parent of its top Indian seller Cloudtail have decided to not continue their joint venture after May 2022, the two firms said in a statement Monday, hours after India’s top court ruled that the American e-commerce firm and Walmart’s Flipkart must face antitrust investigations in the South Asian market. Billionaire N.R. Narayana Murthy’s […]
Topics: amazons, amazon, firms, india, venture, techcrunch, indian, amid, flipkart, joint, ecommerce, cloudtail, seller, operations, cease, heat, sellers, regulatory. -
BankSathi Raises $4 Million In Pre-series A Funding
-
The funds will be used to invest in high-calibre employees across all the company's operations and to accelerate the development of new products and technology
Topics: securities, financial, raises, tier, india, million, entrepreneur, preseries, funding, products, company, network, banksathi. -
Best Print on Demand Companies in India (2023)
-
The best Print on Demand sites in India provide would-be entrepreneurs with convenient and cost-effective way to start selling online. With the right platform, business leaders can add unique designs to a host of products, and sell them to customers…
Continue reading Best Print on Demand Companies in India (2023)
Topics: business, demand, companies, best, india, products, print, solution, shipping, printing, range, customers, options. -
Bzaar bags $4M to enable US retailers to source home, lifestyle products from India
-
Bzaar, a business-to-business cross-border marketplace, is connecting retailers with over 50 export-ready manufacturers in India.
Topics: goods, bzaar, enable, company, india, lifestyle, products, bags, 4m, buyers, verman, way, marketplace, small, trade, retailers, source, techcrunch. -
Cashify raises $15 million for its second-hand smartphone business in India
-
Tens of millions of people each year purchase a second-hand smartphone in India, the world’s second-largest market. Phone makers and giant online sellers such as Amazon and Flipkart are aware of it, but it’s too much of a hassle for them to inspect, repair and resell used phones. But these firms also know that customers […]
Topics: trading, million, building, raises, returned, sell, business, startup, ecommerce, secondhand, india, firms, smartphone, techcrunch, cashify. -
Commerce platform ShopUp raises $75 million in Bangladesh’s largest funding
-
ShopUp, a startup that is digitizing neighborhood stores in Bangladesh, has raised $75 million in a new financing round that is also the largest in the South Asian market. Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures led ShopUp’s $75 million Series B round. Prosus Ventures as well as existing investors Flourish Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and VEON Ventures […]
Topics: small, shops, funding, ventures, platform, bangladesh, startup, raises, stores, round, bangladeshs, india, commerce, largest, million, techcrunch, shopup. -
Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes
-
Clootrack is a real-time customer experience analytics platform that helps brands understand why customers stay or churn
Topics: raises, startup, customers, company, abdulla, india, data, techcrunch, brands, experience, feedback, shameel, customer, eyes, helps, clootrack. -
DealShare raises $21 million to expand its e-commerce platform to 100 Indian cities and towns
-
DealShare, a startup in India that has built an e-commerce platform for middle and lower-income groups of consumers, said on Tuesday it has raised $21 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in the world’s second-largest internet market. WestBridge Capital led the Series C round of the three-year-old startup, […]
Topics: india, million, rao, round, platform, raises, items, ecommerce, towns, techcrunch, expand, cities, startup, today, products, dealshare, indian. -
Driven by Covid-19, India’s Ecommerce Surges
-
Owing to its large population, India has always been an attractive ecommerce market, even if a relatively small percentage of its residents have access to the internet or adequate income. But ecommerce is now surging in India.
Topics: driven, revenue, pandemic, billion, population, mobile, ecommerce, surges, according, internet, india, indias, covid19. -
E-Commerce Firm Meesho Aims To Digitize 10 Million Sellers By 2027
-
This goal signifies a ten-fold increase from the SoftBank-backed firm's current seller base of 1.3 million
Topics: ecommerce, digitize, aims, small, sellers, entrepreneur, commerce, msmes, million, firm, online, businesses, india, meesho. -
EvolutionX Debt Capital Announces Investment In Udaan
-
EvolutionX's investment, alongside udaan's recent capital raise, will improve the company's financial strength as well as continue to drive its operational efficiencies with an enhanced focus on achieving profitable growth
Topics: announces, evolutionx, entrepreneur, udaan, growth, million, capital, team, debt, india, committed, investment. -
FMCG: Why Rural Pockets Are Experiencing Sluggish Growth
-
The last five to six quarters have been the longest period of rural slowdown in the last decade
Topics: quarter, consumption, growth, experiencing, rural, fmcg, demand, pockets, india, quarters, volumes, urban, sluggish. -
Flipkart buys Walmart’s India wholesale business to reach mom and pop stores
-
Flipkart said on Thursday it is launching a wholesale marketplace to serve small and medium-sized businesses and neighborhood stores in India, entering an increasingly crowded space that has attracted several players, including India’s largest physical retail chain (Reliance Retail), Lightspeed-backed Udaan, Amazon and Facebook in recent years. To launch the wholesale marketplace, called Flipkart Wholesale, […]
Topics: pop, walmarts, flipkart, walmart, retail, mom, businesses, small, buys, business, stores, reach, india, techcrunch, wholesale, country. -
Flipkart doubles down on rewards program, partners with 5,000 retail outlets in India
-
Flipkart on Monday launched SuperCoin Pay that its customers will be able to use across thousands of retail stores across the country as Walmart-owned e-commerce giant bets on its loyalty program to win and sustain its user base in the world’s second-largest internet market. The Bangalore-headquartered e-commerce giant said it had partnered with over 5,000 […]
Topics: ecommerce, techcrunch, rewards, customers, outlets, program, retail, india, giant, pay, flipkart, partners, doubles, supercoin, loyalty. -
Flipkart in talks to raise $1 billion ahead of IPO
-
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has hit the market to raise about $1 billion at up to $30 billion valuation in a pre-IPO financing round, two people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The Bangalore-based startup, which sold majority stake to Walmart for $16 billion in 2018, initiated fundraise possibilities with some investors earlier this year […]
Topics: walmart, raise, ecommerce, market, young, india, firm, billion, early, flipkart, ipo, ahead, talks, techcrunch, stake. -
Flipkart invests $35 million in Indian fashion brand to target youth
-
Flipkart, which competes with Amazon in India, is doubling down on an area where it has established a clear lead: Fashion. On Thursday, the Flipkart Group announced it had invested $35 million in Arvind Fashions for a significant minority stake in one of the decades-old Indian firm’s subsidiaries as the Walmart -owned firm looks to […]
Topics: stores, target, youth, million, indian, flipkart, techcrunch, brands, fashion, arvind, invests, india, brand, group, fashions. -
Flipkart loses bid to sell food online
-
Amazon-owned Flipkart has been blocked from entering the food-retail business by Indian regulators who had deliberated for almost a year on an application.
Topics: bid, tried, flipkart, loses, usually, manufactured, india, retail, sell, marketplace, market, online, food, companies. -
Flipkart valued at $37.6 billion in new $3.6 billion fundraise
-
Flipkart said on Monday it has raised $3.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $37.6 billion in what is widely believed to be the pre-IPO round for the Indian e-commerce conglomerate as it works to list in the public markets as soon as early next year. The new round of funding — by far the […]
Topics: indias, techcrunch, fundraise, investment, billion, flipkart, million, indian, ecommerce, india, firm, walmart, valued. -
Forget winning, can Amazon survive in India?
-
During a visit to India in 2014, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos made a splashy announcement: His firm was investing $2 billion in the South Asian nation, just a year after beginning operations in the country. Amazon’s announcement underscored how far India had come to open up to foreign firms. The nation, which had largely […]
Topics: winning, india, survive, amazon, indian, firms, reliance, country, techcrunch, retail, group, firm, billion, forget. -
From India’s richest man to Amazon and 100s of startups: The great rush to win neighborhood stores
-
After spending more than a decade disrupting the neighborhood stores in the U.S. and several other markets, Amazon and Walmart are employing an unusual strategy in India to face off this competitor: Friending them. Walmart and Amazon, both of which face restrictions from New Delhi on what all they could do in India, have partnered […]
Topics: india, neighborhood, pay, amazon, store, richest, win, rush, indias, customers, thousands, man, techcrunch, retail, stores, great, ecommerce, startups. -
Future Retail, Amazon’s estranged partner in India, scales down operations
-
Future Retail, India’s second largest retail chain, is scaling down its operations to reduce losses, it said, the latest casualty in its years-long battle with estranged partner Amazon. The firm, led by Kishore Biyani, said in filings to the stock exchanges that it has been finding it “difficult to finance the working capital needs,” and […]
Topics: deal, estranged, india, indias, retail, scales, amazons, amazon, operations, techcrunch, working, partner, future, indian, chain. -
Google backs one-year-old Indian startup DotPe in $27.5 million fundraise
-
Google’s latest investment in India is a startup that is helping businesses come online. One-year-old DotPe, a Gurgaon-based startup, said on Friday it has raised $27.5 million in its Series A financing round. The round was led by PayU, with participation from existing investor Info Edge Ventures and Google. The young startup, now valued at […]
Topics: merchants, startup, building, customers, million, india, helps, businesses, google, techcrunch, backs, oneyearold, dotpe, payu, indian, fundraise. -
Government To Introduce Framework To Check Fake Reviews On E-Commerce Platforms By Next Week
-
The consumer affairs secretary said that, probably, India will be the first country to have developed frameworks for fake review management
Topics: india, entrepreneur, week, framework, consumer, ecommerce, introduce, frameworks, issue, affairs, singh, check, platforms, fake, reviews. -
India antitrust watchdog suspends Amazon’s 2019 deal with Future, imposes fine
-
An Indian antitrust watchdog has revoked the approval it had granted for Amazon’s 2019 investment in a Future Group unit and imposed a fine of about $26.3 million to the American e-commerce giant for concealing facts. The Competition Commission of India said Amazon, which invested in Future Coupons in 2019, “suppress[ed] the actual scope and purpose […]
Topics: group, amazon, deal, indian, retail, indias, techcrunch, watchdog, fine, order, india, future, antitrust, largest, reviewing, amazons, imposes, suspends. -
India approves Reliance’s $3.4 billion deal with Future Group, brings new headache to Amazon
-
The Indian watchdog Competition Commission (CCI) of India said on Friday it has approved the $3.4 billion deal between the nation’s two largest retail giants, Future Group and Reliance Retail, posing a new headache for American e-commerce group Amazon, which had raised objections over the deal. The CCI, the Indian antitrust body, said in a […]
Topics: deal, order, brings, techcrunch, largest, india, retail, indian, reliance, group, headache, amazon, billion, future, reliances, approves. -
India police charge Amazon executives in marijuana smuggling case
-
Police in Madhya Pradesh, a central state in India, have registered a case against executive directors of Amazon India in connection with alleged use of the e-commerce marketplace for smuggling of marijuana in the South Asian market, they said Saturday evening. The police didn’t disclose how many senior executives they had charged, but said it […]
Topics: law, state, smuggling, ecommerce, techcrunch, india, amazon, executives, products, case, marijuana, cooperating, retail, investigation, charge, required. -
India proposes tougher e-commerce rules to address ‘widespread cheating’ complaints
-
India proposed on Monday banning flash sales on e-commerce platforms and preventing their affiliate entities from being listed as sellers as the South Asian market looks to further tighten rules that could hurt the future prospects of Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart in the world’s second-largest market. The proposal (PDF), unveiled by India’s Ministry of Consumer […]
Topics: rules, flash, ecommerce, sales, techcrunch, india, proposal, address, proposes, firms, complaints, ministry, sellers, flipkart, tougher, amazon, cheating, widespread. -
India rejects Walmart-owned Flipkart’s proposed foray into food retail business
-
The Indian government has rejected Flipkart’s proposal to enter the food retail business in a setback for Walmart, which owns a majority of the Indian e-commerce firm and which recently counted its business in Asia’s third-largest economy as one of the worst impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic. The Department for Promotion of Industry and […]
Topics: food, flipkart, rejects, grocery, industry, india, retail, techcrunch, proposed, flipkarts, business, nations, foray, indian, walmartowned, farmers. -
India's Online Retail Market Size Likely To Reach $325 Billion By 2030: Report
-
The report suggests that online retail penetration is projected to grow at an extraordinary rate, and it would outpace offline retail by 2.5 times in the next decade
Topics: reach, report, consumer, growth, online, likely, indias, size, market, india, retail, tier3, cities, billion, deloitte. -
Indian B2B e-commerce startup Udaan raises $280 million
-
Business-to-business marketplace Udaan has raised $280 million from new and existing investors as the Indian startup builds a war-chest to accelerate its growth and fend off rivals. The new capital is not part of a new financing round but is an extension of its Series D. The Bangalore-based startup, which secured $585 million prior to […]
Topics: techcrunch, capital, financing, indian, udaan, raises, million, india, ecommerce, small, b2b, retail, reliance, startup. -
Indian D2C beauty brand MyGlamm becomes unicorn with $150 million funding
-
The Good Glamm Group, the parent firm of direct-to-consumer beauty brand MyGlamm, is the latest Indian startup to join the unicorn club. The Mumbai-headquartered startup has raised $150 million in its Series D financing round from Prosus Ventures and Warburg Pincus. The new round, which also saw participation from Alteria Capital and existing investors L’Occitane, […]
Topics: content, indian, group, million, brand, funding, d2c, startup, firm, techcrunch, unicorn, beauty, brands, india, good, myglamm. -
Indian beauty e-commerce Purplle raises $45 million
-
Purplle, an e-commerce platform for beauty products in India, said on Monday it has raised $45 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest internet market. The new round, a Series D, was financed by Sequoia Capital India and existing investors Verlinvest, Blume Ventures and JSW […]
Topics: beauty, million, india, ecommerce, brands, purplle, ventures, indian, round, techcrunch, raised, raises, growth, products. -
Indian court rejects retail giant Future Group’s plea against Amazon
-
An Indian court rejected Future Group’s plea that sought to prevent its partner Amazon from interfering in — and blocking — the Indian retail giant’s $3.4 billion asset sale deal to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, delivering a glimmer of hope to the American e-commerce firm that has invested more than $6.5 billion in the world’s […]
Topics: indian, groups, retail, amazon, techcrunch, plea, reliance, singapore, group, india, future, rejects, giant, court, deal. -
Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart to acquire an online pharmacy marketplace to foray into healthcare space
-
Walmart-backed Flipkart is acquiring online pharmacy startup SastaSundar to enter the healthcare segment in India as the e-commerce battle intensifies in the world’s second-largest internet market. Flipkart said it has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in SastaSundar, but did not disclose the size of the deal. Eight-year-old SastaSundar was last valued at […]
Topics: pharmacy, space, online, marketplace, indian, flipkart, india, sastasundar, valued, giant, techcrunch, foray, digital, million, healthcare, startup. -
Indian e-commerce startup Snapdeal files for IPO
-
Snapdeal filed for an initial public offering on Tuesday, joining a number of firms in India that have tapped the public market this year. The New Delhi-based startup, which counts SoftBank among its backers, said in its draft prospectus that it will issue fresh shares worth $165 million. Some of its existing investors, including SoftBank, […]
Topics: ipo, million, ecommerce, including, share, filed, indian, files, users, softbank, shares, snapdeal, startup, india. -
Indian social commerce Meesho raises $570 million at $4.9 billion valuation
-
Meesho has more than doubled its valuation in less than six months, to $4.9 billion, as a growing number of high-profile investors back the Indian social commerce startup that is reporting strong growth despite the pandemic. The Bangalore-headquartered firm said on Thursday it has raised $570 million in its Series F financing round, following a […]
Topics: billion, raises, million, valuation, startup, india, customers, small, techcrunch, indian, capital, social, commerce, meesho. -
Indian stock exchanges approve $3.4B Reliance and Future deal in setback for Amazon
-
Indian stock exchanges on Wednesday approved the $3.4 billion deal between retail giants Reliance Retail and Future Group in yet another setback for Amazon, which has invested more than $6.5 billion in the world’s second-largest internet market and sought to block the aforementioned deal. The Bombay Stock Exchange said in a notification that it had […]
Topics: setback, retail, sebi, india, exchanges, techcrunch, deal, future, stock, reliance, approve, group, indias, court, indian, amazon. -
Indian trader group calls for ban on Amazon following damning report
-
An influential India trader group that represents tens of millions of brick-and-mortar retailers called New Delhi to ban Amazon in the country after a report claimed that the American e-commerce group had given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers in India, publicly misrepresented its ties with those sellers and used them to circumvent […]
Topics: laws, ban, damning, techcrunch, calls, cait, amazon, information, sellers, trader, trade, company, following, group, indian, india, report. -
India’s Cars24, a used-vehicle sales platform, raises $400M, now at a $3.3B valuation, to double down on growth
-
With supply chains in the automotive industry continuing to be disrupted due to COVID-19, demand has surged in the used-car market. Today, one of the startups that’s seeing a lot of growth as a result of that is announcing a big round of funding to further tap the opportunity. Cars24, a startup out of India […]
Topics: indias, india, growth, cars24, raises, million, vehicles, market, techcrunch, double, platform, cars, jangid, way, sales, company, valuation, usedvehicle, usedcar. -
India’s Flipkart gives hyperlocal delivery service another try
-
Flipkart on Tuesday launched a hyperlocal service in suburbs of Bangalore, four years after the e-commerce group abruptly concluded its previous foray into this category. The e-commerce group, owned by Walmart, said Flipkart Quick leverages the company’s supply chain infrastructure and a new location mapping technology framework to deliver within 90 minutes to customers more than […]
Topics: indias, stores, company, customers, country, delivery, gives, deliver, techcrunch, try, service, quick, india, model, flipkart, hyperlocal. -
India’s GlobalBees joins unicorn club for its Thrasio-like house of brands
-
GlobalBees, which raised one of the largest Series A financing rounds in India earlier this year, has entered the unicorn club as the New Delhi-headquartered firm scales its Thrasio-like house of brands. Premji Invest, the investment firm controlled by Indian tycoon Azim Premji, led the nine-month-old startup’s Series B financing round, the young firm disclosed […]
Topics: club, globalbees, joins, capital, indias, techcrunch, trying, brands, startups, thrasiolike, million, round, house, india, financing, unicorn. -
India’s GlobalBees raises $150 million to build Thrasio-like house of brands
-
The universe of Indian firms attempting to replicate Thrasio’s success in the world’s second-largest internet market just got bigger. Three-month-old GlobalBees said on Monday it has raised $150 million in a Series A financing round led by FirstCry. Lightspeed Venture Partners also invested in the new financing round, which is $75 million in equity and […]
Topics: raised, india, build, firms, techcrunch, house, agarwal, brands, market, globalbees, thrasiolike, debt, equity, indias, raises, million. -
India’s Licious becomes unicorn with $52 million fresh fundraise
-
Licious, a Bangalore-based startup that sells fresh meat and seafood online, said on Tuesday it has raised $52 million in a new financing round and become the first direct-to-consumer startup to attain the unicorn status in the world’s second-largest internet market. The new round — a Series G — was led by Mumbai-headquartered IIFL. It […]
Topics: fresh, licious, million, seafood, meat, iifl, techcrunch, fundraise, startup, unicorn, india, status, indias. -
India’s Mensa, a house of DTC brands, becomes unicorn in just six months
-
Mensa Brands, an Indian startup that acquires direct-to-consumer brands and helps them scale within the home market and overseas, has become a unicorn just six months after launching its business. Falcon Edge Capital led Mensa Brands’ $135 million Series B financing round that values the Indian startup at over $1 billion, the two said Tuesday. […]
Topics: brands, brand, ecommerce, mensa, unicorn, startup, narayanan, indian, global, months, techcrunch, partner, indias, dtc, house, india. -
India’s Moglix valued at $2.6 billion in $250 million funding
-
Moglix has more than doubled its valuation to about $2.6 billion from $1 billion just eight months ago as the Indian industrial business-to-business marketplace aggressively scales its offerings in many parts of the world. Alpha Wave Global (formerly called Falcon Edge Capital), which led the seven-year-old startup’s previous funding, has returned alongside Tiger Global to […]
Topics: financing, startup, supply, techcrunch, platform, chain, round, indias, valued, funding, moglix, india, global, billion, manufacturing, million. -
India’s Spinny valued at over $1.75 billion in $280 million funding
-
Spinny, a Gurgaon-based startup that operates a platform to facilitate the purchase and sale of used cars, is the latest firm to become a unicorn in the world’s second-largest internet market. Spinny has raised more than $280 million in its Series E financing round, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The round, which […]
Topics: earlier, billion, indias, market, round, global, valued, used, funding, growth, india, million, spinny, techcrunch, startup. -
India’s Zetwerk raises $120 million to scale its B2B marketplace for manufacturing parts
-
When you want to buy a refrigerator or a television, you can walk to the nearby electronics store or visit an e-commerce website like Amazon. But where do you go when you’re looking for parts of a crane, a door or chassis of different machines? For several businesses globally, the answer to that question is […]
Topics: opportunity, firm, india, startup, capital, marketplace, b2b, raises, techcrunch, manufacturing, acharya, million, scale, zetwerk, indias, customers, parts. -
India’s antitrust watchdog approves Amazon acquiring Cloudtail-parent firm Prione
-
The Indian antitrust watchdog on Wednesday approved Amazon’s proposed acquisition of estranged partner Catamaran Ventures’ stake in Prione, which operates one of the largest sellers on the e-commerce platform, providing the American giant with the pathway to continue to operate Cloudtail in the world’s second largest internet market. Amazon proposed the acquisition late last year, […]
Topics: india, local, operates, stake, acquiring, ecommerce, techcrunch, prione, watchdog, approves, sellers, amazon, indias, largest, firm, proposed, antitrust, cloudtailparent. -
Infra.Market becomes India’s newest unicorn with $100 million fundraise
-
The newest unicorn in India is a startup that is helping construction and real estate companies in the world’s second-most populated nation procure materials and handle logistics for their projects. Four-year-old Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by Tiger Global. Existing investors, including Foundamental, Accel Partners, […]
Topics: million, startup, india, small, round, manufacturers, inframarket, quality, businesses, indias, fundraise, clients, techcrunch, newest, unicorn. -
Infra.Market raises $20 million for its B2B marketplace in India
-
A startup that is improving the way construction and real estate companies in India procure materials and handle logistics for their projects has received the backing of three new investors. Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round. The round was led by Evolvence India Fund, Sistema […]
Topics: clients, india, manufacturers, sengupta, today, small, startup, businesses, marketplace, raises, million, b2b, techcrunch, inframarket. -
Jeff Bezos invests in Indonesian e-commerce startup Ula
-
Updated at 8.15pm PT, October 3: In a statement just now, Ula confirmed TechCrunch’s reporting, saying it has raised $87 million in its Series B financing round. The round was, as TechCrunch reported, co-led by Prosus Ventures, Tencent, and B Capital. Jeff Bezos invested in the new round. “We launched in 2020, with a single-minded […]
Topics: ecommerce, techcrunch, ula, amazon, bezos, india, b, round, investors, invests, indonesian, retailers, jeff, startup, capital. -
Jumbotail raises $14.2 million for its wholesale marketplace in India
-
Jumbotail, an online wholesale marketplace for grocery and food items, said on Friday it has raised an additional $14.2 million as the Bangalore-based startup chases the opportunity to digitize neighborhood stores in the world’s second-largest internet market. The five-year-old startup said the new tranche of its Series B financing round was led by VII Ventures, […]
Topics: wholesale, jumbotail, reliance, stores, cities, raises, startup, neighborhood, techcrunch, tranche, india, retail, million, marketplace. -
Lenskart valued at $2.5 billion following $220 million investment from Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital
-
Temasek and Falcon Edge Capital have led a $220 million investment in Indian omni-channel eyewear retailer Lenskart, valuing the Bangalore-based startup at $2.5 billion. The new investment, which includes primary and secondary transactions, is part of a new round Lenskart unveiled a month ago when it raised $95 million from global investment fund KKR. Bay […]
Topics: lenskart, investment, falcon, india, billion, techcrunch, following, vision, eyewear, capital, week, edge, temasek, valued, startup, million. -
ONDC Will Help Small Retail Survive Onslaught Of Large Tech-Based Ecommerce Firms, Says Piyush Goyal
-
The minister also said that the consumer industry in India, and FMCGs have been victims of indiscriminate low-quality imports because of which people have suffered
Topics: industry, digital, ecommerce, help, india, ondc, goyal, survive, small, piyush, techbased, large, open, network, entrepreneur, onslaught, retail. -
ONDC's Office Inauguration Marks a New Milestone For Company
-
The new office is expected to bring together the best talents and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation like never before
Topics: scale, commerce, company, platform, ondcs, ondc, network, open, entrepreneur, inauguration, india, milestone, office, program, statementondc, marks. -
Off Duty Raises INR 4 Crore From Velocity
-
The brand will use the funding to scale up their inventory to cater to the increasing demand and meet their striving goal of achieving a revenue of over INR 25 crore
Topics: brand, international, funding, raises, india, velocity, fashion, khan, gap, inr, revenue, crore, duty. -
Piyush Goyal Invites All E-Commerce Players To a Much Larger Market
-
The minister highlighted that ONDC will foster economies of scale, competition and better pricing along with quality that will ultimately benefit consumers
Topics: commerce, network, piyush, digital, platform, goyal, players, open, minister, companies, ondc, india, larger, ecommerce, invites, market. -
Prosus classifieds group OLX shuts down Frontier Car Group’s Berlin office, OLX Autos to focus on LatAm and Asia
-
Cazoo is picking up significant capital today by teaming up with a SPAC in the U.S. at a $7 billion valuation, but another big used-car play is consolidating operations. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Berlin-based Frontier Car Group, which builds used-car marketplaces with a focus on emerging markets, is shutting down its operations in […]
Topics: frontier, techcrunch, usedcar, shuts, emerging, autos, group, berlin, markets, focus, office, india, olx, groups, latam, prosus, operations. -
Record number of unicorns and IPOs: Indian startups raised $39B in 2021
-
In late March last year, as the virus started to spread across India, investors began to worry about the impact a potential pandemic could have on their portfolio firms. They exchanged notes, and on April 1, penned a joint open letter to the local startup ecosystem, advising firms to “prepare for the worst.” In the […]
Topics: capital, indian, india, unicorns, market, 39b, raised, ipos, investors, familiar, startups, record, number, startup, global, techcrunch. -
Reliance, Future Group ignore Amazon protest on $3.4B deal
-
Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, said on Sunday evening that its proposed deal to acquire Future Group’s assets for a whopping $3.4 billion — against which Amazon has filed a legal proceeding — is fully enforceable under the Indian law and it intends to complete the deal “without any delay.” Mukesh Ambani’s firm issued […]
Topics: ecommerce, reliance, future, amazon, ignore, india, business, deal, group, indian, retail, 34b, techcrunch, protest, arbitration. -
Sea’s Shopee begins recruiting sellers in India, quietly launches website
-
Southeast Asian e-commerce giant Shopee, which recently expanded to several Latin American nations, appears to be preparing to launch in another international market: India. The company, owned by Singapore-headquartered Sea, has quietly launched a website for sellers in India, TechCrunch has learned, following a months-long subtle campaign to attract merchants in the South Asian nation. […]
Topics: seas, india, techcrunch, launch, billion, quietly, southeast, recruiting, service, company, shopee, begins, indian, website, sellers, launches. -
Sea’s Shopee shutting down India operations
-
Singapore’s giant Sea said on Monday it is shutting down its e-commerce business, Shopee, in India, months after the firm began recruiting sellers in the country. The announcement follows India’s decision to ban Sea’s popular title “Free Fire” in the country last month, a move that contributed to a loss of over $15 billion in […]
Topics: country, market, local, global, shutting, operations, techcrunch, month, decision, sellers, india, seas, shopee, free. -
Sequoia Capital India looks to double down on commerce startup Bikayi
-
Bikayi is in talks to raise about $50 million in a new financing round, four people familiar with the matter told me, as the Indian startup looks to scale its platform that helps small businesses set up and run their e-commerce stores. Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India are holding conversations with the Indian startup […]
Topics: capital, million, india, sources, techcrunch, double, sequoia, startup, commerce, bikayi, platform, small, round, looks, businesses. -
Sequoia Capital India, STV back Dubai-based BNPL provider tabby in $54M extension round
-
Tabby, the Dubai-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform that lets users shop, pay later and earn cash from over 3,000 global brands, including Adidas, IKEA and Bloomingdale’s, has completed a Series B extension of $54 million. It follows tabby’s initial Series B round of $50 million announced last August that valued the company at […]
Topics: stv, provider, series, techcrunch, million, round, sequoia, capital, dubaibased, india, bnpl, extension, market, arab, company, tabby. -
ShopUp raises $22.5 million to digitize millions of mom-and-pop shops in Bangladesh
-
A startup that is aiming to digitize millions of neighborhood stores in Bangladesh just raised the country’s largest Series A financing round. Dhaka-headquartered ShopUp said on Tuesday it has raised $22.5 million in a round co-led by Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures. For both the venture firms, this is the first time they are […]
Topics: bangladesh, india, stores, shopup, startup, millions, digitize, million, momandpop, platform, capital, zaman, neighborhood, ecommerce, techcrunch, raises, shops. -
Shopify Pricing in India 2024: Complete Guide to Shopify Costs for Indian Merchants
-
Confused about Shopify pricing in India? You’re not alone. While Shopify – one of the world’s largest ecommerce platforms – is pretty transparent about its pricing, it can be difficult to get your head around all the different expenses, from…
Continue reading Shopify Pricing in India 2024: Complete Guide to Shopify Costs for Indian Merchants
Topics: india, pricing, merchants, plan, shopify, transaction, month, need, basic, complete, indian, advanced, yes, guide, fees, unlimited, costs. -
Snapdeal To Receive Orders Through ONDC
-
ONDC's focus on expanding the online opportunity in India and creating a more inclusive e-commerce ecosystem is well matched with Snapdeal's focus on growing e-commerce beyond just brands and urban users
Topics: statement, products, snapdeals, india, small, ondc, snapdeal, indias, focus, orders, ecommerce, receive. -
The Borderless Opportunities For Logistics Startups
-
By leveraging tech and tapping into the e-commerce boom, India's logistics players are not only democratizing cross-border commerce but are expanding their market horizons
Topics: space, technology, platforms, borderless, global, need, crossborder, businesses, data, logistics, opportunities, india. -
Tiger Global leads $100 million investment in Indian social commerce DealShare
-
Tiger Global has invested in DealShare, a startup in India that has built an e-commerce platform for middle- and lower-income groups of consumers, just three months after the Indian firm concluded its previous $21 million Series C funding round. The New York-headquartered firm has led the $100 million Series D round in three-year-old social commerce […]
Topics: social, investment, leads, commerce, rao, indian, global, techcrunch, india, million, startup, dealshare, round, tiger, items. -
Ula raises $20 million to expand its e-commerce marketplace in Indonesia
-
Tokopedia, Lazada, Shopee, and other firms created an e-commerce market in Indonesia in the past decade, making it possible for consumers to shop online in the island nation. But as is true in other Asian markets, most small retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the Southeast Asian country still face a myriad of challenges in sourcing […]
Topics: retailers, million, retail, india, capital, small, techcrunch, chain, marketplace, ecommerce, market, raises, ula, supply, expand, markets, indonesia. -
Walmart leads $1.2 billion investment in India’s Flipkart
-
Walmart is increasing its majority-stake in Flipkart by leading a new $1.2 billion financing round in the Indian e-commerce giant. The fresh equity round led by Walmart, which acquired majority stake in Flipkart for $16 billion two years ago, values Flipkart at $24.9 billion post-money, the two companies said. The American retail group said the […]
Topics: indian, retail, ecommerce, leads, techcrunch, india, customers, indias, reliance, flipkart, billion, stores, investment, walmart. -
Walmart’s Flipkart makes local languages push to win small Indian cities and towns
-
Flipkart on Wednesday added support for three more local languages as the Indian e-commerce giant looks to widen its foothold in smaller cities and towns across the country where fewer people speak English and Hindi. The Walmart -owned firm said its online marketplace now has interfaces in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, three languages that are […]
Topics: users, techcrunch, walmarts, small, india, cities, makes, push, local, towns, indian, languages, support, flipkart, million, win, language, hindi. -
Walmart’s Flipkart rolls out voice assistant to make shopping easier
-
Flipkart is rolling out a voice assistant feature to its platform to make it easier for consumers to shop as the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant looks to expand its reach in the nation. The AI-powered voice assistant currently supports the grocery category, called Supermart, but a company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Flipkart will soon be extending […]
Topics: walmarts, support, voice, india, flipkart, easier, assistant, feature, techcrunch, shopping, company, rolls, online, users, supports. -
Walmart’s Flipkart to cover insurance for all sellers in India and waive additional fees
-
Walmart-owned Flipkart is exempting storage and cancellation fees for sellers on its marketplace and also providing them with insurance coverage as the top e-commerce platform in India looks to maintain cordial relationships with more than 300,000 sellers who are facing severe disruption amid an unprecedented rise in the spread of coronavirus infections in the South […]
Topics: virus, techcrunch, nation, insurance, cover, sellers, india, walmarts, flipkart, fees, week, marketplace, indian, seller, additional, waive. -
Why Group Buying Could Never Find Many Takers in India
-
Group buying is a very popular business model in China. Some of its prominent startups in the space include Pinduoduo, Meituan, and Didi
Topics: buying, different, space, takers, business, platform, india, models, commerce, group, model. -
YC startup SockSoho is using data science in a bid to become the ‘Uniqlo of India’
-
SockSoho is a direct-to-consumer brand that aspires to become the “Uniqlo of India.” The company launched sales 10 months ago, starting with men’s socks, and recently completed Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 program. Founded by Pritika Mehta, a data scientist who has worked at companies including TripAdvisor, and growth marketer Simarpreet Singh, SockSoho now has more […]
Topics: using, online, bid, startup, whatsapp, india, uniqlo, socksohos, science, mehta, yc, customer, data, socksoho, customers, singh, techcrunch. -
YC-backed Tajir raises $1.8M to help mom-and-pop stores source inventory in Pakistan
-
A number of high-profile firms and startups have set up logistics networks in India in the last decade as they attempt to digitize neighborhood stores. Bangalore-headquartered startup Udaan, for instance, works directly with brands and sellers to source inventory and sells and delivers it to stores through its business-to-business marketplace. It’s a big opportunity. Most […]
Topics: tajir, ycbacked, store, raises, techcrunch, sales, inventory, neighborhood, india, retail, pakistan, stores, owners, source, startup, momandpop, today, help. -
Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app in India, raises $100 million
-
Zepto, a Mumbai-based startup that operates a 10-minute instant grocery delivery service, has more than doubled its valuation to $570 million from $225 million less than two months ago as it expands into newer cities. Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund led the $100 million Series C round in Zepto, the two said Monday. Glade Brook, Nexus, […]
Topics: palicha, india, zepto, raises, million, execution, months, techcrunch, delivery, instant, app, startup, 10minute, round, grocery. -
Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app in India, raises $60 million
-
Two 19-year-old entrepreneurs, who previously collaborated on a number of projects including a ride-hailing commute app for school kids and left Stanford last year to pursue a new startup, said on Sunday they have raised $60 million to disrupt India’s overcrowded and highly-competitive grocery delivery market. Glade Brook Capital led Zepto’s first institutional financing round, […]
Topics: grocery, india, zepto, techcrunch, penetration, delivery, 10minute, startup, stores, online, startups, million, raises, palicha, today, app.