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Is There Any Value Left At The End Of Tunnel For Byju’s? 

After major investors Blackrock and Prosus cut the valuation of the edtech firm to $1 billion and $3 billion, respectively, the latest rights issue pegs the pre-money valuation at a meagre $25 million, slumping more than 99% from its peak valuation of $22...

Prathik Desai 02 / 02 / 2024

Meesho Launches Valmo To Cut Logistics Costs

The Softbank-backed e-commerce firm has been able to slash its supply-chain overheads by 5% by bringing together India’s unorganised logistics players onto its tech-enabled platform

Prathik Desai 08 / 02 / 2024

Paytm App Will Continue To Work Beyond Feb 29 As Usual: CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm said that the RBI order also does not impact user deposits in their savings accounts, wallets, FASTags and NCMC accounts, and they can continue to use the existing balances.

02 / 02 / 2024

CoinDCX Lost Nearly 90% Of Trading Volume Due To 30% Tax On Gains, Reveal Co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal

Though eager for regulations, co-founders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal insist that it should not be counterintuitive for the Web 3 and crypto industry .

Vinita Bhatia23 / 12 / 2023

Is Zomato's Profitable Quarter A Flash In The Pan?

With a projected 40% YoY revenue growth for the next few years, Zomato's profitability milestone in Q124 underscores its dominion in the food delivery market. But will it be able to maintain this momentum?

Vinita Bhatia 30 / 09 / 2023

Chief Marketing Officer Shalini Raghavan is among few executives who have stepped down from the beauty start-up over the last six months

For Q1 FY24, gross bookings grew by 31.4 per cent YoY in constant currency to $2 billion

Bhandari will be responsible for collaborating closely with the founders on strategy.

This capital infusion follows Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's (ADIA) announcement to invest $500 million in Lenskart

The IPO for Byju's tutoring services division was previously planned for 2023, which was postponed as the edtech decacorn battled various challenges

In 2020, Scopely acquired Disney's FoxNext Games, and in 2021, the company acquired Sony Pictures Entertainment's GSN Games for $1 billion

The company bagged $1.6 million in equity and $2.0 million in callable mezzanine debt for co-investing into real assets

The start-ups that are in the pipeline to become unicorns include WinZO, Doubtnut, Infinity Learn, Locus, Pratilipi, Portea, SirionLabs and others

Ritesh recently got married to Geetansha Sood in Delhi

Son also attended Oyo Founder Ritesh Agarwal's wedding festivities in the capital