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Sunil Suresh appointed chief marketing officer of MakeMyTrip, Goibibo
Gurugram-headquartered online travel company MakeMyTrip Group has appointed Sunil Suresh as the chief marketing officer for MakeMyTrip ....
redBus starts carpooling pilot for office-goers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune
Online bus-ticketing platform redBus has launched a pilot intra-city carpooling service for professionals in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, ....
Capital efficiency key; may skip Flipkart-like bet again: Inventus’ Samir Kumar
Venture capital firm Inventus Capital Partners has been around for almost 25 years globally, and in India, for a decade. It has ....
Exclusive: M-commerce app Goodbox exiting 'non-core' ops, slashes headcount
Nexus Ventures-backed Goodbox, an app that offers small and medium-sized businesses an e-commerce platform, has turned its attention ....
MakeMyTrip to power Flipkart's soft entry into OTA business
Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has partnered with online travel services provider MakeMyTrip to provide its users with travel ....
Ratan Tata-backed Niki.ai builds chatbot for Federal Bank’s mobile app
Ratan Tata-backed artificial intelligence firm Niki.ai has tied up with Kerala-headquartered Federal Bank to launch a chatbot-based ....
Why Inventus' Kanwal Rekhi doesn't regret giving Flipkart, Snapdeal a miss
Many moons ago, Kanwal Rekhi and John Dougery, the founding partners of Inventus Capital, carefully examined two fledgling e-commerce ....
Forest fire blazing through Indian startup ecosystem: Inventus' Kanwal Rekhi
Kanwal Rekhi, co-founder and managing director at VC firm Inventus Capital Partners, has been a known sceptic of the capital-intensive ....
MakeMyTrip net revenue jumps 81%, adjusted net loss narrows
MakeMyTrip Ltd, India's largest online travel services firm, posted an adjusted net loss of $5.9 million in the third quarter, ....
MakeMyTrip-ibibo merger: What it means for hotel aggregators
The merger between MakeMyTrip and Naspers-owned ibibo Group could benefit hotel aggregators in India in more ways than one. To ....
MakeMyTrip, goibibo and redBus brands will co-exist, says Ashish Kashyap
In February 2000, MakeMyTrip founder Deep Kalra walked out of eVentures' office near Churchgate station in Mumbai as he was not ....
Ixigo partners with Uber, RedBus for its train travellers
Ixigo, a mobile travel marketplace run by Le Travenues Technology Pvt. Ltd, has announced a partnership with RedBus and Uber, ....
Travelyaari raises $7 mn from BCCL, GVFL
Online bus booking platform Travelyaari has raised $7 million in its Series B round led by Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd (GVFL), ....
Goibibo rolls out travel-based social network
Online travel agency (OTA) Goibibo.com, part of South African digital media firm Naspers, has rolled out a travel social network ....
Naspers takes redBus global; launches bus ticketing service in Singapore, Malaysia
Online travel group ibibo, part of South African media conglomerate Naspers Ltd, is taking its bus ticketing service redBus to ....
Naspers-owned redBus completes 30M ticket sales, sees 3X growth in mobile transactions
Naspers group-owned online bus ticket booking venture redBus.in claims to have sold three crore (30 million) tickets through its ....
redBus marketing chief Lakshmikant Gupta quits to join GirnarSoft Labs
Lakshmikant Gupta, chief marketing officer (CMO) of Naspers group-owned online bus ticket booking venture redBus.in, has quit ....
MobiKwik partners with redBus to enable bus ticketing via mobile wallet
Gurgaon-based One MobiKwik Systems Pvt Ltd that runs the online recharge platform Mobikwik.com has partnered with online bus ticketing ....
The Year That Was: What made news in e-commerce in 2013
It was certainly a happening year for the e-commerce sector. While we saw blockbuster buyout of VC-backed venture redBus and the ....
Naspers paid $100M to buy 80% in redBus; Flipkart valued at $1.6B in latest funding
Its official, Naspers paid $100 million in cash to buy an effective 80 per cent stake in Pilani Soft Labs Pvt Ltd, which runs ....
'I would spend money to build a good team first, if I start a company again': Phanindra Sama
India should not draw parallels with the startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley when it comes to exits, since it is a much mature ....