BUSINESS
Amazon launches shopping-only Prime tier to take on Flipkart VIP
As per the terms and conditions, the Prime Shopping Edition tier is only available on the Amazon app or mobile browser on Android devices
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Billionaire Ranjan Pai to invest in beauty company Purplle
Pai, who recently sold a controlling stake in Manipal Hospitals to Singapore’s Temasek, is paying Rs 60-70 crore to JSW Ventures to become a shareholder in Purplle through a secondary market transaction
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New day, new timeline: Dunzo asks former employees to wait another 4 months for pending salaries
The fresh delay, this time by around four months, comes even as Dunzo is lining up funds. In the past the company had delayed payouts only by a few weeks.
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Flipkart eyes Amazon Prime-like customers with launch of VIP membership
While there are a lot of similarities and a few dissimilarities, the Seattle-based firm clearly has the first-mover advantage.
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Dunzo co-founder Mukund Jha set to exit startup
Jha, who joined the hyperlocal delivery player in 2015, played a key role in communicating with employees and letting them know about delay in salaries and layoffs.
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Dunzo co-founder Dalvir Suri to exit cash-strapped startup
Sources at the company highlighted that Suri has tried exiting the firm earlier, but had stayed back after discussions with CEO Biswas. Suri has no stake in Dunzo and took home just a salary with some ESOPs, like several other employees.
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Cauvery dispute: Coped today, uncertain about Friday, says Bengaluru’s restaurant owners on bandh
The constant back and forth on the date of the bandh — if it's September 26 or 29 — has caused more confusion. Some restaurants decided to shut down for the day as a precautionary measure
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Dunzo close to securing $25-$30 million in capital to steady ship
While the valuation is still undecided, key investors like Lightrock and Lightbox are participating in the round.
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How Bengaluru police is taking the lead in ensuring gig workers' safety
Bengaluru police have decided to come up with Standard Operating Procedures for their safety. The SOPs will cover safety training, awareness, emergency protocols, and self-defence techniques.
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Canada pension fund has invested over $2 billion in 9 Indian new-age companies
Apart from the new-age companies, CPPIB has also invested in legacy companies such as Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys and Wipro
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DealShare to layoff 130 employees as it decides to shut B2B unit
The B2B division, while smaller than the B2C unit, still accounted for about 20-25 percent of DealShare’s revenue.
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Flat revenues and cash burn unchanged: What internal documents reveal about Licious' business
While Licious’ monthly cash burn dropped in some months, it has also seen a spike in the other, remaining largely in the Rs 22-26 crore range so far in FY24.
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Cash-strapped Dunzo to give up office space in Bengaluru to cut costs
The move to vacate its headquarters on Wind Tunnel road in Bengaluru comes at a time when Dunzo has been struggling to manage its cash flow situation
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Koo needs fresh funding or strategic partnership to continue its growth: Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka
Koo, once a high-flying startup, had also roped in Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan as investors. It had even positioned itself to take on X (formerly Twitter) but now cannot scale without an M&A or fresh capital.
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Ecosystem, not price play: Why the made in India iPhone costs an arm and a leg in India
The tech giant’s moves to manufacture products, set up stores and partner with resellers are all part of its plan to set up an ecosystem in India. It is unlikely to lower prices and play the volume game.
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Apple iPhone15 will remain pricey in India but expect discount on older models
Contrary to expectations of a price drop, the prices of the Pro models have gone up. However, the price of the basic model is largely unchanged from last year.
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Dunzo partners with OneTap to ensure August salary payments amid challenges
Dunzo said employees can expect to receive salaries by September 14 or September 15 at the latest.
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Delhi G20 summit: Up to 25,000 food, grocery delivery workers to be impacted
Essential activities like postal and medical services will be allowed across the national capital, but commercial activities like e-commerce deliveries (except medicines) will be prohibited.
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Dunzo delays payments to employees by another few days
Dunzo had promised that current employees would receive their August salaries on September 4 but has now said it will be paying salaries in batches.
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The cost of comfort: E-commerce, food-tech firms look to lift bottom-lines with ‘convenience’ fees
This fee is typically 0.5-1 percent of a platform’s average order value, and helps absorb some of the logistics costs. With certain firms, this fee is non-refundable. This encourages shoppers to bundle their orders, and be more responsible with returns
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Dunzo further delays salary payments to October as funding talks make little progress
The startup was earlier scheduled to make payments on September 4, which was already an extension from its July 20 deadline initially.
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Logistics start-up Porter violates rules, Karnataka transport department books drivers
Porter is operating without obtaining a goods carriage permit and is also displaying advertisements on their vehicles without proper permission: Transport department official.
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E-commerce, SaaS and AI promising sectors in India: StepStone’s Newhall
The group, which writes cheques of $1 million to $150 million, funds VCs, invests directly in companies and takes part in secondary transactions when an investor wants to exit.
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Zepto is first Indian unicorn of 2023, raises $200 million at $1.4 billion valuation
Most of the capital from the previous round still sits in Zepto's bank but the startup has raised more money to build its balance sheet ahead of going public in the first half of 2025, co-founder Aadit Palicha has said
