Urging others to be frugal, the Navi Mumbai-based millionaire entrepreneur wrote, 'EMI gets high-end cars and an artificial high. But OLA gets you peace for sure.'
In 2020, Ola suspended shared rides temporarily in an effort to curb spread of coronavirus that has killed over 10,000 persons so far globally.
Puja recounted that, to ensure a prompt cab, she booked rides through both Ola and Rapido, ultimately selecting Ola due to her confidence in the service. However, the journey soon took an alarming turn.
Ola Electric has called the allegations 'false and misleading'. "We will suitably respond to the notice shortly," said Ola Electric's spokesperson to Moneycontrol.
After a heated exchange, the woman paid the correct fare and tried to enter her apartment, but the Ola driver continued to create a scene, hurling more abusive words.
Before joining Ola, Gupta worked as the vice president and regional CFO of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa of Procter and Gamble for nearly 17 years.
The restructuring comes just a few weeks after Ola Cabs initiated preliminary discussions with investment banks for an IPO.
A clutch of global and domestic investment banks are learnt to have met senior executives of Ola Cabs and discussed potential IPO
Sources say that the move comes amid rising competition in the international market coupled with pressure across countries to go electric.
With the fresh move, Vanguard has now cut Ola’s valuation three times in a row.
The firm is planning to take its e-bike business nationally by the end of this year, and expects to complete 0.5 billion rides in 2024
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal expressed enthusiasm about the upcoming developments in collaboration with ONDC
Vanguard, which holds 166,185 shares of Ola or about 0.7 percent stake in the company, has pegged the fair value of its stake at $25,038,000, down from its acquisition cost of $51,748,000, the AMC's regulatory filings showed. This implies a valuation of $3.5 billion for Ola against its last private market valuation of $7.3 billion.
Ola Electric has sold more than 239,000 electric scooters since December 2021 and holds a 38% share in India's electric-scooter market.