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Uber has been embroiled in several controversies in India and the US related to sexual harassment and aggressive culture. The investigation report led CEO Travis Kalanick to announce an indefinite leave of absence

Zomato reduces cash burn to $1 million per month

The period from 2015 to 2016 was a tough year for the company even as other companies such as Dazo, TinyOwl, iTiffin, EatFresh and others in various parts of food-tech segment shut operations

The death of hyperlocal delivery startups: What went wrong?

The hyperlocal delivery segment, which was a must have for every institutional investor till almost a year ago has now gone under the radar due to poor unit economics and blurry sight of a near profitability.

Why it‘s good to have a graveyard of food-tech apps

Even as the graveyard for food tech startups expands, a few saner ones have remodeled businesses, rolled back discounts, cash backs and aiming it profits in the longer run.

Young Turks: Round-up of events in startup world

Young Turks Startup Deal Tracker gets you a daily dose of action in the startup space. In today's series also watch CNBC-TV18 catch up with investors and entrepreneurs to decode and debunk myths about networking events at BITS Pilani's annual startup conclave Conquest 2016.

Investors still positive on startups despite shutdowns, layoffs

The hyper local delivery start-up Roadrunnr last week acquired the troubled food-ordering platform TinyOwl. Post the acquisition, Roadrunnr has been rebranded as Runnr and it will function as a food-ordering and delivery platform.

When startups cut jobs or defer hires, what does it mean?

Lately, Flipkart told its campus hires they will have to wait six months more before they could join work at the etailer. Flipkart was in the midst of a ‘rebranding exercise‘, it said. But that has been the reason for a lot of startups who have cut jobs in the past, too.

Indian startups under pressure to cut cash burn, eke out profit

Food ordering service Tinyowl is a prime example of both consolidation and a ramp-down. This heavily-funded venture has stopped operations in Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad. So the only city it is now operational in is Mumbai.

'Funding squeeze causing stricter evaluation of e-comm models'

"We believe this (e-commerce) shake-up may intensify further, leading to the emergence of one or two strong companies within each sub-sector," said the research report by Kotak Institutional Equities.

Food tech startup industry in the midst of a meltdown

The boom in online food ecommerce start-ups seems to be cooling off with some going out business while others are scouting for funds.