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Let's have a look at top 5 internet companies in India with mind-boggling valuations

Nimble companies with innovative ideas are raising millions of dollars every other day, which brings us to the question, what is the pecking order of Indian internet companies?

Mar 28, 2019

Who is Ankiti Bose? The founder and CEO of the latest member of Unicorn club

The 27-year-old co-founded Zilingo four years ago along with Dhruv Kapoor, an IIT Guwahati alumnus.

Feb 13, 2019

Byju's to hire 3,500 employees and double its workforce after '100% growth for 3 years'

After becoming the fifth most-valued start-up in India, Byju's is now looking to double its workforce and has said that it plans to hire about 3,500 employees this year. While 2,000 of the 3,500 workers will be a part of Byju's sales and operations team, the rest will be taken in for content-creation.

Feb 11, 2019

Byju's raises $400 million in latest round of funding; now valued at $4 billion

Byju's is now valued behind digital payments firm Paytm (One97 Communications Pvt. Ltd), cab-hailing service Ola and budget hotel chain Oyo Rooms.

Dec 12, 2018

For Indian unicorn Oyo Hotels, the biggest market now is China

India's most valued startup built by Ritesh Agarwal now manages as many as 180,000 rooms in China, compared with about 150,000 rooms in India and the rest of south Asia combined.

Nov 21, 2018

Oyo secures $1 billion in fresh funds to drive China expansion

The billion dollar boost comes from existing investors such as SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Sep 25, 2018

OYO likely to get backing from Chinese giant Didi Chuxing

OYO, the hospitality service and budget hotel network, was under the final stages of a new $800 million- $1 billion financing round, which will eventually split its India and China operations for the purpose of finance.

Sep 3, 2018

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Freshworks becomes latest entrant in Indian unicorn club

The company has plans to go for a public listing and before that, it is expecting another round of private funding from Alphabet's CapitalG which also participated in the current round of funding.

Aug 1, 2018

Chinese boost for OYO Rooms? Tencent in talks to invest up to $500 mn

The investment would raise the Indian company's value to over $2 billion. Oyo needs the funds to expand further in China, its largest overseas market, where it has witnessed rapid growth since starting operations in November 2017.

Jul 24, 2018

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Policybazaar enters unicorn club with SoftBank-led $200 million funding

It became the second Indian startup in as many weeks after Swiggy, a food delivery tech startup to join the Unicorn club.

Jun 26, 2018

Former Facebook India MD picks Made-in-India Dailyhunt as his next grind

Facebook and Google are the market leaders in digital advertising, and it is expected that Umang Bedi's experience will help Dailyhunt meet its growth goals.

Feb 16, 2018

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Sujayath Ali at Voonik

200 employees at Voonik may not get salary for 3 months: Report

The workers who are expected to be affected are largely from the product development and customer support team.

Nov 14, 2017

Zomato in early talks with Swiggy for merger: Report

Zomato had reportedly offered a 1:4 share swap ratio to Swiggy, which isn't likely to be agreed upon by its shareholders.

Nov 1, 2017

OYO gets Rs 1,600 crore in fresh round of funding led by SoftBank

The company's unique business model and vision for the hospitality industry boosted investor confidence: Ritesh Agarwal

Sep 7, 2017

Zomato in advanced talks with Alibaba's Ant Financial to raise $200 million

If the deal fructifies Zomato's valuation might also exceed $1 billion.

Sep 5, 2017

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