Bikayi raises $10.8 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India

The company had secured $2 million in August 2020 as a part of its seed round led by San Francisco-based startup accelerator Y Combinator.

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SoftBank-backed Snapdeal weighs $400 million IPO

The company, which counts SoftBank Group Corp. among its investors, is speaking with advisers about a potential listing in Mumbai that could value it at as much as $2.5 billion, the people said. An IPO could take place as soon as next year, they said, asking not to be identified because the details aren’t public.

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Exclusive interview with Prosus CEO

Today we bring you an exclusive interview with Bob van Dijk, CEO of Prosus, which announced on Tuesday that it would pay a whopping $4.7 billion for Indian payment gateway firm BillDesk.

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Infosys launches digital skilling programme Springboard

Springboard is part of Infosys' environment, social and governance (ESG) goals. Powered by the company's education technology platform Wingspan, it offers a set of courses developed in collaboration with Coursera and Learnship.

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PhonePe mulls own mutual fund business application

CEO Sameer Nigam says the company can do scant little to reduce UPI market share. PhonePe has emerged as the largest UPI app with over 45% monthly market share, beating rivals like Google Pay, Paytm and Amazon Pay.

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ETtech Exclusive: Even later-stage investors can get hefty returns in Indian market, says Bob van Dijk

The investment firm is convinced of the Indian market's potential to deliver hefty returns to even later-stage investors like the South African group, says Prosus group chief executive Bob van Dijk

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ETtech Exclusive: Market opportunities justify money floating around for Indian startups, says Prosus group CEO

If you want to get to scale, you are better off joining forces and doing an M&A, says Bob van Dijk

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