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Rapido Looks To Raise $75 Mn From Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital And Others

Bengaluru-based bike taxi services provider Rapido is reportedly in talks to raise…

Aman Rawat 29 Nov'19 2 min read

Rapido Looks To Raise $75 Mn From Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital, Others

Rapido Looks To Raise $75 Mn From Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital And Others

Bengaluru-based bike taxi services provider Rapido is reportedly in talks to raise…

Aman Rawat 29 Nov'19 2 min read

Bike taxi Startup Rapido Enters Into Delhi Despite Govt’s Dissent For Years

Rapido Finally Makes Entry Into Delhi Despite Govt’s Dissent For Years...

Bengaluru-headquartered bike-taxi startup Rapido has finally made its way to Delhi. Unlike…

Aman Rawat 30 Oct'19 2 min read

Exclusive: Rapido Closes Series B Funding Round At $55 Mn Led By WestBridge Capital

Exclusive: Rapido Closes Series B Funding Round At $55 Mn Led By WestB...

Bengaluru-headquartered bike taxi startup Rapido has closed its…

Bhumika K. 11 Oct'19 3 min read

Uber Wants To Run Bike Taxi Service In Delhi During Odd-Even Scheme

Uber Wants To Run Bike Taxi Service In Delhi During Odd-Even Scheme

As the Delhi government is all set to…

Kritti B. 10 Oct'19 2 min read

Rapido To Raise INR 391 Cr Series B Funding Amid Regulatory Hurdles

Rapido To Raise INR 391 Cr Series B Amid Regulatory Hurdles

Bengaluru-headquartered bike taxi startup Rapido is raising INR…

Bhumika K. 27 Aug'19 2 min read

Bike Taxi Startup Rapido Acqui-Hires Mumbai-Based Vahanalytics

Bike Taxi Startup Rapido Acqui-Hires Mumbai-Based Vahanalytics

Bike taxi startup Rapido has acqui-hired Mumbai-based analytics…

Yatti Soni 19 Aug'19 3 min read

Madras HC Offers Interim Relief On Ban Of Bike Taxi Operator Rapido

Madras HC Stays Ban On Bike Taxi Operator Rapido

Nearly 15 days after putting a halt on…

Bhumika K. 02 Aug'19 2 min read

Lift Ban On Bike Taxis, Demand Riders In Tamil Nadu

Lift Ban On Bike Taxis, Demand Riders In Tamil Nadu

Earlier this week, a group of 40 bike…

Yatti Soni 31 Jul'19 3 min read

Madras High Court Bans Operations Of Rapido Till Govt Makes Rules

Madras HC Bans Bike Taxi Operator Rapido From Tamil Nadu

Bengaluru-based bike taxi services provider Rapido has now…

Bhumika K. 20 Jul'19 2 min read

Rapido Tests Users' Attention With A Strange Push Notification

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Yatti Soni 26 Jun'19 2 min read

After Ola, Karnataka Transport Dept Looks To Stop Bike-Taxi Startup Rapido

WestBridge Capital May Lead $50 Mn Round In Bengaluru’s Rapido Bikes...

Bengaluru-based bike taxi services provider Rapido Bikes is…

Meha A. 12 Jun'19 2 min read

Karnataka High Court Pulls Up Transport Dept On Ola Bike-Taxi Ban

Karnataka High Court Pulls Up Transport Dept On Ola Bike-Taxi Ban

In response to Ola’s parent company ANI Technology’s…

Shreya G. 09 Apr'19 2 min read

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With the right funding at the right time, new businesses can gather enough momentum to join the startup elite in India, but convincing VCs to invest is one of the toughest challenges for startups
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As another decade of the 21st century comes to an end, 2019 has been a see-saw year with most infamous scandals and controversies
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The exceptions are for life saving drugs and rakhi
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Magnix and Harbour Air tested the first electric-airplane
Harbour Air plans to convert its fleet to all electric
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Existing investors T Rowe Price, Alipay, Softbank and others participated in the round
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With the right funding at the right time, new businesses can gather enough momentum to join the startup elite in India, but convincing VCs to invest is one of the toughest challenges for startups
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