- Arianna Huffington Wants Indians To Thrive Than Merely Survive – Brings Thrive Global To India In Partnership With Times Bridge Earlier last week, Arianna Huffington announced the launch of her venture – Thrive Global in India. Thrive Global is a well-being and productivity platform that offers corporate services, a media platform and technology. Speaking to Inc42, Arianna Huffington said, “Indians have always known what it means to live a good life. The Bhagavad Gita describes three different […]
- Startup Advisory Platform Oddup Gets $6 Mn Funding From Brand Capital, Eyes India Expansion Hong Kong-based startup focussed research platform Oddup has secured $6 Mn in its Series A round of funding led by Brand Capital, the investment arm of Indian media conglomerate The Times Group. The round also saw participation from existing investors including 500 Startups and Click Ventures and new investors including Moneta Ventures and White Capital. This […]
- Times Internet’s Gautam Sinha On Turning A Legacy Media Company Into A Conglomerate Of 37 Digital Startups [Note: This article is part of The Junction Series. Gautam Sinha will be speaking at “The Junction” in Jaipur in January 2017. Get a deep dive on entrepreneurship and more with him. Learn more about The Junction here!] Gautam Sinha, CEO of Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times Group, is no newbie to tech. Right from […]
- Fashion Etailer Koovs Raises $4.8 Mn Funding From Times Of India Group Koovs plc, a Delhi- and UK-based fashion etailer has raised a strategic investment of about $4.8 Mn from the Times of India Group and a further $8.7 Mn (£7 Mn) investment by new and existing shareholders. The funding was raised through the issue of 21.7 Mn new Ordinary Shares at 50 pence/share. Furthermore, the company […]
- No Company For Happy Employees: Appie Fails To Clear Employee Dues For 3 Months Despite Funding Claims In May this year, Mumbai-based O2O platform Appie, which helps consumers discover product availability and price from different offline retailers located in their vicinity, stated that it has raised $1 Mn in a bridge round of funding. The investors remained undisclosed apart from mentioning that one was from Mumbai and two from Europe. Come August […]
- What Was It Like To Be The First Ever Airbnb Guest And Be Co-Hosted By Co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia? Last month, Airbnb crossed a milestone of 100 million guests around the world having used the platform! Notably, over half a million from India have already travelled using Airbnb. Interestingly, over the course of the past year, Airbnb listings in India have grown by a substantial 115 % with an existing 18,000+ number of listings in the country. It […]
- Times Group May Pick Up A Small Stake In Flipkart Ecommerce firm Flipkart is in talks to sell a small stake to Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL) in a $75 Mn (INR 500 Cr) deal. The deal is reported to be funded partly by cash and partly by ads, reported Livemint. Under the proposed deal, Flipkart will issue shares to BCCL in return for […]
- Airbnb Partners With The Times of India Group To Expand In India Community-driven hospitality company, Airbnb, has announced a strategic partnership with India’s largest media conglomerate The Times Group. The partnership comes as part of Airbnb’s plans to expand its operations in India and build more localised network. As a part of the partnership, The Times Group will drive awareness of Airbnb accommodations, and help Airbnb create a […]