March 18, 2020
Afternoon News Roundup: gojek reportedly lays off employees, Oyo raises US$807M funding
gojek reportedly lays off employees: report gojek has reportedly laid off...
February 22, 2020
Investors in LatAm get bitten by the hotel investment bug as Ayenda raises $8.7 million
Some of Latin America’s leading venture capital investors are now backing...
October 18, 2019
‘RedDoorz, OYO use too many short-sighted tactics to artificially pump vanity metrics’: ZEN Rooms CEO Nathan Boublil
ZEN Rooms, a franchise of economy and mid-range hotels in Southeast Asia, just...
October 16, 2019
Korea’s Yanolja invests in ZEN Rooms; competition in budget-hotel space to intensify in SEA
ZEN Rooms, an economy and mid-range hotel aggregator in Southeast Asia, has...
October 7, 2019
Founder to invest US$700M in OYO as part of new US$1.5B round; to expand in US, Europe
OYO Hotels & Homes, one of India’s largest hotels aggregators with...
August 7, 2019
Oyo appoints Mandar Vaidya as CEO for Southeast Asia, Middle East
The SoftBank-backed company has committed US$200M for the expansion of its...
August 6, 2019
India’s GoWork raises $53M in debt financing to expand its co-working spaces business
GoWork, a Gurgaon-based startup that runs a co-working spaces business in India,...
April 4, 2019
India’s OYO enters Japan in partnership with SoftBank
Fresh from closing a notable investment from Airbnb, India’s OYO has...
January 30, 2019
Today’s top tech news, Jan 30: OYO to expand to Philippines; gini raises US$1.6M
Starting with over 21 franchised and leased hotels, OYO’s current...
January 29, 2019
OYO to put US$100M more in Indonesia market
The hotel, home, and living space chains startup has expanded to 16 cities in...