Afternoon News Roundup: gojek reportedly lays off employees, Oyo raises US$807M funding

gojek reportedly lays off employees: report  gojek has reportedly laid off...


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...


‘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...


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...


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...


Oyo appoints Mandar Vaidya as CEO for Southeast Asia, Middle East

The SoftBank-backed company has committed US$200M for the expansion of its...


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,...


India’s OYO enters Japan in partnership with SoftBank

Fresh from closing a notable investment from Airbnb, India’s OYO has...


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...


OYO to put US$100M more in Indonesia market

The hotel, home, and living space chains startup has expanded to 16 cities in...