August 27, 2019
India’s 9-month-old CRED raises $120M to help people improve their financial behavior
Many Silicon Valley companies and fintech startups in India today share a common...
November 30, 2018
Free is not always the best option, and here’s an experiment in setting value
Some products or services get more demand when you charge a fee For the last...
May 7, 2018
Infibeam acquires e-commerce enabler Unicommerce from Snapdeal for US$18M
Unicommerce provides warehouse management, multi-channel order fulfilment, order...
October 31, 2017
Captain’s Log, October 31: Amazon has created an Indian Alexa, Apple may ditch Qualcomm
Also, Indonesian travel site Tripvisto shuts down Amazon Echo’s Alexa for...
October 26, 2017
Captain’s Log, Oct. 26: Indonesia’s Toko Bitcoin and Bitbayar close down; Grab to allow rides without surge pricing for a flat membership fee
Also in the new is Indian logistics firm GoJava’s filing of criminal...
October 12, 2017
Captain’s Log, Oct 12: Ratan Tata says Indian startups not disruptive enough; Meru Cabs accuses Ola, Uber of distorting market
Also in the news is CEO Annabelle Kwok’s resignation from SmartCow, a...
October 3, 2017
I’m the father of e-commerce in India, and I believe Flipkart can never beat Amazon; Ask me anything!
I co-founded India’s first e-commerce firm Fabmart, am a TEDx speaker, a...
August 15, 2017
Taiwanese electronic firm Foxconn writes down 80% of its US$200M investment in Snapdeal
The development comes even as Snapdeal, which walked out of a merger deal with...
August 15, 2017
“Our curse will always be on you and your ill-gotten gains will come to light,” employees tell Snapdeal founders
In a letter to its founders and the government, a group of current and...
August 14, 2017
Will Amazon still emerge in the lead even if Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Paytm team up?
The question is: Will SoftBank and Alibaba, both of which have significant...