October 14, 2016
Grab appoints SoftBank, Goldman Sachs alumnus as President
During his time at SoftBank, Ming Maa oversaw the company’s investment in...
October 11, 2016
Biotech startup Zymergen nabs $130 million from Softbank
Zymergen, a Bay Area startup creating all sorts of materials from...
October 4, 2016
Masayoshi Son’s brother leads US$2.5M financing in India’s foodtech startup InnerChef
The funding was led by Mistletoe, which is funded and owned by Taizo Son, a...
September 20, 2016
Grab raises US$750M in oversubscribed round led by SoftBank
It will use funds to expand growth into Indonesia and increase R&D After...
August 19, 2016
Snapdeal is exploring possible merger with Flipkart and Amazon: Report
While e-commerce is flourishing in India, huge discounts and customer...
August 17, 2016
Former Google and Amazon exec Vivek Jain joins Housing as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Till date, the online realty startup has raised over US$100 million in capital...
August 17, 2016
Taxi(not)ForSure: Cab-hailing giant Ola hands pink slips to up to 1,000 employees
Ola has also shut down TaxiForSure which it had acquired for US$200 million in...
August 10, 2016
NextVR lands US$80M to tackle Asia
The latest round brings the total amount raised by the company to US$116 million...
August 3, 2016
Grab to raise around US$600M from Didi and SoftBank: Bloomberg
This week has been one hell of a ride for ride-hailing services Southeast...
July 22, 2016
SoftBank, Honda to develop cars that can read driver emotions
The new technology will use SoftBank’s Pepper robot to help drivers with...