Twitter Inc., has announced it will acquire Indian mobile phone marketing start-up ZipDial as the U.S. microblogging service looks to expand in the world's second-biggest mobile market. The deal is said to be in the region of $30 million. One of the founders of ZipDial is California-born Valerie Wagoner who...
Indians Pre-Order Sandwiches in Advance of Burger King Opening!
Burger King was yet to open its first outlet in the country, yet over 1,200 Indians had already pre-ordered the chicken, mutton or veggie versions of its Whopper sandwich for 128 rupees (just over $2) each. Online shoppers then collected their orders in a separate line when the store opened...
SoftBank to Invest $10 Billion in India
SoftBank plans to invest more than $10 billion in India, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad separately met the Japanese telecom and Internet giant's chairman Masayoshi Son. Son pegged India as the company's top priority. In his meeting with Prasad, Son highlighted the company's bullish...
Blue Chip Venture Capitalist Upbeat About India
Sequoia Capital's general partner, Douglas Leone is pleased with India. "We could not be more thrilled. We don't have 25-30 category leaders in the United States; we don't have [as many] in China right now, but we have it in India," said Leone, whose fund has backed companies such as...
Amazon Pilots In-Store Delivery in Mumbai and Delhi
Amazon India has launched a pilot program to test in-store pick up service in India's two largest cities. In Mumbai and Delhi, the company has partnered with state-owned oil marketing firm Bharat Petroleum. BPCL operates a retail chain known as In&Out at some of its gasoline stations across the country....
India's Amazon, Bangalore-based Flipkart raises $150 million round
Flipkart was founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, both alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi who worked for Amazon.com. Core to its success in India, Flipkart offers multiple payment methods: credit card, debit card, net banking, e-gift voucher, Cash on Delivery and Card on Delivery....