New rules for e-commerce in India framed by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion bar any one merchant on sites such as Amazon, Flipkart or Snapdeal from accounting for 25 percent or more of total sales. The rules also stipulate that "e-commerce entities providing marketplace will not directly or...
E-commerce Startup ShopClues, India, Valued at $1 Billion
A Series E funding by Nexus Partners, Tiger Global and GIC, the Singapore government’s sovereign wealth fund, has raised the valuation of the e-commerce company ShopClues to $1.1 billion. Headquartered in Gurgaon, India, the company was founded in California's Silicon Valley in 2011. This new "unicorn valuation" puts ShopClues in...
Government Infrastructure in Rural Areas to Boost E-Commerce in India
A strategic component of the India's National eGovernance Plan consists of setting up Common Services Centers (CSCs). These centers are ICT enabled front end service delivery points at the village level for the delivery of government, financial, social and private sector services in the areas of agriculture, health, education, entertainment,...
India: Next Hot Stop for Smartphone Makers
“India presents the world's largest smartphone growth potential for the next 5 years,” Mark Li, senior analyst at Bernstein Research said in a report titled India: The Next China for Smartphones? India is the world's third largest smartphone market behind China. In the next 5 years it is projected to...
4 Indian Startups in Billion Dollar Club
The Wall Street Journal’s and the Dow Jones VentureSource’s Billion Dollar Club includes startups that venture-capital investors believe are worth at least $1 billion and have raised money in the past three years, and four Indian startups make the list. Ranked 5th of 73 companies listed is Flipkart Internet Private Ltd.,...
India Ecommerce Company Receives $700 Million in New Funding
An article in Hindustan Times reports that Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce marketplace, announced $700 million in the latest round of funding from new investors Baillie Gifford, Greenoaks Capital, Steadview Capital, T. Rowe Price Associates, Qatar Investment Authority, along with existing investors DST Global, GIC, ICONIQ Capital and Tiger Global. The...