Omaha, Nebraska headquartered Berkshire Hathaway has taken a stake in Paytm, India’s largest digital payments company. Berkshire will buy 3 percent to 4 percent of Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications, in a deal that values the target at more than $10 billion. One97, founded by billionaire Vijay Shekhar Sharma, runs...
U.S. Invests the Most in India's Startups
According to New York-based CB Insights, U.S.-based investors are the most active foreign participants in India’s start-up ecosystem over the past five years, making over 800 equity deals during the period. In the list of top five foreign investors in India’s technology ecosystem, U.K., with 1% of deals stood at...
PayTM Launches e-Commerce Mall in India
PayTM, a consumer shopping Android app has launched an e-commerce mall modeled on TMall, China’s dominant e-commerce platform. With Alibaba's and SAIF Partners' infusion of $200 million into Paytm, an Indian payment and commerce company based out of Delhi NCR, the company is now valued at $1 billion. Paytm e-commerce...