Uber, headquartered in San Francisco, California, has invested $10 million in Carrum Mobility, a fleet management startup based in Gurgaon, Haryana in the Delhi National Capital Region. The Series B round values Carrum at $168 million, nearly tripling the roughly $63 million valuation the company carried after Uber's first $7...
Medtronic Provide Ear Screening for UberDrivers in India
Medtronic Labs launched an ear-screening initiative for drivers on the Uber platform across India, starting with Bangalore followed by Hyderabad and Pune before scaling to other cities. The initial screening, which takes less than 2 minutes, will be conducted using a custom-designed otoscope designed by Medtronic. AK Agarwal, president, Society...
Uber is hiring hundreds of engineers in India
Uber said it is working to hire 225 engineers in India, strengthening its tech team in the key overseas market. The ride-hailing firm, which competes with Ola in India, said it has hired Manikandan Thangarathnam, who spent nearly 13 years as a director of engineering at Amazon, to lead the company’s rider and...
India's Ola Launches in London
There are 27 unicron startups from India, each worth over a billion dollars. At least two of them have expanded beyond India's shores, Oyo which provides hotel rooms and Ola, a ride sharing service. While Ola has expanded to a number of countries recently, it just seized upon its biggest...
Uber Boat Service Launches in India
San Francisco, CA-headquartered ride-hailing company Uber launched its Uber Boat service in India's financial capital, Mumbai, which is the first city in India to get the boat service. The program in Mumbai launched in the first week of February on a pilot basis, and will be expanded in the coming weeks. Rides start...
Uber Tweaks App for India
San Francisco headquartered Uber Technologies Inc., introduced Uber Lite in India, claiming that the app would use five megabytes of data, the same amount of smartphone memory as "just 3 selfies." The app will work on all Android phones, which account for 98 percent of the Indian market. Uber also...