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Flipkart completes $100 million ESOP buyback
E-commerce firm Flipkart said it has completed the $100 million (Rs 645 crore) employee stock options repurchase programme that it ......
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Bill Gates commits $100 mn for VC fund, startups to fight Alzheimer's
Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that ......
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Ola ties up with Microsoft for connected car platform
Homegrown cab-hailing firm Ola has partnered tech giant Microsoft to build a connected vehicle platform for car manufacturers worldwide, a ......
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Logistics startup Rivigo ropes in former Microsoft exec Pramod Gupta as CFO
Gurgaon-based logistics services provider Rivigo Services Pvt Ltd has appointed former Microsoft executive Pramod Gupta as its chief financial officer, ......
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Microsoft may invest $50-100 mn in Ola: Report
After investing in India’s biggest e-tailer Flipkart earlier this year, tech giant Microsoft Corp. is now looking to back homegrown ......
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Qualcomm's India arm poaches senior attorney from Microsoft
Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd, the local subsidiary of US-headquartered telecom equipment manufacturer Qualcomm, Inc., has poached a corporate attorney specialising ......
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Marketing automation startup Wigzo hires former Intel honcho as COO
New Delhi-based Wigzo Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which operates enterprise automation suite Wigzo, has roped in Intel India’s former strategic alliance ......
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How Alibaba tried snapping up Flipkart last year
Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba had made a failed attempt to buy out Flipkart during the last quarter of 2016 when ......
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Flipkart raises $1.4 bn at lower valuation; to acquire eBay India
E-commerce major Flipkart will acquire the Indian operations of eBay Inc. as part of a $1.4 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) ......
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Flipkart raises $1.5 bn, inches closer to Snapdeal merger
Flipkart has already raised $1.5 billion from Tencent, Microsoft and eBay even as merger talks with Snapdeal are fast progressing, ......