Nivedita Bhattacharjee
Tech in Asia
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In the home of the Everest, 51 tech girls take their country to the future
In a tech camp in Nepal, young women are building startups. → Read More
Angel investing in India is broken. Here’s how AngelList wants to fix that.
“Angel investors in India are not happy because they aren’t seeing good exits,” says Utsav Somani, AngelList’s India head of operations. → Read More
5 rising startups in India – Feb 10, 2017
Royalty invests in food. Cars, energy efficiency, and fashion get hot. → Read More
Snapdeal’s Shopo to shut shop on Feb 10
The peer-to-peer ecommerce site will stop working from February 10. → Read More
TravelTriangle raises $10m ahead of India’s global tourism boom
India’s TravelTriangle aims to serve more than 100 holiday destinations across the globe. → Read More
Middle-class India loves Gossip Girl, but can’t afford high fashion. Here’s how she’s changing that.
The idea is to dress up the middle-class Indian woman in fashion that she is comfortable with. → Read More
Digital payments get huge leg-up in India’s new budget. Here’s the low-down.
Various moves gear towards creating a cashless society, a mission statement for the Indian government. → Read More
Bollywood’s biggest superstar took a Twitter dig at Vodafone. The timing couldn’t be worse
Just as Vodafone is merging with rival Idea to take on 4G giant Jio. → Read More
A techie launches an astrology startup for worried millennials
Askmonk sees a future where astrology is as easy as getting your phone recharged. → Read More
Fidelity joins Morgan Stanley, cuts Flipkart’s valuation to $6 billion
The Fidelity fund, which holds 52,096 shares in Flipkart, marked down the company’s shares by 36 percent to US$52.13 per share. → Read More
UberEats gears for India launch, wants restaurant recos from users
UberEATS is currently available in 58 cities across the world. → Read More
Hugo Barra to leave Xiaomi for the clean air of Silicon Valley
Looks like China’s pollution could have something to do with the move. Meanwhile, Xiaomi has announced a successor. → Read More
Flipkart activates SOS button for delivery boys after murder
Project Nanjunda pays homage to Nanjunda Swamy, who was killed for a smartphone. → Read More
Flipkart has a bold new plan – and it’s one that’ll keep the government happy
Sources tell *Tech in Asia* that Flipkart’s Sachin Bansal is steering this major launch for made-in-India items. → Read More
India’s top two grocery startups aren’t merging. It probably won’t make sense either
A report today claimed Big Basket and Grofers held merger talks. Both deny a possible sale vehemently. → Read More
Why the who’s who of Indian tech invested in this edtech startup
Rajan Anandan, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Blume Ventures, Phanindra Sama. The who’s who of India’s startup world have invested in this edutech company. → Read More
Why is a turnaround expert joining Snapdeal?
Tiger Global just did something similar with Flipkart. → Read More
House cleaning! Flipkart’s logistics head, 2 others quit after new CEO takes charge
Ekart head Saikiran was supposed to “transition from his role as head of supply chain to lead the efforts to set up the Group CEO’s office and help Binny de → Read More
PhonePe digital wallet has big goals beyond parent Flipkart
India’s Unified Payments Interface gave them sleepless nights. → Read More
Breaking down how investment trends in India differed from global trends in 2016
US$170 billion invested across 9,228 rounds globally, collated by Tracxn. But global trends differ from India’s. → Read More