Zomato Investors Acknowledge Tougher Funding Environment
Sanjiv Bikhchandani, Chairman of Info Edge which owns 47% of Zomato, has justified Zomato’s layoffs saying that the funding environment for startups is changing.
Category: Startups
Microsoft To Provide Azure Credits For Startups Working On Smart Cities
India’s population is exploding, and its urban infrastructure is struggling to keep pace. While startups are solving problems ranging from food delivery to laundry, there’s not enough interest among the startup community towards building smarter cities. That’s where Microsoft, in collaboration with the Indian government, comes in.
Ad Tech Startup Vizury Lays Off 50
In the latest of firing news, Bangalore based ad tech startup Vizury is laying off 50 off its employees. However, the real number of the layoffs is rumoured to be upwords of 100.
Housing To Lay Off 200 Employees, Totalling 800 in 3 months
After announcing 600 layoffs in September, the realty listing startup has decided to let go another 200 employees, totalling 800 or almost 50% of its 1950 strong workforce.
Fired TinyOwl Employees Keep Cofounder Hostage In Office 36 Hours
The food tech crisis is getting messier. After TinyOwl’s second round of layoffs in as many months in which the company let go of a hundred employees and shut down several city offices, the company sent its senior to deliver the news in a “human” way. When cofounder Gaurav Choudhary reached the Pune office, he realized he’d got more than what he bargained for – he couldn’t get out.
Have Food Tech Startups Bitten Off More Than They Can Chew?
A year ago, the food tech sector was booming. Funds were plentiful, investors were upbeat, and a new company seemed to be coming up every minute. Cut to a year later, and things aren’t quite so rosy. There have been murmurs of overvalued companies, and investors are being more circumspect with their cash. One sector that has been particularly hard hit is the food tech industry.
Paytm Makes Push For Ecommerce; Original Wallet Business Becomes Separate App
Paytm has announced that it will be splitting its original business wallet into a separate app. The current Paytm app will soon lose its wallet functionality and become a standalone shopping app, competing with the likes of Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. This move reinforces Paytm’s ambitions to become a large part of India’s ecommerce space.
Zomato’s Deal With Pickingo In Trouble
Zomato’s deal with hyper-local delivery company Pickingo appears to be in trouble. Two months ago, the company had announced an investment in Gurgaon-based Pickingo, which would’ve seen Zomato own a 10% stake in Pickingo. But the plans appears to be on hold after recent developments, reported Economic Times.
TinyOwl Lays Off Another 100 Employees
In another bad news coming in from the food tech startup world, TinyOwl is set to lay off another 100 employees