With 100 million new Internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown rival Flipkart means the battle to dominate the fast-growing e-commerce market is set to heat up.
Flipkart announced this week that top international companies including Microsoft, eBay and China’s Tencent had pledged investments totalling $1.4 billion, among the largestRead more
India's top e-commerce company Flipkart said today that it received $1.4 billion from Microsoft, eBay, and Tencent in its most recent funding round.
Flipkart said it was now valued at $11.6 billion after the latest round. The company said that the investment from the three companies was the largest in the history of India's internet sector. As part of theRead more
Flipkart Online Services has completed a $1 billion fundraising and aims to raise as much as $1 billion more over the next few months, according to people familiar with the matter, giving India’s largest e-commerce company capital to battle back against rising competition.
Flipkart secured its latest funding on Friday at a valuation of about $10 billion, said the people,Read more