Netflix has been staffing up for its next wave of growth that could come from international TV and new areas like video games. With employees on the move across industries amid the Great Resignation, Insider updated its analysis of how much Netflix employees make in the US. We combed through public data to get a … Read more
In an after market surprise announcement, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) announced that Ministry of Railways has conveyed it’s decision to the Company that it will have to share 50% of the convenience fee with the Ministry w.e.f. November 1, 2021. IRCTC collected convenience fee of Rs 299 crore in FY21. However, this … Read more
Beauty startup Nykaa has raised Rs 2,395.84 crore in its anchor book allocation from 174 investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). The firm allocated 21,296,397 shares at the upper price band of Rs 1,125 per equity share, it said in an exchange filing. Some of the marquee investors include Black Rock, Fidelity, … Read more
Tiger and SoftBank have jointly invested in 37 VC rounds so far this year, up from 12 in 2020. Tiger is also one of SoftBank’s biggest shareholders, someone familiar with the matter told Insider. But the bigger reason the two are collaborating more is because founders now hold the cards. Tiger Global and SoftBank Group … Read more
PayPal Inc said it is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest Inc at this time, after several media reported last week that it was in talks to buy the digital pinboard site for as much as $45 billion. The latest development, which dashed the prospect of Pinterest getting access to PayPal’s massive user base, … Read more
LinkedIn is the only major U.S.-owned social network operating in China. Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only on jobs. LinkedIn is the only major U.S.-owned social network operating in the country, … Read more
Elon Musk is already providing it. Jeff Bezos is also in line to launch it. And there are other players as well. Bharti Airtel has also thrown its hat in the ring. This means that it is a big and serious business. The ‘it’ here is satellite internet. Musk’s Starlink has already launched its satellite … Read more
Mirakl just raised a $555 million Series E led by Silver Lake. The startup builds tech tools that help retailers build third-party marketplaces. The funding round, valuing Mirakl at $3.5 billion, came a year after its $300 million Series D. The e-commerce explosion during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in retailers big and small rethinking … Read more