Category: Asia

Ebix to acquire Indian travel company Yatra for $337.8M – TechCrunch

Atlanta-based software firm Ebix said today it is acquiring online travel booking company Yatra through a merger deal at an…

airbnb, Asia, exit, Innov8, oyo, Startups

India’s budget hotel startup Oyo enters co-working business with $30 million Innov8 acquisition – TechCrunch

India’s Oyo has expanded its hotel chain business to over 80 countries and entered co-living spaces segment in recent years….

advertising solutions, Asia, Baidu, cheetah mobile, China, Facebook, Japan, Media, papayamobile, Search Engine, Shanghai, shenzhen, snap inc, Snapchat, Social, Social Media, Twitter

Snap turns to search giant Baidu to court Chinese advertisers – TechCrunch

Two years have passed since Snap Inc first struck a deal with Baidu that authorized China’s largest search engine to…

Alibaba, alibaba group, Asia, China, e-commerce, ecommerce, funding, JD.com, Mogujie, Online Marketplaces, shenzhen, Tencent

Online shopping guide SMZDM surges 44% on China stock market debut – TechCrunch

When Chinese internet companies seek initial public offerings, they tend to look to the United States where rules for profitability…

Asia, Europe, M&A, mlu, Transportation, uber, Vezet, Yandex, yandex.taxi

Yandex-Uber JV MLU acquires regional rival Vezet for shares and $71.5M in cash – TechCrunch

On-demand transportation giant Uber made its name in part by aggressively entering new markets on a path of organic growth,…

Alibaba, alipay, ant financial, Asia, Beijing, bicycles, China, cycling, didi chuxing, e-bike, e-bikes, e-scooters, electric bicycle, Hellobike, Jack Ma, meituan, Meituan-Dianping, Mobike, mobility services, obike, OFO, Shanghai, Sharing Economy, transport, Transportation

Hellobike, survivor of China’s bike-sharing craze, goes electric – TechCrunch

Just two years ago, investors were heavily pouring money into China’s dockless bike-sharing startups. Now that boom has busted with…

Asia, Government, Hardware, Japan, Mitsubishi, Policy, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, south korea, trade war

W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war? – TechCrunch

Another week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn’t originate from the confines of…

apps, Asia, Australia, Finance, funding, Horizons Ventures, India, Mobile, N26, Tencent

India’s NiYO ‘neo-bank’ raises $35 million to digitize payroll and employee benefits – TechCrunch

NiYo Solutions, a Bangalore-based ‘neo-bank’ that helps salaried employees access company benefits and other financial services, has raised $35 million…

Amazon India, android, apps, Asia, competition commission of india, counterpoint, Cyanogen, flipkart, Google, Government, Microsoft, Mobile

India’s Android antitrust case against Google may have some holes – TechCrunch

India ordered an investigation into Google’s alleged abuse of Android’s dominance in the country to hurt local rivals in April….

99, africa, Asia, asia pacific, Automotive, Bolt, brazil, Careem, carsharing, China, Collaborative Consumption, CTO, didi, Europe, Grab, latin america, Middle East, russia, Southeast Asia, thuan pham, transport, uber

Uber CTO says competing with Didi is ‘very healthy’ despite their complicated relationship – TechCrunch

Competing with a company that counts you as an investor is hardly conventional — some might call it strange —…