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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Shunwei Capital has also invested in rival Meesho, another social commerce startup in India.

Shunwei Capital leads USD 8 million round in Indian social commerce startup Simsim | KrASIA

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Shunwei Capital leads USD 8 million round in Indian social commerce startup Simsim

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Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Flipkart

Both e-commerce sites are going through a supply crunch.

Amazon and Flipkart hit as coronavirus forces Chinese factories to remain closed | KrASIA

Amazon and Flipkart hit as coronavirus forces Chinese factories to remain closed

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

Swiggy

Food Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Swiggy has partnered with 95 restaurants in 13 cities and has already set up 100 brands under its new BrandWorks cloud kitchen tag.

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy launches new cloud kitchen brand | KrASIA

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy launches new cloud kitchen brand

The company will use the money to expand its operations in the United States and Europe.

Customer engagement startup MoEngage raises USD 25 million led by Eight Roads Ventures | KrASIA

Customer engagement startup MoEngage raises USD 25 million led by Eight Roads Ventures

Paytm

Reliance

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Grocery Delivery

Lending

An array of technology companies from different sectors have begun to partner with kirana stores.

In India, mom-and-pop stores are proving to be the holy grail for tech startups | KrASIA

In India, mom-and-pop stores are proving to be the holy grail for tech startups

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

A B2B payment gateway company, Cashfree provides services like money collection, wage disbursement, and instant refunds.

Cashfree is making life easier for online companies in India: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Cashfree is making life easier for online companies in India: Startup Stories

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

FirstCry will use the money to expand its physical presence and compete with e-tailers such as Amazon India and Flipkart.

SoftBank invests USD 300 million in baby care company FirstCry | KrASIA

SoftBank invests USD 300 million in baby care company FirstCry

The company will use the fresh cash to increase the number of local languages on its platform.

Vertex Ventures lead USD 5.5 million Series A round in vernacular content startup Kuku FM | KrASIA

Vertex Ventures lead USD 5.5 million Series A round in vernacular content startup Kuku FM

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

WhatsApp has been struggling to launch its payment tool in India.