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Netflix, Inc. is an American media-services provider headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California.

Netflix

Video

The launch was earlier scheduled on March 29, when Indian Premier Leauge, the country’s biggest cricketing tournament was supposed to kick off.

Disney+ postpones India launch as coronavirus delays a major cricket event | KrASIA

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Disney+ postpones India launch as coronavirus delays a major cricket event

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KrASIA

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Anil Joshi of Unicorn India Ventures. Courtesy of Unicorn India Ventures.

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Q&amp;A

Last October, Unicorn India Ventures launched its second fund, which will be worth USD 53 million when it closes.

Startups from tier-2 and tier-3 cities are producing essential solutions: Q&amp;A with Unicorn India Ventures' Anil Joshi | KrASIA

Startups from tier-2 and tier-3 cities are producing essential solutions: Q&amp;A with Unicorn India Ventures&#8217; Anil Joshi

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

The New Delhi-based startup will bring PUBG Mobile tournaments on its platform in ten regional languages.

Indian gaming startup WinZO ties up with Tencent to conduct PUBG Mobile tournament | KrASIA

Indian gaming startup WinZO ties up with Tencent to conduct PUBG Mobile tournament

BigBasket

Zomato

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

The Gurugram based startup is in discussions with e-grocers Grofers and BigBasket for delivering groceries.

Zomato will now deliver groceries as food orders spiral down amid coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

Zomato will now deliver groceries as food orders spiral down amid coronavirus outbreak

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

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

The company said the additional funds will help it achieve strategic objectives for 2020.

Oyo receives USD 807 million from SoftBank Vision Fund and RA Hospitality | KrASIA

Oyo receives USD 807 million from SoftBank Vision Fund and RA Hospitality

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

Lending

With the fresh funds in its kitty, SmartCoin plans to double its user base to 10 million in the next one year.

Indian micro-lending startup SmartCoin bags USD 7 million from LGT Lightstone Aspada | KrASIA

Indian micro-lending startup SmartCoin bags USD 7 million from LGT Lightstone Aspada

Rumor: Uber Proposes to Merge with India’s Ola and to Lead the New Company

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.

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

The cab-hailing companies in India witnessed rides going down by a third over the last week.

Uber and Ola see drop in rides as coronavirus forces people to work from home | KrASIA

Uber and Ola see drop in rides as coronavirus forces people to work from home

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

While Flipkart and PhonePe have asked employees to work from home, edtech companies have lent their platform to government schools.

Coronavirus impact: Challenges and opportunities simultaneously at play in India | KrASIA

Coronavirus impact: Challenges and opportunities simultaneously at play in India

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

E-Commerce

The American retailer has asked Myntra to slash discounts by 13-14% and close small warehouses that do not meet standards.