Flipkart raises $2.4 bn from SoftBank; Ola, Amazon's logistics arm in the money; Doodhwala, Newcastle, EM3 raise funds; How Kunal Bahl wears failures on his sleeve

[] SATURDAY, 12 August, 2017 [twitter]( [linkedin]( [facebook]( [you tube]( [VCCircle]( [flipkart] [Flipkart raises $2.4 bn from SoftBank Vision Fund]( In what is being dubbed as the biggest-ever private investment in an Indian technology company, Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is... FUNDING [Exclusive: Digital healthcare startup Surgeri Technologies raising angel funding]( [Exclusive: Hospital software startup Newcastle Technologies raises seed round]( [Forex services provider Myforexeye raises pre-Series A round]( [Didi Chuxing backs Uber's Middle East rival Careem]( [Yebhi co-founder's logistics startup Truxapp raises pre-Series A funding]( [Co-living space provider StayAbode raises funding from Incubate Fund, others]( [Agri-tech startup Crofarm raises funds from Factor[e] Ventures, others]( [SoftBank to invest $1 bn in US sports e-commerce firm Fanatics]( [Global Innovation Fund leads $10 mn round in agri-tech startup EM3]( [Online milk delivery startup Doodhwala raises pre-Series A round]( [Amazon, Tencent join $300 mn funding round in Android creator's startup]( [Mobile game developer Nazara invests in Moong Labs]( UNICORNS [Five things Flipkart must do to make most of SoftBank's dollars]( [Messaging app Hike acqui-hires Tewee maker Creo]( [Flipkart plans to sell refurbished smartphones]( [SoftBank keen to invest in Uber, Lyft: Masayoshi Son]( [Exclusive: Flipkart's wholesale arm gets credit line from Axis Bank]( [Kunal Bahl: The entrepreneur who thrives on failures]( [Flipkart's head of marketplace Anil Goteti to lead eBay India]( [Uber may wind down or sell US car-leasing business]( [Snapdeal sellers still wary as e-tailer plans pivot to pure marketplace]( [Exclusive: Accel Partners may sell part of Flipkart stake to SoftBank]( [Ola raises $36 mn from New York-based hedge fund]( [Uber investor Benchmark sues to remove co-founder Kalanick from board]( [Should Ola lose sleep over SoftBank's plans to back Uber?]( VIEW [Never worried about 'bought' GMV or traffic: Voonik's Sujayath Ali]( videos [How Mohandas Pai-backed AlmaConnect is tapping into alumni networks' biz potential]( [Robo-advisory startup Kuvera looks to tap into direct mutual funds market]( [Can SoftBank's backing help Flipkart defeat Amazon?]( OTHER STORIES [Government launches accelerator programme for food, agri startups]( [Exclusive: Former M-Pesa CEO, Apis Partners exec join Rubique board]( [MakeMyTrip Q1 net revenue more than doubles, loss widens]( [Exclusive: MobiKwik, Citibank spar over payments; go for arbitration]( [SoftBank first-quarter profit surges 50% after inclusion of Vision Fund]( [Tesla looks to raise $1.5 bn to ramp up Model 3 production]( [Angel networks divided over SEBI's scrutiny of crowdfunding model]( [Yatra posts 34% growth in Q1 net revenue, swings to operating loss]( [Indifi appoints former RBL Bank executive Rana Vikram Anand as president]( [How Bertelsmann-backed Emeritus plans to make its mark in the ed-tech space]( [Exclusive: Amazon to pump in $63 mn to beef up logistics ahead of festive season]( [Directi's Bhavin Turakhia joins ed-tech startup Unacademy's board]( [Bitcoin hits all-time high, sparks fears of bubble]( [Former Akamai exec Sidharth Malik joins Freshworks as chief revenue officer]( [Amazon may enter event ticketing in US]( Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd. A - 83, Ground Floor, Sector - 2 Noida - 201301, India Tel: 0120-4171111, Email: subscription@vccircle.com Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt Ltd, A-83, Sector -2, Noida, 201301 India [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by newsletter@vccircle.com in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](