Yuri Milner is focussing on on consumer-driven Internet start-ups.
In India, he has already made investments in both his personal capacity and through DST Global, his venture firm.
Bengaluru-based Nestaway's co-founder Amarendra Sahu has filed an First Information Report (FIR) alleging fraud, cheating, forgery of documents and criminal intimidation against Tiger Global, Chiratae Ventures and Goldman Sachs, in a rare instance of a startup founder filing a criminal complaint against its investors. The investors have approached the Orissa High Court, seeking to quash the FIR filed in September last year with the Bhubaneswar Police. The next hearing of the matter is scheduled for January 9.
How much do you know Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who has invested $ 100 million in a project to find extra-terrestrial life?
Yuri Milner purchased the 25,500 square foot property in Los Altos, California.
Terming Rajan as "India's prescient banker," Time said he is among a rare breed of "economic seers".
Ola has raised $400 million from investors led by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's DST Global.
Edtech major Byju's has raised over Rs 363 crore (about USD 50 million) in funding from Maitri Edtech and IIFL's private equity fund, according to regulatory documents. Over the past few months, Byju's has raised funding from a slew of investors that has placed the edtech major among the most-valued start-ups in the country. Byju's is estimated to have raised about $2.3 billion in funding so far with valuation touching $6.5 billion.
Swiggy had in June entered the elite Unicorn club after raising $210 million from a group of investors
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An industry source said the funding was part of an overall $500 million the company is planning to raise, which will value Ola at around $5 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg's pledge on Tuesday to give away most of his Facebook shares, a roughly $45 billion fortune, helps cement his role as one of Silicon Valley's most generous donors.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
Swiggy is shoring up capital to defend its position as India's largest food-ordering app as rivals Zomato and FoodPanda focus on growth after receiving funds
'While we may speculate about personality politics, the reality is that there are more important issues that drive the India-US relationship.'
Co-founders of India's latest unicorn expected Covid-19 to be a speed breaker; instead it accelerated sales. Cars24 now enjoys more than 90 per cent market share among all other similar online transaction platforms. Dhruv Munjal traces the birth of this used-cars platform.
With razor-sharp focus on deliveries and customer experience, powered by strong in-house technology built ground-up, Swiggy is emerging as the food ordering platform of choice.
Snapdeal had appointed merchant bankers for listing on an American stock exchange
Swiggy, a Bengaluru-based food ordering and delivery start-up, says it aims to revolutionise this segment.
Practo is an online health service platform which assists patients to meet the best doctors and keeps digital records.
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