Matrimony.com, the company behind India’s largest matchmaking service bharatmatrimony.com, said it acquired divorcee-oriented secondshaadi.com for an undisclosed amount. “Secondshaadi.com is one of the early movers in this space and has built a good brand name,” said the acquirer. “Buying secondshaadi.com will help us consolidate our offerings and help divorcees and widowers get wider choices than […]
Just Dial, the local classifieds company, said it “does meet relevant corporates for exploring any business or strategic opportunities and tie-ups”, but there is no proposal to be acquired by Google “as of now”. The statement came in response to a report in the Business Standard daily that said Google has started talks with Just […]
Online classifieds company Just Dial said its app was downloaded an average of 23,871 times per day during the three months ended September. This was nearly thrice the number of app downloads during the same three months of 2016, showing the impact of the company’s TV campaign. Just Dial has an aggressive TV campaign to […]
Anticipating a slow down in home sales in the coming months in the wake of the crackdown on ‘black money’, housing.com will restart its rental classifieds business soon. The portal, which had seen an ugly spat between founder Rahul Yadav and investors two years ago, had shut its rental listing last year to focus on the […]
Quikr, a online classifieds business, said it has acquired Stepni, a Bangalore-based platform that connects vehicle owners with service providers like mechanics, garages and car accessory outlets near them. The move strengthens the company’s service offerings under QuikrCars, its vertical that focuses on all types of automobiles including cars, bikes and commercial vehicles, said the company. […]
Qyk, the fastest growing hyper-local professional services startup in India announced a $1 mn pre-series A investment led by growx ventures, an early stage investment firm. Existing seed investors – Tracxn Labs, Powai Lake Ventures, and Sahil Barua — co-founder, Delhivery — also participated in this round. Qyk’s app offers professionals such as event planners, […]
Housing.com, which recently fired its founder and CEO Rahul Yadav, said it had appointed Jason Kothari as its Chief Business Officer and member of the Operating Committee to drive its overall strategy and growth in India. Jason, together with iCEO & COO Rishabh Gupta, will be reporting to the Operating Committee and the Board, the […]
Quikr, one of India’s top three classifieds provider, today officially launched a new company logo. “The evolution of the company’s brand is also in sync with the evolution of Quikr’s users who have high aspirations, and have increasingly started using Quikr across a variety of categories such as cars, real estate, goods, services and jobs […]
