IndiGo’s Bhatia takes partner Gangwal to court in Florida

Originally from Bihar, Bhardwaj started working on Instabase full time from 2015 after the VCs invested $3.78 million in it. Two years ago, the startup took its first large investment round, $23.2 million. He says most of that cash is unspent.

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The bailout situation underscores the rapid unraveling of the once-high-flying startup. This summer, WeWork appeared to be headed toward a rich initial public offering. The startup had amassed more than $10 billion in commitments from SoftBank.

• Rivigo FY 2019 revenue up 42% at Rs 1,028 crore
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MobiKwik is fighting a broader battle against deep-pocketed rivals such as Paytm, PhonePe and GPay.

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In its core category — beauty at home for women — which contributes 40% to revenue, UrbanClap is introducing a luxury salon at home service to compete with the high end of the market with an average order value of Rs 2,000.

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The company plans to scale up these brands from six cities to tier 2 cities in the next year. Barring Khichdi Experiment, other brands include its rice bowl brand Lovemade, North Indian food brand Grandma’s Kitchen and dessert brand FLRT.

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“India is a fundamental part of Uber’s growth going forward. It is a very important market for us, a a top-10 market for us. We will continue to invest here. Profitability metrics across our business here are improving,” Dara Khosrowshahi said.

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​​Paper Boat Apps, founded in 2013 by husbandwife duo Anupam and Anshu Dhanuka, creates edutainment apps for preschool kids.

• Alibaba kicks off 2019 11.11 global shopping festival with a concerted focus on 'green action'
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With the fast public chargers set up by Ather, 450 owners will have charging available both at home and free charging across the city until December 2019. Ather Energy opened pre-orders in July 2019 for Chennai.

• PE firm CX Partners buys majority in TN biryani chain
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To the investor, the word dividend brings to mind corporate dividends, which are indicative of how profitable a company is and how much of the profits are being distributed to shareholders. In mutual funds, this is NOT the meaning of the word ‘dividend’.

• Your 40s is the time to ask this money question
• Is your financial advisor misleading you?

ET Wealth takes a look at some common financial scams, the psychological trickery involved in them and the ways you can protect yourself from falling prey. These are the emotional triggers that fraudsters use to trick you out of your money.

• Know how your insurance agent is being rewarded
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Insurance is a way to ensure that you make provisions to face eventualities. You would do well to first incur that expense which protects you. Read on to know when health, motor and personal accident insurance are more needed than life cover.

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For those looking at direct equity investing from a long-term perspective, it is advisable to identify companies that have maintained strong fundamentals over a period of time. Here are five companies with strong fundamentals as per analysts.

• Q2 results: Infosys wins this round against TCS
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Saket Mehrotra is a 26 year-old CA from Kolkata. His goals include building emergency corpus, buying a car and house, taking an annual vacation, saving for his future child’s education and wedding, own retirement. Here's what the financial planner recommends.

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Millennials, who form a 47 percent share in the working-age population, are most vulnerable to this kind of inflation as they believe in instant gratification. Read on to know how you can combat this silent wealth diminisher, i.e., lifestyle inflation.

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Insurance buyers need to be aware that insurance companies are required to follow certain norms in advertising their policies. The aim of these restrictions is to ensure that insurance buyers should not get hoodwinked by aggressive advertising.

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