Kunal Bahl

22 Jan 2020

Park+ raises $11 million from Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners

Park+, a Delhi-based start-up that provides smart parking solutions through its mobile application, has raised $11 million in funding.

14 Oct 2019

Online retailer Bewakoof.com receives $11.28 million funding

Mumbai-based Bewakoof.com, the e-commerce platform which sells creative and distinctive fashion apparel at affordable prices, has raised $11.28 million funding in venture round.

26 May 2018

Sellers drag Snapdeal to courts over non-payment of dues

According to reports, Gurugram-based e-commerce company Snapdeal has been dragged to courts by two of its sellers, Veepee Electronics and Spacewood Furnishers, over alleged non-payment of dues.

07 Oct 2017

GoJavas sends Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal

Quickdel Logistics, the parent of GoJavas, has sent a Rs. 300cr legal notice to Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal and Jasper Infotech, the entity than runs Snapdeal.

01 Aug 2017

Snapdeal 2.0, the story of not giving in to pressure

Snapdeal is ready to bend but it's not ready to snap. There will be no sale.

31 Jul 2017

FreeCharge staff gets retention bonus, Snapdeal 2.0 begins

Post announcement last week that FreeCharge will now be sold to private sector lender Axis Bank for Rs. 385 crore, employees are now being given six-month retention bonus to ensure that the integration takes place without any hiccups.

23 Jun 2017

Snapdeal-Flipkart merger comes to a halt as Azim Premji objects

According to reports, Snapdeal's merger with rival Flipkart has hit one more roadblock, which can potentially drive down the embattled firm's agreed upon valuation of $1 billion for the sale, if not jeopardize the deal completely.

10 Jun 2017

Supr Daily, your friendly digital doodhwala gets $1.5 million funding

Supr Daily, an Indian start-up fresh out of the Y Combinator accelerator program, has managed to rake $1.5million funding for its operations.

30 May 2017

Snapdeal's future gets messier with unexpected funding, issuance of shares

Just when you thought the Snapdeal saga was at its very end, there is a new twist in the tale.

03 May 2017

Snapdeal initiates payments of laid-off employees

Two months after layoffs at Snapdeal, the company has begun initiating due payments of the 1,000-1,500 affected employees; severance packages reportedly range between 2-4 months of salaries.

25 Apr 2017

Cash-strapped Snapdeal vacates 60% of Gurgaon office space

In yet another sign of a severe cash-crunch, Snapdeal is vacating 60% of its Gurgaon office-space after mass layoffs in February.

16 Apr 2017

Snapdeal gets two fatal blows among acquisition talks

Amidst acquisition talks, Snapdeal gets hit with two more devastating incidents that could potentially cripple the already faltering home-grown e-commerce giant.

26 Feb 2017

New CFO-backed Flipkart returns to the game

India's largest online retailer Flipkart is looking at a fundraising of as much as $1.5 billion from investors including Microsoft, eBay, PayPal among others at a valuation of $10-12 billion.

17 Feb 2017

E-commerce sellers will pay 2% tax at source in GST

E-commerce giants like Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are trying to convince the government to scrap from the final Goods and Services Tax draft, the 2% tax that e-commerce marketplaces collect from sellers on their platform.

09 Feb 2017

Snapdeal's Shopo shut from tomorrow onwards

Shopo, a Snapdeal-owned marketplace will close down from 10th February, after operating for a year and a half.

04 Dec 2016

Snapdeal denies reports of Alibaba's acquisition interest

After reports sprung on China's Alibaba expressing its interest in acquiring Indian e-commerce portal Snapdeal, the Indian company denied the reports.

29 Oct 2016

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal eyes lobby group for start-ups

Flipkart's co-founder Sachin Bansal is eyeing the possibility of creating a lobby group for start-ups across the country.

20 Sep 2016

Snapdeal makes strategic shift with wholesale entity

With a significant shift in strategy, Snapdeal is moving away from the marketplace model by setting-up a wholesale unit.

12 Sep 2016

Snapdeal looks to revamp brand

One of India's leading online marketplace, Snapdeal, has signalled initiatives that would revamp its brand and company logo.

30 Aug 2016

India beating China in the world of operating systems

While China has failed to come out with a successful regional operating system, India's indigenous Indus OS has shown phenomenal growth in the last 2 years.