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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The six-year-old social commerce platform just hit a valuation of $2.1 billion, largely on the strength of its fashion category. Will its quest for multiple revenue streams work?

So there Meesho was, passed up by one of the leading funds in India. Not once. Twice. Not because the fund didn’t believe in the company. Simply because they didn't understand it. The year would have been 2016, or perhaps 2017. Meesho was still an unknown entity, and the obscurity of its business was evident from the fact that it got overlooked or rejected by many like our leading fund.
For the longest time, there weren’t any takers for Meesho. And then, a couple of years on, impressed by Meesho’s numbers, there were many. At one point, the social commerce …
The arrest and charges against an employee of the artificial intelligence company, fewer early-stage VC deals, and other updates.
The Walmart-owned e-commerce company has entered microdramas and food delivery. Is it thinking long-term or just chasing a trend?
Its acquisition of Kirana Club signals an attempt to find a new growth engine, but grocery retail has been a challenge for even well-funded players.