Current Affairs
May 2019 Part 3
▶ IRCTC pulls up RailYatri, TravelKhana over online food ordering services https://4-2.co/2DR49kJ
▶ India second most affected country due to cyber attacks: report https://4-2.co/2Ya8asj
▶ Shoppers Stop to get back on Amazon.in through its subsidiary https://4-2.co/2Lnvy3Q
▶ Samsung to invest $360 Mn in India to manufacture components, Li-ion batteries https://4-2.co/2vB0l2A
Logos
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Samsung | Lee Byung-chul |
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos |
| Travelkhana | Pushpinder Singh |
| Shopperstop | K Raheja Corp Group |
| Railyatri | Manish Rathi |
Manish Rathi
Lee Byung-chul
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▶ Jennifer Lopez, Malaika Arora invest in fitness startup SARVA https://4-2.co/2WjdHMo
▶ Will social media Cos let EC disclose problematic content in RTI inquiries? https://4-2.co/2VETGmC
▶ Could face a shortage of minerals needed to make batteries, says Tesla https://4-2.co/2Y9WhCF
▶Edtech Startup BYJU’S Says It Is Profitable On Full-Year Basis
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Tesla | Elon Musk |
| SARVA | Sarvesh Shashi |
| Zomato | Deepinder Goyal |
| BYJUS | Byju Raveendran |
Deepinder Goyal, Zomato
BYJU Raveendran, BYJUS
Sarvesh Shashi, SARVA fitness
Founders
LOGOS
▶ Tiger Global leads $50 Mn Series C round in SaaS startup Zenoti https://4-2.co/2Y1w7BY
▶ Ola plans to raise an additional $300 Mn as part of Series J round https://4-2.co/2XYlhMR
▶ Pesto’s mission of upskilling 5.2 Mn engineers gets $2 Mn funding boost from Matrix & Angel Investors
▶ Panned for its treatment of drivers, Uber says will pay for their education https://4-2.co/2DEZJgr
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Ola | Bhavish Aggarwal CEO Ankit Bhati CTO |
| Uber | Travis Kalanick |
| Tiger Global | Julian Robertson |
| Matrix Partners | Paul Ferri |
| Zenoti | Sudheer Koneru |
Founders
Travis Kalanick
Bhavish Aggarwal, Ankit Bhati
Paul Ferri
Julian Robertson
LOGOS
▶ Automation of warehouses still a decade away, says Amazon’s robotics chief https://4-2.co/2LiTmWG
▶ Hyundai to deploy electric cars in Ola’s fleet by 2021 https://4-2.co/2VCaKts
▶ Google to now allow users to auto-delete their location and web history https://4-2.co/2VDboXv
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos |
| Larry Page, Sergey Brin |
LOGOS
▶ Exports by Amazon’s Indian sellers hit $1 Bn, to touch $5Bn by 2023 https://4-2.co/2VBTkNf
▶ UPI digital payments cross $20 Bn but transactions fall https://4-2.co/2DD6zTF
▶ To fend off Reliance threat, Flipkart turns to Kirana stores for smartphone sales https://4-2.co/2DHCiTN
▶ Myntra-Jabong will operate independently of Flipkart, says Walmart exec Judith McKenna
▶ Apple’s long-term India plans include cheaper iPhones, retail stores: CEO Tim Cook
▶ Blockchain this week: US-based Blockfi expands to India and more https://4-2.co/2Lp9k1A
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Myntra | Mukesh Bansal, Vineet Saxena, Ashutosh Lawania |
| Jabong | Arun Chandra Mohan, Praveen Sinha, Lakshmi Potluri and Manu Kumar Jain |
| Flipkart | Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal |
| Blockfi | Zac Prince, Flori Marquez |
| Apple | Steve Jobs, Steve Woznaik |
Mukesh Bansal, Vineet Saxena,Ashutosh Lawania
LOGOS
▶ Ola, Flipkart set to enter lending market with credit cards https://4-2.co/2GSbNNB
▶ Jungle Ventures makes first close of $175 Mn third fund https://4-2.co/2DIChiG
▶ PhonePe’s new keyboard allows users to make payments from any mobile app https://4-2.co/2GS8tC7
▶ InCred closes Series A round with nearly $86 Mn in funding https://4-2.co/2J3A8BB
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Flipkart | Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal |
| Jungle Ventures | Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava |
| InCred | Anshu Jain |
| Phonepe | Sameer Nigam |
Founders
Anshu Jain
Sameer Nigam
Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava
Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal
LOGOS
▶ Justdial scrambles to plug multiple leaks as reviewer data goes public https://4-2.co/2JafqjD
▶ Spotify reports Q1 2019 results, adds 2 Mn users in India https://4-2.co/2vsPp6K
▶ AI-based voice assistant startup MiHup raises $1.7 Mn in Series A round https://4-2.co/2J4n7b2
▶ Real estate veterans raise funds for Coliving startup Housr https://4-2.co/2WcYlsZ
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Justdial | VSS Mani |
| Spotify | Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon |
| MiHup | Biplab Chakraborty, Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Sandipan Mandal, Tapan Barman |
| Housr | Deepak Anand |
LOGOS
Founders
Martin Lorentzon, Daniel Ek
Deepak Anand
▶ Sachin Bansal invests $2.86 Mn in Milkbasket via BAC Acquisitions https://4-2.co/2GS1BVi
▶ Amazon Pay marks its foray in P2P payments via its UPI handle https://4-2.co/2J8nMbv
▶ Paytm’s brand new feature promises to ease recurring payments https://4-2.co/2DEzEyf
▶ Industrial IoT startup Altizon raises $7 Mn from TVS Motors, others https://4-2.co/2GQcA1s
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Milkbasket | Anant Goel |
| Amazonpay | Jeff Bezos |
| Paytm | Vijay Shekhar Sharma |
| Altizon | Vinay Nathan |
Founders
Jeff Bezos, Amazon
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm
Vinay Nathan, Altizon
Anant Goel, MilkBasket
LOGOS
▶ Indian govt to standardise its social media spending https://4-2.co/2vpT2dP
▶ Amazon spent $1.7 Bn on making original music and video content in Q1 2019 https://4-2.co/2vlIqg7
▶ WhatsApp cannibalising Facebook, Instagram revenues, says Zuckerberg https://4-2.co/2GMyUch
▶ Walmart’s latest ‘Lab’ showcases the future of retail https://4-2.co/2XPdZuJ
Founders
| Company | Founder |
|---|---|
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos |
| Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger | |
| Walmart | Sam Walton |
Founders
Sam Walton
Jeff Bezos
Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger
LOGOS
- Go through all the keywords in red colour and search them on wikipedia, make a note of the founders, logo, purpose, subsidiaries, parent company, acquisitions, and interesting facts.