How India's buses got connected

South African Internet and media giant Naspers is set to acquire Pilani Soft Labs Pvt Ltd which runs the country's top bus ticketing site redBus, giving one of the rare multi-bagger exits to its venture capital investors. The news was first ...

When I first read that redBus had got acquired for Rs 800 crore, I felt jealous. Yup! I don't want to deny it. The thought that flashed in my mind was, "Heck man! Rs 800 crore is serious s***! What on earth is this bus booking site" How can you make ...

The Summit will bring together top CEOs and entrepreneurs from all southern Indian states, as well as large institutional investors, on one platform to discuss and debate the paths to build large and highly successful businesses. VCCircle ...

India's largest redBus.in has been approached by private equity firms for a possible stake sale. According to investment banking sources, a number of PEs have evinced interest in the ticketing site over the last few months to buy stake, in part or ...

Alok Goel spun his mobile phone in his hand, showing how the device functions as a personal assistant. He pointed to its eyes and ears, the pinpoint camera and tiny microphone. "And it has a skin because you can touch and feel," he said. "It's a ...

South India, which is reporting above-average growth compared to other regions, is witnessing new-age entrepreneurship and attracting a huge amount of domestic and foreign investments thus creating a vibrant ecosystem for a large number of emerging ...

Modeled on lounges, the cafes will have consultants, advisers giving pep talks to budding entrepreneurs. To encourage new start-ups and handhold existing ones, the city will soon see cafes exclusively for entrepreneurs. Modeled around the lounge ...

Taking both these issues by the horns paid off big time for Padmaraju and his two room mates from BITS Pilani, who co-founded what has grown into one of India's biggest bus ticketing portals RedBus.com. All three co-founders Padmaraju, Phanindra ...

After a busy first quarter where redBus.in launched its mobile app and subsequently rolled out many innovative features, they were back in the media space, now with news of more marketing and partnerships. Following the announcement of the launch of ...