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Ola buys Foodpanda India, to invest $200mn

Bloomberg Ride-hailing startup Ola is buying Foodpanda’s Indian operations and will invest $200 million in the business, taking its battle with Uber Technologies Inc. into meals-on-demand. ANI Technologies Pvt’s Ola will acquire Delivery Hero AG’s local Foodpanda business in return for Ola stock, it said in a statement. The move coincides with the aggressive expansion of UberEATS in the country, ...

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Tata Steel to raise $2bn to fund India expansion

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd. plans to raise as much as $2 billion in a rights offer to help add capacity in India, where demand for the alloy is forecast to triple in over a decade. The money will be used to build and buy mills as well as to repay debt, the company said an exchange filing on Tuesday. The ...

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SoftBank leads $120mn funding in Fintech startup Lemonade

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is betting that technology can overhaul the home insurance industry by leading a $120 million round in Lemonade Inc. The New York-based startup, which uses artificial intelligence and bots to minimise paperwork and speed up the claims process for renters and homeowners, had raised $60 million before the announcement. Previous backers included General Catalyst, Alphabet Inc.’s ...

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