Bloomberg Asia’s top ride-hailing startups are pushing ahead with listing plans, as they seek to take advantage of a boom in equity offerings to fund expansion in everything from food delivery to autonomous driving. Beijing-based Didi Chuxing has filed confidentially with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering that could raise several billion dollars, according to ...

Bloomberg Dunzo Digital Private Ltd, a delivery startup backed by Google and operating in eight Indian cities, aims to double the amount of capital it has raised so far to extend its reach across the country and become a $1 billion revenue business in the next two years. The app, which connects low-cost couriers to thousands of individual merchants, has ...

Bloomberg The Indian economy’s recovery is likely to be shaped like a K rather than a V, as rising inequality is poised to hit consumption and growth prospects, the country’s former central bank governor said. “An important consequence of the pandemic has been the sharpening of inequalities,” Duvvuri Subbarao said. “Growing inequalities are not just a moral issue. They can ...