Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure
Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure
India's quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players. But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart …
Flipkart moves its headquarters back to India, more than a decade after it moved to Singapore, as it prepares for a potential IPO in India in the coming months
Bengaluru-based digital payments startup Juspay raised $50M, in a mix of primary and secondary investments, from WestBridge Capital at a $1.2B valuation
Founded in 2012, Bengaluru-based Juspay powers payment systems for major global brands such as Amazon, Flipkart, Google, IndiGo, and Swiggy.
Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B
Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers …
How Meesho and the rise of quick commerce companies disrupted Flipkart and Amazon's e-commerce duopoly that had existed in India for over a decade until 2023
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Sources: Flipkart is investing $30M in its fintech unit Supermoney, after a $20M 2024 spin-off round; Supermoney disbursed $700M+ in loans via lending partners
Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg :
Indian quick commerce companies like Swiggy, Zepto, and Flipkart pull back on adding dark stores to control their cash burn, after a rapid year of expansion
Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times :
Indian investment bank The Rainmaker Group: over three dozen Indian startups like Flipkart and PhonePe with a total $100B valuation are set to go public by 2027
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg :
Bain and Flipkart report: quick commerce made up over two-thirds of India's e-grocery orders in 2024, with GMV rising nearly five times to $6B-$7B from 2022
Ashwin Manikandan / Reuters :