Cleartrip lands $40 million windfall from Concur Tech

Mumbai-based online travel portal Cleartrip has raised $40 million from Nasdaq-listed Concur Technologies, which has acquired a minority stake for the investment. This is the single largest private investment in an Indian online travel startup till date. With the latest round of funding, Cleartrip has so far raised a total of $60.2 million since its inception in 2004, probably making…

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StartupCentral-Medianama Round Table: Before & After (Starting Up) – Part 2

Continuing with our round table series, read what our five panelists — Saurabh Khullar, Ideacts; Jiby Thomas, Quikr; Hrush Bhatt, Cleartrip; Saurabh Gupta, Phonethics; Naveen Tewari, mKhoj — had to say about their experiences in drawing up their business plans. Drawing Board – The Business Plan Nikhil Pahwa: Hrush (Bhatt), how did you go about crafting the business plan? Bhatt:…

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StartupCentral-Medianama Round Table: Before & After (Starting Up) – Part 1

The world has changed quite a bit since last November when Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama, and I pulled together an eclectic bunch of entrepreneurs for a round table discussion, the venue for which was Sequoia Capital India’s sea-facing boardroom (free of charge) at Worli. Our theme was ‘Before & After (Starting Up)’ and the attempt was to discover how five randomly…

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Thanks!

A belated thank you to the people who made this blog’s first Entrepreneur Round Table, co-hosted by Medianama, happen on November 14 in Mumbai. We ran into a few technical glitches but otherwise it turned out to be a candid, informative and interesting discussion. Thanks Hrush Bhatt, Cleartrip, Saurabh Gupta, Phonethics, Naveen Tewari, MKhoj, Saurabh Khullar, Ideacts and Jiby Thomas,…

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