India’s OYO Rooms Gets Heavy on Funding

According to a report by Transparency Market Research, the global market for hotels is projected to grow to $703 billion by 2021 from $534 billion in 2014 driven by the proliferation and surging popularity of budget hotels among the growing youth population. Cashing in on this trend is India’s hotel aggregator OYO Rooms.

Oracle Shifting Gears to Hold Amazon RedShift in its Tracks

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) recently reported its first quarter results that sent its stock tumbling. Its disappointing earnings forecast caused its stock to fall 8% in a day, making it the worst performing stock on the S&P index in the day, and also marking it as the worst day the stock had in the past four

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Valuation for Unity Technologies Keeps Soaring

According to a recent report by Newzoo, the global games market is expected to grow 7.8% and generate $108.9 billion from 2.2 billion gamers in 2017. Digital game revenues are expected to grow to $94.4 billion with mobile gaming growing 19% over the year to $46.1 billion. PC and console game markets are expected to

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Indian Online Classifieds Startup Quikr Expanding Quickly

According to a KPMG report published in 2016, the Indian online classifieds industry is projected to grow from $0.5 billion to $1.2 billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 22% driven by rapid growth of the e-services, real estate, and automobiles verticals. Quikr is a leader in this industry and also one of the most

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Fanatics now Eyeing Asia

According to a report by Transparency Market Research published last year, the global licensed sports merchandise market is estimated to grow 6.4% annually from $27.63 billion in 2015 to $48.17 billion by 2024. The market is expected to be dominated by the sports apparel segment, which accounts for nearly 40% of the market. Billion Dollar

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Nutanix Making a Comeback

Till earlier this year, there was concern if hyperconverged storage provider Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) could manage to sustain its Billion Dollar Unicorn status. But recent quarterly results and its strategic moves suggest that the company may be back on track.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: VIPKid is the Newest Kid in the Club

The Global E-Learning market is expected to grow 7.2% annually over the next decade to $325 billion by 2025. The growth in the market is expected to be driven by emerging trends of gamification of learning, implementation of IT security, cloud-based solutions, and growth in online content & digitization. China’s VIPKid is a leading Billion

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Salesforce Now Focusing on International Markets

Nothing appears to be in the way of Salesforce.com’s (NYSE: CRM) growth. After another stellar quarter performance, it is fairly evident that competitors, including the likes of Microsoft and Oracle, are not coming close to this giant. Here is an interesting infographic, courtesy MotleyFool.com that shows how Salesforce has expanded its market share position in

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