Facing competition from Uber, Ola looks to recreate Grab and Dixi Chuxing's story
Last month, the founders of the cab aggregator had sought approval of CCI for the combination pertaining to the indirect acquisition of less than 10 per cent of the share capital of ANI through Lazar
Competition watchdog also okays the sale of Star Health to SafeCrop
This will be the largest personal investment for Bansal, who has several early-stage bets under his hood
Apart from Uber, Ola will compete with Taxify, an Estonia-headquartered unicorn which raised money from the likes of China's Didi Chuxing and Daimler
The China-Eurasian Economic Cooperation Fund is an equity investment vehicle to further China's Belt and Road Initiative
Sources suggest there could be a churn in staff, affecting around 40 per cent in the organisation
The SoftBank-backed company is locked in an intense battle for market leadership with US-based Uber
Derogatory statements were made by Hush users against women employees of Ola and some posts contained the company's confidential business plans
The UK is the second international market after Australia for the Bengaluru-based company
In Feb, the ride-hailing company made global foray launching in Australia
Turning a profit would essentially bring down company's reliance on raising capital from investors to grow its business further in the country and beyond
Losses posted by the company in 2016-17 was more than three and half times of its revenues during the period, which stood at Rs13.8 billion
The company has announced 'Mission: Electric' to bring one million EVs on to India's roads by 2021, starting with 10,000 electric rickshaws in the next 12 months
The company said it will further expand its EV fleet to three other Indian cities but did not disclose the names
Apart from Acko, Ola has also partnered with ICICI Lombard General Insurance; the partnership would go live in the coming months, the company said
Ridlr already partners several mass transit companies across the country to enable cab booking zones
Ola's bold moves come at a time when Softbank is seen as exerting pressure on Uber to fold its businesses in Asia
Ola is trying to zoom ahead of rival Uber in EVs, having already rolled out a pilot in Nagpur
The company has launched its service in Sydney, its second market in Australia in under a month