 "Ola, Softbank, electric vehicles, Japanese investor Softbank, Ola Mission Electric, Chinam Netaji Patro, Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola, Mahindra Electric, Bhavish Aggarwal")
Startups, when they raise venture money to build their businesses, begin with a Series A round and then proceed through Series E, F or maybe G before going public. The Indian ride-hailing service Ola is a bit unusual: It just completed its Series J fundraising and is marching toward Series K, a letter almost unheard of by researchers that track such things.
What’s going on here is about more than money. Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal is fighting to maintain his independence against SoftBank Group Corp. The Japanese conglomerate, led by Masayoshi Son, was an early backer of Ola, but Aggarwal
