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Quikr has ended animal sales, taken down pet trading listings: PETA India

PETA India claimed that e-retailer Quikr has ended "animal sale" on its portal and taken down "pet trading" ads

Quikr Realty bags another 5-yr mandate for auctioning stressed properties

Online-to-offline brokerage business Quikr Realty on Monday said it has bagged a five-year mandate from capital markets regulator Sebi for auctioning of over Rs 7,000-crore stressed properties. This is second stint of empanelment of Quikr Realty, erstwhile HDFC Realty, by Sebi for valuation and liquidation of stressed assets, the company said in a statement. "This multi-year empanelment which is renewed for another five years will leverage the company's pan-India builder relationshipsand the transaction mandate includes over Rs 7,000 crore worth stressed properties," it said. Quikr Realty, however, did not specify the key stressed projects forwhich it had received the mandate. The company has builder relationships across 22 cities and more than 4,800 brokers in its network to oversee real estate e-auctions. Quikr Realty's earlier associations with Sebi included liquidation of Pearls Agrotech Corporation (PACL), Sahara and Unitech assets.

Blocking Chinese funding will adversely impact Indian start-ups: GlobalData

GlobalData said Chinese investors have been making their presence felt in a big way in the Indian start-up ecosystem over the last few years.

Delhi HC restrains Quikr, Olx from publishing ads related to Reliance, Jio

Defendant's web portal enables consumers to publish advertisements for selling and offering goods and services for a consideration

Quikr no longer a unicorn, Swedish investor pares valuation by 45%

Scandinavian firm refers to exaggerated revenue resulting from fraudulent transactions that rocked the company

Online classifieds Quikr planning IPO in 2021, says founder Pranay Chulet

The firm has a slew of online businesses covering realty, bookings, jobs search, used-goods buying and selling, and home services

How online classified platform Quikr turned around by buying 16 start-ups

Brings in greater synergies across its verticals as it continues to cut losses, improve top line

Quikr on realty expansion spree, acquires India Property Online

Quikr in January 2016 merged CommonFloor.com with its real estate vertical QuikrHomes. Then acquired home rental startup Grabhouse in November 2016

Real estate unit will turn profitable in six months: Quikr's CEO Chulet

Chulet added that the contribution of Quikr Realty to the company's overall revenue will depend on how much the company decides to invest in it

Tiger Global-backed Quikr's FY17 revenue grows 55% to Rs 638 million

Quikr, which shifted base from Mumbai to Bengaluru, had reported a revenue of Rs 412.4 mn

HDFC to sell HDFC Developers, HDFC Realty to Quikr India for Rs 357 cr

Tiger Global-backed online classifieds platform Quikr has acquired HDFC Developers Ltd. and HDFC Realty Ltd. in a deal that is valued at Rs 357 crore, as it looks to earn higher margins by accessing premium realty buyers and also expanding offline.In a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange, HDFC said that it had approved the 100 percent sale of HDFC Developers and HDFC Realty to Quikr for Rs 101.99 crore and Rs 254.98 crore respectively. It added that the sale of the two units would be completed prior to the close of the current financial year.For Quikr, the deal marks its fifth acquisition in the real estate space, with Realtycompass, Indian Realty Exchange, Commonfloor and Grabhouse being the previous buys. The company will also gain access to the offline brokerage market with HDFC Realty, which it says has a network of 7,000 brokers and a 300 member in-house team.With HDFC Developers, which runs the online platform HDFC Red, Quikr will acquire listings of over 7,000 projects and ...

Quikr acquires Zimmer, its tenth buy, to strengthen home service business

Zimmer offers a marketplace for plumbers, electricians, carpenters, cleaning agents

Quikr brokerage business to increase from HDFC Realty buy

Tiger global backed online classifieds company Quikr will expand its brokerage business once it acquires HDFC Realty and its digital unit HDFC Red, helping it generate higher margins for converting leads that it generates from its online properties.The brokerage business also helps it get access to more premium realty buyers, who need servicing for their real estate needs. Quikr, which has shifted its focus from horizontal to become a vertical focused listings player, has been on a acquisition spree over the last two years, to expand its offering on specific verticals. It has strengthened vertical play in automobiles, real estate, jobs, services and peer to peer sales. If the HDFC Realty and HDFC Red acquisition goes through, Quikr would have added five firms in the real estate space in the last two years. In 2015, it had bought smaller rival RealtyCompass and agent aggregator Indian Reality Exchange. Last year, Tiger Global stitched a $ 200 million deal to merge CommonFloor with ..

Quikr expands its Doorstep service to process intercity orders

Online classifieds platform Quikr has expanded its Doorstep services to allow customers buy and sell used goods across cities as US retail giant Amazon sinks its teeth into the second hand goods market through Junglee.Quikr began testing its Doorstep service that offered customers in the same city an e-commerce like experience of buying and selling used goods. The service offered to handle payments, packaging and shipping of goods on behalf of the seller for a commission.The expansion of Doorstep will mean buyers and sellers can be in different cities, making it the first company to offer such a service. Amazon, through its platform Junglee today offers a very similar service for intra-city transactions, with the added benefit of the massive visibility its e-commerce platform offers."Historcially, these transactions have been limited by where and when a buyer and seller could meet, exchange products and money. Intercity takes this smarter solution and amplifies it exponentially by ...

Quikr buys Grabhouse in all stock deal

Company has taken advantage of a lull in the funding market to pickup rivals at throwaway prices in order to strengthen its own service

Quikr acquires Stayglad, its 8th buy in a year

Stayglad is the third firm that Quikr has bought in the beauty segment, after Salosa and Zapluk early this year

Quikr acquires vehicle maintenance aggregator Stepni

Stepni is a platform that connects vehicle owners with service providers nearest to them

Quikr launches Dazzlr to organise segments of film industry

The platform that will bring together actors, casting professionals, directors and producers

QuikrJobs acquires 'Hiree'

Acquisition will create a leading recruitment platform that connects over four million active candidates with recruiters across the country

AtHomeDiva: Quikr's new home beauty service

The move comes two months after the company bought Salosa for an undisclosed amount