đź‘€Swiggy IPO to Test India's Appetite for Billion-Dollar Tech Listings
Swiggy’s IPO will gauge India's interest in billion-dollar tech listings as it aims to expand its quick-commerce model, already popular in major cities. With backing from major investors like Prosus and SoftBank, the IPO also highlights India’s rapid digital shift, though profitability in smaller cities remains a question for the long term.
đź‘€Swiggy IPO to Test India's Appetite for Billion-Dollar Tech Listings
Swiggy’s IPO will gauge India's interest in billion-dollar tech listings as it aims to expand its quick-commerce model, already popular in major cities. With backing from major investors like Prosus and SoftBank, the IPO also highlights India’s rapid digital shift, though profitability in smaller cities remains a question for the long term.
Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred." "The inflation fire was already hot and now with war-driven inflation added to the mix, it will grow even hotter, setting off a scramble by the world’s central banks to pull back their stimulus earlier than expected," Chris Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS, wrote in an email. "A spike in inflation rates has preceded economic recessions historically and this time prices have soared to levels that once again pose a threat to growth." The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. Since its launch in 2013, Telegram has grown from a simple messaging app to a broadcast network. Its user base isn’t as vast as WhatsApp’s, and its broadcast platform is a fraction the size of Twitter, but it’s nonetheless showing its use. While Telegram has been embroiled in controversy for much of its life, it has become a vital source of communication during the invasion of Ukraine. But, if all of this is new to you, let us explain, dear friends, what on Earth a Telegram is meant to be, and why you should, or should not, need to care. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform.
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