Where did the idea for Shopmatic come from? My last corporate role was at PayPal where I was tasked to look after the merchant services portfolio and the PayPal franchise across Asia Pacific. That was when things got very interesting for me and my co-founders. We were engaging with customers…

Maria George is a cordon bleu pastry chef in Mumbai. She has a website called Plattered that takes orders for cakes, tarts, macarons, and other yummy stuff and delivers them all over the city.Ishmeet Singh Chandok became a dog chef after working for 5-star hotels like Hyatt and JW Marriott.…

Singapore-based ecommerce startup Shopmatic has acquired Taiwanese Ruby on Rails technology company 5xRuby, it announced today. The deal was a combination of cash and shares, Shopmatic CEO Anurag Avula tells Tech in Asia, although he doesn’t disclose the amount. 5xRuby was established in 2014 as a community of Ruby on…

If you’re a small business owner in India, November’s probably not looking like your month. In addition to running your business, you might be worried about going digital as cash transactions become harder and harder following the government’s move to demonetize some notes. ATMs have put a limit on withdrawals,…