Ola Heads to New Zealand & Audi's Electric Car Debut: 4 Things to Know Today Stay tuned to get every day updates in 60 seconds.

By Sanchita Dash • Sep 18, 2018

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1. Big news from Indian unicorn Ola. The cab aggregator company has now officially expanded to New Zealand and has also raised $50 million from Sailing Capital and the China-Eurasian Economic Cooperation Fund (CEECF).

2. We had earlier told you that SpaceX has finalized its passenger for a ride to the moon. And now we know who it is! Japanese Guru Yusaku Maezawa will be the first passenger.

3. Talk about a bad breakup! Infosys has lost the arbitration and will now have to pay its former CFO Rajiv Bansal over 12 crores as outstanding severance pay.

4. Audi has debuted with its electric car! The Audi e-tron SUV was showcased at San Francisco and will be launched by 2020

Here's the "news that entrepreneurs can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Sanchita Dash

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Senior Correspondent, Entrepreneur India

In the business of news for 5 years now. Making my way across India thanks to my career. A media graduate from Symbiosis, Pune, I have earlier worked with Deccan Chronicle (South India's leading English daily), T-Hub (India's largest incubator) and Anthill Ventures (a speed-scaling platform).

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