Google Areo: An app that helps start-ups dealing with food, soft-launched in Mumbai and Bengaluru thenewsminute.com

Without much fanfare, Google has started, from Thursday, April 13, a hyper-local app Google Areo which will do the aggregating work for food delivery start-ups. Many of these start-ups have been struggling to stay afloat and there has been a drop in the VC funding also, of late, for these firms. Under the circumstances, Google’s entry into this segment could come as a breather for many of them.   Limited Geography and Limited Scope to Begin With