mumbai locallanguage mobile platform newshunt has acquired ecommerce recommendation platform buyt contentlink for an undisclosed sum marking its entry into the fastgrowing eretailing market the buyt team is expected to play a crucial role in building the nextgeneration platform for newshunt by integrating shopping and commerce options for locallanguage users on the newshunt platform to add to buyts huge network of content publishers the company said in a statement newshunt has 20 million monthly active users accessing mobile internet in regional languages such as tamil bengali and telugu the platform gets at least 25 billion page views a month buyt contentlink run by new delhibased rocket science innovations searches all major ecommerce websites for product updates and analyzes context and user behavior on webpages the company said it has marketing partnerships with leading online markerplaces including flipkart amazon and snapdeal bengalurubased newshunt earlier this year acquihired mobile analytics startup vauntz and is looking to partner invest or acquire other companies developing locallanguage applications we intend leveraging buyt platform to enable commerce on newshunt buyt will run as a standalone unit continuing its existing line of business and enabling commerce for newshunt users said virendra gupta founder and ceo of newshunt buyt was founded in 2012 by iit graduates and former nomura securities executives yogesh tomar and biswanath patel in the app ecosystem seamless linking between content consumption and transaction apps is a challenge no one has definitively solved contentlink is an effort in that regard said patel by madhav chanchani et bureau published on jul 15 2015 at 0500 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app amazon acquisition flipkart snapdeal newshunt buyt content link homenewsnewshunt buys delhibased buyt to start ecommerce play