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Ed-tech startup Sunstone raises Rs 11 cr in Prime Venture-led funding round

The startup which offers industry-ready higher education programmes and follows a Pay after Placement model will be using the fund to build its network of colleges across various cities

Non-alcoholic beverage startup Coolberg raises $3.5 mn in Series-A funding

Besides traditional trade channels like supermarkets and restaurants, Coolberg is available across 12,000 outlets, including some at offices, colleges and airports

How start-ups are employing AI to drive innovation in healthcare sector

New-age start-ups are reshaping the age-old industry with as many as 4,892 having come up in India in the past decade, according to Nasscom

How Pankaj Karna bet on fragmented markets to build a top-class M&A outfit

An active early-stage start-up investor, he isn't obsessed with promoter credentials and focusses more on entrepreurs with clarity of mind and fire in the belly

The start-up that gives other new businesses legal and creative identities

Winnerbrands has deftly avoided copyright and IPR issues to deliver over 250 future-proof brand names that resonate with the consumer -- all within a short span of 12 months

Govt exam focussed Test-prep app GradeUp raises $7 mn from Times Internet

The start-up will use the funds to scale the offering and grow the newly-launched Live Classroom product

Prosus leads $40 mn funding in virtual logistics network ElasticRun

ElasticRun enables small store owners to leverage quiet times of the day to do local last mile deliveries

Meet the 22-year-olds who are building earth imaging satellites for farmers

Images from their firm Pixxel's satellites track changes in farms and help improve productivity; these solutions are also useful in detecting crop diseases and pest infestation

The start-up with a one-stop shop for the perfect big fat Indian wedding

With some 25,000 nuptials under its belt, Weddingz.in claims to be India's largest 'wedding company', offering a fully-managed, one-stop platform to deliver the perfect wedding experience

Start-ups providing income-share agreements catching students' fancy

It is still a nascent market but a growing one, which has investors interested

Goal-setting startup Ally raises $15 mn in Tiger Global-led funding round

Ally's product is based on the objectives and key results framework, an operating model for running agile businesses

Fintech start-up offering tools to reduce credit risk raises $3.2 million

Less than 15 per cent of the 50+ million small businesses in India have access to formal credit

Home security tech startup MyGate raises Rs 400 cr in series B funding

The firm processes over 60,000 requests per minute and facilitates over 45 million check-in requests every month to help apartments manage visitors, including guests, as well as deliveries and cabs

Water management startup WEGot raises $2 million in seed funding

The capital will be used predominantly to strengthen its IoT enabled product portfolio and scale its presence in India

Mobile gaming firm Nazara Technologies acquires stake in Paper Boat Apps

This is the fifth acquisition by Westbridge Capital-backed firm

This hearing-impaired entrepreneur is on a mission to empower gig economy

Sanjay Nediyara went through a great deal of hardship before setting up Sieve, a platform for freelancers to work as a team despite separated by locations

Kerala signs MoU with Bahrain to collaborate for startup growth in state

The key focus of the MoU is to build business opportunities for each country's startups in the other's market

Softbank-backed Oyo raises $1.5 bn at $10 bn valuation for market expansion

Agarwal, who founded Oyo in 2013, has built it into India's second-most valuable startup with a valuation of about $10 billion

A slew of alternative ride services to make sure you get to office on time

Start-ups like Quick Ride, GetToWork and Bounce are coming out with innovative solutions to provide office-goers with cost effective alternatives

This aerospace engineer plans to launch satellites at a fourth of the cost

Using additive manufacturing, Srinath Ravichandran's firm Agnikul Cosmos is planning to build launch vehicles capable of hurling satellite into lower orbit