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Portea Medical's losses widen to Rs 123 crore even as revenue triples
Portea Medical has raised over $46.5 million from investors
 "Portea Medical's losses widen to Rs 123 crore even as revenue triples")
Want your teeth pulled out at home? MobiDent just got funded to do that
It aims to expand services to Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Chennai, and Hyderabad, reports Tech in Asia
 "Want your teeth pulled out at home? MobiDent just got funded to do that")
Entropik: A start-up that tracks your emotions on smartphones
Entropik currently has two clients in the US and five in India, reports Tech in Asia
 "Entropik: A start-up that tracks your emotions on smartphones")
Entrepreneurial lessons I've learned from watching 6 seasons of Shark Tank
Passion often blinds entrepreneurial vision: Tech in Asia
Sebi relaxes rules for angel funds to boost start-up funding
The upper limit for a number of angel investors in a scheme will be increased from 49 to 200
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With Johnson & Johnson's vote; India's Ray IoT takes baby monitor to CES
Ray IoT was the 1st Indian start-up to enter Chinese hardware accelerator HAX, reports Tech in Asia
Anti-Uber gang grows: Didi in $100m funding for Brazilian ride-hailing app
Uber's rivals have vowed to make their apps inter-operable around the world, reports Tech in Asia
Speed bump: Uber rival Ola's star hire quits
Both Ola and Flipkart have had little luck with their foreign hires, reports Tech in Asia
 "Speed bump: Uber rival Ola's star hire quits")
Branded groceries to on-demand video: Start-up trends for India in 2017
2017 is going to be the year of customer experience, reports Tech in Asia
 "Branded groceries to on-demand video: Start-up trends for India in 2017")
Venture capital investments down 29% in 2016
In 2016, VC firms have invested $1,441 million, against 2,018 million in 2015
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2016: When start-ups sought protection
The year began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's big push for Startup India
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2016 For Start-ups: Of correction & consolidation
Valuations had run ahead of fundamentals and investors slowed down from mid-2015
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HealthifyMe takes you from flab to fab, and it just received $1 mn in funds
Google awarded the app a top developer badge earlier this year, reports Tech in Asia
Microsoft is asking start-ups to dance with it into the new year
In a rare Microsoft investment in China, it even funded an AI butler start-up, reports Tech in Asia
She started WONK, an edtech start-up, and here's her journey so far
Tech in Asia brings you WONK's co-founder, Vidhu Goyal, and her story
India has five years to build strong research led IT: K S Viswanathan
Interview with the vice president, Industry Initiatives at Nasscom
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VCs go back to basics, start-ups told to improve unit economics
Much of 2016 was spent on cleaning up portfolios and asking start-ups to improve fundamentals
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In space race, Alpha Design beats bigger rivals
In 2004, Alpha Design started with a revenue of Rs 25,000 and has grown to Rs 400 crore in 2015-16
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2016: The year start-ups began their call for protectionism
Despite consensus that market was fundamentally strong, firms struggled with funding and valuations
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Here are India's biggest start-up funding stories of 2016
Total of 924 Indian start-ups were funded in 2016, raising $3.89 billion, reports Tech in Asia