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Buying bitcoins gets easier

India eyes indigenous expertise in cyber security, to fund security start-ups

Country's expenditure on cyber security expected to grow about ninefold from over $4 billion to $35 billion by 2025

Craftsvilla looks at profitability by next year, expands business categories

The company has five million ethnic products on its platform, and 80 per cent of its sales happen in ethnic fashion

CCMB launches iHub for medical, agri-biotech start-ups

The iHub is a five-storey building with advanced laboratory equipment for research and innovation

LIC, pension funds should be allowed to invest in start-ups: Experts

Fund managers, veterans for relaxation in restrictions on domestic capital

KOOH Sports raises follow-on round fund of $2.2mn

HDFC, Faering Capital, Elevate Sports, founders participate; funds to be used to pursue international markets expansion

Swiggy ropes in Mukesh Bansal as a strategic advisor

Bansal recently sold his fashion discovery portal Myntra to e-commerce giant Flipkart

Telemedicine solution provider Neurosynaptic raises Series A funding

Neurosynaptic works on telemedicine solutions that connect rural areas

News start-ups find investors

Can VC-backed news start-ups make serious amounts of money in a space dominated by Google and Facebook

Beardo: A start-up to take care of your beard

Online sales contribute 75 per cent of the company's revenue, with the rest coming from its offline chains

Auto portal CarDekho goes big on digital

75% of Indian consumers use internet to research before purchasing a car

India Inc putting CSR money in startup incubators

A dozen companies have shown interest in using their CSR money in start-up incubators at IITs and IIMs to nurture students to create a social impact

Oil India announces Rs 50-cr startup fund

The fund shall focus on promoting entrepreneurship amongst youth

Bitcoin start-up Unocoin raises $1.5 mn in pre-series A funding

Unocoin has over 100,000 customers and a team of 30 people

Ola sees a 30-year job to build mobility for billion Indians

To unlock the potential of customized transportation and build mobility for a billion Indians

Druva raises $51 mn in fresh funding led by Sequoia

Company will utilise funds to expand its operations globally, and enhance its product capabilities

Indonesia's Go-Jek acquires Bengaluru startup Pianta for talent

Pianta, a home healthcare service, was founded last year by former engineering leads of Ola

IIT-Bombay start-up incubator goes for expansion

At present, SINE is being operated out of IIT-Bombay campus. The incubator has recently leased another facility in Hiranandani, Powai

Karnataka earmarks Rs 2 cr for tech start-ups

The startups have come up with innovative technology based solution for the tourism industry in Karnataka

YourNest launches its second start-up fund with a Rs 300 crore corpus

Company's India Fund II will allow it to invest in about 25-30 start-ups