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ShoppinPal: One-stop platform for Indian merchants

Tech company is in the process of making simple products for small sellers across the country at an affordable price

NewsDistill raises $100,000 in seed funding

NewsDistill aggregates news from Indian newspapers, TV channels, RSS Feeds, custom feeds and social media in English and eight Indian languages

Flipkart opens second warehouse in UP ahead of Big Billion Days

This latest addition will take Flipkart's warehouse count in country to 18 with total storage space of 6.2 mn cubic feet

Health care Start-Ups see low levels of funding: KPMG

Health care start-ups in India received $27 million in the first four months of 2016

Start-ups to see turnaround in 1-2 years: Senapathy Gopalakrishnan

Popularly called 'Kris', he is also a co-founder of venture capital firm Axilor Ventures along with Infosys

Tax relief for first 36 start-ups in Chhattisgarh

The units would get all the state taxes reimbursed for three years under the Start-up Chhattisgarh campaign

Hotel startups move away from aggregation model

Decision by prominent agents such as MakeMyTrip and Yatra to delist OYO was a major disincentive for aggregators

Ahmedabad-based startup Food Memories to go for Series A funding

To utilise funds for expansion of its 'geographically unique Indian food' vendor network

Quikr acquires Stayglad, its 8th buy in a year

Stayglad is the third firm that Quikr has bought in the beauty segment, after Salosa and Zapluk early this year

Google India VP invests in education startup Stoodnt

The funds will be used to enhance the user experience, for product development and to expand the user and brand base

LensPick raises funds to expand online presence

US-based Scadea Solutions has picked a 10% in the firm, at a valuation of $5 million

Young entrepreneurs to get more funding from govt

The fund will be over and above the Rs 10,000-crore fund for start-ups

Affordable beauty service provider Glam Studios raises Angel funding

Plans to expand 500 salons on the tech-backed platform by the end of this financial year

Ratan Tata invests in food-tech start-up IdeaChakki

Funds to be used for expansion into new geography along with building the in-house team and strengthening technology

Nandan Nilekani commits 5% assets to start-ups

Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems

Launch pad: Cashback app to drive business to restaurants

Online health start-ups breaking taboos, bridging digital gap

Online health services start-ups are connecting people in small towns to doctors in big cities

The Titan behind Singapore's most successful crowdfunding campaigns

He successfully ran two crowdfunding campaigns, most notably that of 3D-printing start-up Pirate3D, reports Tech in Asia

4 Indian healthtech start-ups that could be unicorns

Baby unicorns are emerging in the healthcare space and they could make the leap to unicorn in the future, reports Tech in Asia

BeeNext to do one investment per month till year-end

From used-car marketplace Droom to industrial goods e-commerce website Industry Buying and Bangkok-based, Indian-run Zilingo, BeeNext has stars in its portfolio