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BigBasket targets Rs 2,000-cr revenue in 2016-17

Grocery e-tailer plans to increase number of farmers in centres from 1,100 to 3,000 by Mar

Zonnett plans to raise $3-5 million

Former Zee Group CEO and his friend founded start-up to expand its service to 6 more cities

Bengaluru-based FloCareer raises $150,000 in seed funding

It plans to become the largest aggregator for services such as crowd mentoring, self-learning & interview offloading services

Eckovation to build a full-blown social learning platform

The app uses technology to bridge the gap and run a feedback and conversation channel

Indian start-up beats big firms in wearable battle

GOQii pips Xiaomi; wearables market in India saw 42% growth in Q2 2016 over the first quarter of 2016

Premji Invest backs Lenskart, expands retail portfolio

Investment from Premji comes after Lenskart raised Rs 400 crore in funding in May led by International Finance Corporation, the venture capital arm of World Bank

Who's filling Southeast Asia's Series B gap

Chinese VCs are also growing more interested in the region, reports Tech in Asia

Healthcare start-up GOQii tops India's wearable market, beats Xiaomi

According to IDC, wearable devices have become popular in India; segment sees 40% Q-o-Q

Zilingo raises $8 million in Series A funding

Firm will use proceeds to capture new markets such as Indonesia and hike presence in Singapore and Thailand

Some start-ups that are changing education as we know it

Using disruptive innovation and the digital drive, these young companies are working on making India's education system more robust

PropTiger acquires PropRates, adds advanced data collation tool to offerings

Customers in the Mumbai market will be the first beneficiaries of the range of data points available on PropRates

Restaurant discovery app Offpeak books strategic investment from Yahoo Japan

Despite the investment, the start-up is not currently looking towards Japan, reports Tech in Asia

Making learning fun & rewarding

Founded in 2013 by Jairaj Bhattacharya and Shashank Pandey, the start-up plans to use the funds to upgrade technology and double the number of content providers across various languages

'Chilled, not frozen' ready-to-cook player Fingerlix to raise Series B for expansion

The start-up seeks to differentiate itself by reducing cooking work for homemakers, yet allowing them to control the outcome

Karnataka looks to boost investment image by focusing on growth of women entrepreneurs

The state has organised an event called ThinkBig 2016 for women entrepreneurs to help them get more business

RIL's start-up fund could give Indian start-up ecosystem its second wind

The Mukesh Ambani-led company on Thursday announced that it is setting up a Rs 5,000-crore start-up fund

Job marketplace Saral Rozgar eyes 100 million users

The company is also looking at raising $100 million from strategic investors to scale up

Bengaluru-based online home design firm Livspace raises Rs 100 crore in fresh funding

Company plans to reach operational profitability in the next 12-18 months riding on its capital efficient model

Anuroop Krishnan appointed VP marketing at Stayzilla

Krishnan, who shaped Truecaller's growth in India, will drive strategic marketing and communication at the Bengaluru-based start-up

Philippines aims to breath life into start-up ecosystem

Last year, the country launched a start-up road map but it failed to take off, reports Tech in Asia