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Selfdrive.in plans to raise $6 million in next 6 months

The service, which seeks to expand to Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, is likely to be profitable from this fiscal

Here's how serious Bhubaneswar is about catching up with Bengaluru

Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a new policy with a slew of incentives for start-ups, reports Tech in Asia

Chennai-based start-up Notion Press raises $1 million

Investment will back company's plan to strengthen management team and expand its service

Mitra Biotech raises $27.4 million from Sequoia India, Sands Capital

Company will use funds to expand the availability of its CANScript service, which predicts personalised responses to cancer treatments

Despite pink slips, job prospects not all that bad: Experts

Layoffs are becoming pretty common these days as there were recent reports of job loss in Flipkart, Askme, Ola and Infosys, among others

Govt sets up incubation centre at Delhi varsity for electronic start-ups

Electropreneur Park will incubate 50 early-stage electronics start-ups in five years

Second life for dead start-ups as corporates hunt for cheap talent, tech

Dearth of capital is squeezing start-ups to improve their unit economics or, in worst cases, shut down

Axis Bank gives shapes to its innovation lab

Ties up with AWS, OCBC Bank to support startups incubated at its accelerator

Chinese start-up Meitu has turned selfies into a billion-dollar business

It is looking to raise up to $1 billion in a listing on the Hong Kong exchange at a valuation of around $5 billion, reports Tech in Asia

With millions still in the bank, why is Indian start-up GoZoomo shutting shop

The founding team of three IITians looked at the data objectively and took the tough decision, reports Tech in Asia

Chinese investors go head to head with traditional investors in investing in India

Hillhouse Capital, Didi Kuaidi, Tancent, Alibaba, Xiaomi and Ctrip have invested in the mobility, transportation, e-commerce, healthcare and others

Funding drought could boost start-up M&As; many takers for 'Deadpool' list

Dubbed the 'Deadpool' list, it comprises nearly 800 dead and dying Indian start-ups

Cashback app Crownit raises funding from Freecharge & Freshdesk founders

Crownit helps users discover local restaurants and outlets, offers cashback that can be redeemed while shopping on a few e-commerce companies listed on their site

International start-up conference in Hyderabad on Sep 3-4

2 day event is being organised by Eat, Sleep, Drink start-up with support from State govt, T-Hub and Indian school of Business

Indonesia's Ahlijasa wins Startup Worldcup's Southeast Asia battle

Ahlijasa is an on-demand laundry service, reports Tech in Asia

Indian start-up Witworks raises funding to build smartwatch

Its smartwatch uses an Android-based, voice-enabled operating system named Marvin OS, reports Tech in Asia

Now, Rajan on your plate

Food start-up introduces special dishes as a tribute to outgoing RBI governor Raghuram Rajan

Large companies open purse for start-ups

Seek hedge against disruptive tech

Crowdfunding platform FuelADream goes beyond funding to scale ideas

Along with helping organisations and individuals raise funds, FuelADream also supports them for marketing and book keeping, which most founders fail in as they have technical background

Unacademy bags $1 mn in funding from Flipkart, Paytm founders and others

The edutech start-up had raised $500,000 just four months earlier in April