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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

90% of start-ups are nonsense, have no meaning: Kishore Biyani

Speaking at The Economist India Summit, Biyani said most start-ups' only goal is to sell themselves, need to think bigger

Quikr acquires vehicle maintenance aggregator Stepni

Stepni is a platform that connects vehicle owners with service providers nearest to them

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