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Event & brand partnership platform Onspon raises 1 crore from Swan Angel Network

Mumbai based startup Onspon offers a technological platform to help brands find the best events to partner with

Harvesting rainwater

Foodpanda automates order flow, eyes profits in next 3 years

As for the expansion plans, the company is not looking to expand its footprint but will focus on improving its existing offering

ixigo plans to go for a third round of funding

In 2011, the company raised $18.5 mn from SAIF and leading travel portal MakeMyTrip

I-T returns filing website ClearTax raises $12 mn in series A

company plans to utilise proceeds to hire top tier engineering talent from Silicon Valley

StartUp India: Barely 1 in every 6 applicants qualifies so far

Of the first 189 whose credentials have been probed from the 400 applicants till date, barely 30 make it - and only one qualifies for IPR benefits

Home automation start-up Silvan raises Rs 6 cr; enters consumer market

Its home automation device will allow company to cater to market of existing homeowners looking to add automation to their homes

GirnarSoft to launch 9 pilot projects

These projects will come in the back of the company buying up smaller bootstrapped and distressed startups over the past few months.

Jivox raises $6 mn in new finance

You & Mr Jones, which led the financing, will join Jivox's board of directors, and will guide the firm into the next phase of growth

Clean tech start-up Thinkphi raises money from angel investor Nimmagadda Prasad

Funding to be utilised for R&D and building a sales and distribution network

PayTunes raises investments, led by IAN and CAN

Company plans to expand the team, and hire more talent for sales and marketing through investments

A ride on digital entertainment

Practo to add 65 cities in India, expand overseas in 2016

Firm claims it manages over 40 mn appointments in 35 Indian cities and in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and Brazil

Ratan Tata invests in Kyazoonga

Most recently it was adjudged a close runner up in the ticketing bid for the Rio 2016 Olympics

IIM Bangalore & IIIT-B sign MoU to provide mentorship to startups

The institutions will work together to provide technology and business mentorship aimed at helping young technology startups and entrepreneurs

Sivasankaran-backed new taxi aggregator app launched in Chennai

UTOO will be competing with the taxi aggregator app businesses such as Uber and Ola

flydubai takes to hackathon route to develop new app for air travel

Winners of the hackathon will be offered, among other things, an internship with the airline

Valuation markdowns leave start-up boards nervous

Directors look at ways to avoid overstretched valuations, review clauses in officers' liability insurance policy

Customer turns investor for Teabox as it makes two senior hires

Singapore-based angel investor Cameron Jones picked up a stake, after coming across Teabox in December

StoreKing gets Rs 100 cr from Malaysia's Axiata

With major presence in South India, the company is now looking to expand its service across the country