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Uber Vs Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

An unusually high number of cancelled bookings was the spark that ignited a bitter legal fight

Online medical consultation platform DocsApp raises $1.2 mn from Facebook's angel investors

Japanese VC firm Rebright Partners also invested in it

LoanZen looks to plug gap in private MSME financing

Claims to do legwork for NBFCs by bridging gap with small firms; own credit rating at the heart of the business model

IIT Delhi, Ericsson awards innovative new start-up ideas

The 2nd edition of the awards held jointly by IIT Delhi's Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer and Ericsson

Food delivery startup InnerChef hacked; partial user data leaked

The hacker was apparently trying to extract vengeance from InnerChef founder Rajesh Sawhney

CouponDunia now starts cashback

This move, however, means that the Times Internet company will have to dip into the commission it makes for directing traffic to the e-commerce websites, which will further impact its bottomline

GirnarSoft acquires SaaS startup Connecto in cash and stock deal

Parent firm of CarDekho.com to leverage Connecto's tools to improve user experience across all websites and apps

The Wedding Brigade raises Rs 4 crore from Blume Ventures, angel investors

The company, which caters to Indian weddings, will use the funds to enhance products and service offering

Rocket Internet's fashion biz valuation erodes 68%

Latest fund-raising values the fashion group at €1 bn, down from €3.1 bn in July 2015

Nandan Nilekani invests in RailYatri travel app

The app makes intelligent predictions to make smart decision for an upcoming journey

Micro-delivery ecommerce firm Milkbasket raises $500K in pre-Series-A round

Funds will be used to expand the core team, enhance technology and beef up the logistics

Fashion social network Roposo closes Series B funding round of $5 million

Bertelsmann has closed the second leg of Series B round

ClearTax raises $1.3 mn angel funding from Silicon Valley angels

PayPal co-founder Max Levchin marks his first India-focussed investment with this round

TranServ raises $15 mn from IDFC SPICE Fund, Micromax, others

Firm will use the fresh capital for accelerating business growth and investing in new product lines

Hello Curry acquires food delivery start-up

Deal will help acquirer penetrate breakfast and meal box segments based on subscription framework

AskMe Grocery expands hyper-local business

Doubling the reach of its grocery delivery arm to over 80 cities

Now, an app for celebrities to connect with fans

Delhi-based start-up Privyplex launches Virat FanBox, a digital fan club which helps you meet the celebrity and follow him closely

Mohandas Pai joins others to start Rs 125 cr product focused fund

The fund will look to invest in entrepreneurs and startups that have a deep technology focus

Patent attorneys await clarifications on govt's start-up IP scheme

Clarity required on fee structure, procedures to follow in filing IP

Oliveboard: Personalising education

It has at least 260,000 registered users from across the country, and plans to bring one million more on board in the next 12 months