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Ventureast announces '1-min Pitch Challenge' for entrepreneurs

To participate, entrepreneurs need to send in their elevator pitch that captures the uniqueness of their venture in a 60-second video

Funding of start-up slowing

Between January and March 2015, $465 million was raised by Indian start-ups. This year, funding has come down to $252 million

Karnataka blinks first, plans to allow bike taxis on roads

State plans to frame rules for governing aggregators that offer bike taxis as a service

Now, an app to solve your month-end cash crunch problems

Pune-based financial tech firm EarlySalary.com provides unsecured loans from Rs 10,000-Rs 1,00,000

Start-ups milk the IPL cash cow again

Housing, Freecharge and Makemytrip play the field, but they are outliers as many e-commerce companies cut back on ad spends this season

Prime Venture Partners invests in KredX, an online marketplace for invoice discounting

KredX has developed a proprietary credit risk assessment model for borrowers and technology platform that ensures fast, hassle-free and secured transactions

Creo forays into smartphone market with Mark 1

Mark 1, priced at Rs 19,999, has a 5.5-inch screen, 21 MP rear and 8MP front camera, 3GB RAM and a 3100 mAh battery

Crowd funding platform FuelADream aims to be India's Kickstarter with a difference

Firm is helping people with ideas and non-profit organisation to raise funds for a cause

Home beauty service provider MyGlamm raises $6 million

L'Occitane International S.A., Tano Capital, and Brand Capital of the Times of India Group infuse funds in the firm

Edureka, Talend team up to train professionals on real-time data integration

Both the companies team up to enhance curriculum for big data

Goldman Sachs scouting for fintech start-ups

The PSI Group of the bank has a global portfolio of 75 companies, including a dozen investments in the Asia-Pacific

Start-ups eye car servicing, spare parts retailing business

GaadiFix and CARXPERT are at the forefront of offering original spares and authorised mechanics for cars that exhausted their warranty

MagicX raises $1 mn from Kris Gopalakrishnan, Ranjan Pai and others

Company will use the funding to expand team and add more services

Goldman Sachs arm bullish on Indian financial tech startups

The arm is looking to invest between $2-10 million for a minority stake

e-health with home comfort

The start-up provides online counselling programmes for depression, anxiety, stress and sour relationships, among others

Impact Chapter to facilitate $100 million investments to start-ups

Touted as Asia's biggest start-up conclave, in Hyderabad from April 13

Impact Chapter conclave to facilitate $100-mn investments to start-ups

Two-day event will be a platform to provide interface between start-ups, mentors, entrepreneurs and investors from global hubs

College start-up develops affordable home automation module

Product allows one to control and schedule any home appliance, and optimises energy use by 40% by analysing and prompting change in usage patterns

Uber, Ola face the heat in Maharashtra, too

Move that aims to bring in transparency in pricing will benefit consumers but hurt aggregators

Joy for foreign angels as Indian start-ups grow

Investments in 2015 reach a record high of $46.4 million with 193 deals