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Nestaway launches family rentals service
Firm offers on-line booking of houses and gives a 3-day free refund if the tenant doesn't like the house; also guarantees on-time payment of rent to house owners
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Regional language-focused Indus OS wants to be on 100 mn smartphones by 2018
Firm plans to provide a native text-to-speech engine, which it is co-developing with Department of Electronics and Information Technology
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Corporate carpool app Orahi acquires Odd-Even.com
Odd-Even.com, started by a 13-year-old Delhi boy, Akshat Mittal, helps customers find a travel partner
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Mobile healthcare start-up Touchkin raises $400,000 seed fund
Investors include former senior Google execs, co-founder of InMobi, co-founder of TaxiForSure and others
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Haptik raises Series B funding; announces strategic investment from Times Internet
The company will use the funds for product development, improving artificial intelligence capabilities and business operations
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99Acres veteran invests in Housing.com, joins as advisor
Investment quantum undisclosed; Vineet Singh's inclusion seen as tactical move by a company started by 11 IIT grads
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Virat Kohli-backed Chisel Fitness plans 100 centres by 2018
Introduces tech-enabled workout routines devised specifically for IT workers
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Inshorts knows how it will make money
Co-founder Azhar Iqubal says the news app may go behind a paywall but 'it is not something we will consider right now'
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Housing.com raises funds from ex-99Acres.com head Vineet Singh
The amount invested was, however, not disclosed
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Garena scores $170 million funding from Malaysian government
This new round brings Garena's total funding to over $500 million, reports Tech in Asia
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Flipkart claims to have over 75 million registered users
The growth being led by users coming from tier 2 and tier 3 towns
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A startup to nix your firm's information security fears
FixNix helps companies automate their information security processes through its GRC solutions, reports Tech in Asia
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Choking on pollution? This Canadian startup will sell you fresh air online
Vitality Air claims to offer air from the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and it's apparently pretty good, reports Tech in Asia
Facebook probably won't get into China, and it shouldn't want to
Tech in Asia analyses the Facebook-China relationship
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Startups that love doing India's laundry
Tech in Asia lists companies to solve your laundry headaches
Affimity launches start-ups, Make in India channels
Two new channels to facilitate entrepreneurs and readers to read and share interesting posts and articles
Krafting online market for small enterprises
KartRocket recently attracted $8 mn in a third round of funding and is set to play big with larger brands
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Ola, Bajaj Allianz tie up to offer motor insurance to drivers
Ola's drivers to have easy access to availing the cover along with many value-added services
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Veritas Finance raises Rs 30 crore in Series A funding
The company plans to use the funds for its expansion plans and diversify its product and services
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