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IRCTC-OYO partnership to offer 45,000 hotel rooms across 170 cities

The vision behind this partnership is to become the most preferred and trusted hotel brand and to create reliable and affordable Hotel network for Railways Passengers

Online marketplace OfBusiness raises $5 million in Series-A funding

Funding was led by Matrix Partners and the money will be used by OfBusiness to expand the team and build tech platform for SMEs

Start-ups take to mergers to survive

The deal is among the latest signs that start-ups are consolidating in India amid slowing venture capital funding and growing competition

Big data startup Crayon raises bridge funding round from Mitsui

The funds from Mitsui will help Crayon expand into newer markets such as Japan and other customers

NoBroker raises $10 mn in Series B funding

This takes the total funding raised by the site to about Rs 89 crore

Backpackers' hostel start-up Roadhouse raises funding from Indian Angel Network

The company will use the capital to add five additional properties by the end of 2016

Peesh Chopra: Should startups be the new university diploma?

With companies like Facebook, Napster coming out of college dropouts, one wonders if college is necessary

Loanzen raises seed funding through TracxnSyndicate

The company currently lends in Bengaluru and plans to expand to Mumbai, Chennai by April 2016

SayFix rasies Rs 1.1 cr

Sona Group's CMD is the lead investor

500 Startups launches $25-million India fund

The new fund will make 25-50 deals per year and will look at fintech, edutech, health and wellness, data analytics, among others

AskmeBazaar in talks with Alibaba, Baidu to raise $200 mn

The Getit Infoservices-owned firm plans to raise the next round of funding within the next four months

Ather Energy mimics Tesla's model to sell its smart electric scooters

It is setting up its own charging infrastructure and experience zones, where users can test and order a scooter.

Beverages start-up RAW Pressery raises $4.5 mn in Series B

Founded in 2014, it offers cold-pressed juices in eight blends

Shouldn't listen to your investors, says Alibaba founder Jack Ma

Ma advices startups to not assume that their investors are always right, reports Tech in Asia

How FiTurtle is motivating fitness, better lifestyle

The free app has been live in Bangalore since January 25 and is steadily picking up customers, reports Tech in Asia

Startup India to deepen innovative ecosystem: President Mukherjee

He said the government's mission of skilling India has gained momentum and 76 lakh people were trained last year

Drone technology start-up Aarav raises funds for team expansion

Company offers cost-effective UAV-based land surveying solutions for civil engineering, infra and utility industries

A 'Tinystep' for parenting woes

Tinystep is an interactive platform that lets parents share experiences, reports Tech in Asia

Fashion app Styledotme raises funding from Indian Angel Network

Investment will be utilised to build technical team, fine tuning the app and adding new features

Indonesia's accounting software Jurnal raises series A funding

The amount raised was not disclosed reports Tech in Asia