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eureQa secures $600,000 from Sashi Reddi, Gabriel Investments

eureQa provides an easy-to-use test automation platform catering to the mobile, social and cloud-based application space

IDG Ventures Sudhir Sethi, Pepsico's Praveen Someswar invest in Stay Simple resorts

Stay Simple currently owns, manages and operates about 500 rooms in16 resorts in 12 popular tourist destinations across India

Paynear Solutions raises $2.5 million in pre-Series A round

This investment is part of the $10 million that Paynear is planning to raise in a Series-A round in the first quarter of the next financial year

Zomato adds in-app chat feature

Although the chat feature is still in the beta stage, its response rate is swift and smooth, finds Tech in Asia

Delhi-based digital analytics startup PropheSee raises Rs 3.3 cr

In the next six months company plans to take the platform live globally

Johnson Electric to expand Chennai facility

Company to invest $200 mn in three countries including India

Mayank Kumar: Lessons in starting up

Mayank Kumar, founder of UpGrad, writes that common business school learnings may not be best suited for entrepreneurship

Microsoft to incubate 500 start-ups in 5 years

Most of these start-ups are working on Internet of Things (IoT) or are independent software vendors

Aye Finance raises Rs 20 crore from Accion and SAIF Partners

Investors include Accion and SAIF Partners; funds to help provide MSMEs with expanded access to financing

Delhi-based digital analytics startup PropheSee raises Rs 3.3 cr

PropheSee is a SaaS platform that allows managers to compare and analyse digital campaigns, and execute directly from the platform itself

'India has world's 3rd largest base of start-ups'

DeitY to expand incubator programme

Tiger Global, Yuri Milner join Flipkart and Accel to invest $25 mn in BlackBuck

The logistics startup will invest on building products for truck owners for them to be able to manage operations

Homegrown start-ups are catering to Bangladesh's on-demand taxi boom

Bangladesh is no exception to the fragmented nature of taxi industry across Asia, finds Tech in Asia

Flexeye launches incubator called HyperCat for startups in IoT space

The 8,000 sq ft centre in Hyderabad will accommodate 40 Indian startups that are focusing on IoT and smart city technologies

Stop looking for funds. Start looking for trust

A smarter way to raise money for your start-up: building trust through connections. Callum Laing writes in Tech in Asia

Crayon Data sets up biz operations in India

Ties up with WPP-owned media investment management firm GroupM, to map tastes of Indian consumers, which will allow enterprises to target them more precisely

Govt sets up mechanism to support start-up businesses

It has established a mechanism to be known as SETU (Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation) under NITI Aayog

Uber's withdrawal raises doubts about rickshaw ride apps in India

Ola and Uber have not been able to scale their auto-rickshaw service, due to problems related to customer adoption, reports Tech in Asia

GoEuro.com secures $45 million from investors led by Goldman Sachs

Berlin based start-up extends its lead in Europe-wide travel search and booking