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Delivery service aggregator Hipship raises fund from Inara Capital
Partners with leading logistics companies to enable deliveries, giving users the ption to choose their vendor of choice
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Three Indians make it to MIT's prestigious under-35 innovators list
Rahul Panicker and Saurabh Srivastava were named under the humanitarian category while Rohan Paul made it to the inventor category, reports Tech in Asia
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Goodbox raises $2.5 mn from Nexus Venture Partners
Firm had earlier raised seed-funding from Manipal Group, Aprameya Radhakrishna of TaxiForSure and Charan Padmaraju of redBus
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Craftsvilla raises $34 million in series C funding
The funding round was led by Sequoia Capital India and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Nexus Venture Partners, GFC and Apoletto contributing, reports Tech in Asia
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Lulio, an app that prevents teenage suicides
Lulio aims to use research on video games to design therapeutic interventions and assessments of teenagers' mental health, reports Tech in Asia
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Coolpad to pump $300 mn into India plants
The Chinese firm has tied up with Videocon to churn out half-a-million devices from the latter's unit at Aurangabad
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IVRCL to get Rs 400 crore from sale of 3 road projects
The company said the sale consideration for divestment in the three road projects will result in an aggregate loss of Rs 327.6 cr
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Edu startup ConveGenius raises Rs 2 cr in fresh round of funding
The fresh capital raised from investors based out of India and Southeast Asia will be used for product enhancements and expansion of their technology and content aggregation team
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New accelerator will look for digital health start-ups in Singapore
Pan-Asian insurance group AIA and Japanese tech builder Konica Minolta are collaborating for a new start-up accelerator based in Singapore, reports Tech in Asia
How China's smartphone start-ups could expand to the US
The US market is massive, and China's smartphone start-ups are ignoring it. Tech in Asia reports on what they need to do to get in
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Startup News: Online discovery platform Smytten raises $200K
Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products and services
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Forgot your laptop charger at office? Shipsy it!
Shipsy currently provides its hyperlocal delivery service, 'Shipsy Now', in Gurgaon and Delhi
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TinyOwl-employee termination talks come to a head
Employees have been asked to return company-owned assets such as laptops, phones and data cards
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Indian start-ups tie up with global biggies to expand
Health care start-up Practo ties up with Uber; OYO Rooms joins hands with Thomas Cook
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LocalOye lays off 60 employees as part of restructuring its call servicing unit
This is a result of the local services' startup's growing focus on automating the entire process of hiring service professionals
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Lessons from a freelancer who earns $20,000 per month
Danyal Saleem is an example of how hard work and perseverance can reap rich reward, reports Tech in Asia
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CashKaro receives Rs 25 crore in series A funding from Kalaari Capital
The funds will be used for global expansions particularly in Indonesia and Singapore, reports Tech in Asia
This week in Asia start-ups
Tech in Asia presents you with the hottest Asian start-ups making the news
Play or die: the musical chairs of tech start-ups
The survival of a start-up rests on four key pillars. Venture investor John Dougery tells you more in Tech in Asia
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