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Cloud Lending Solutions raises $8 million in series A funding

The round was led by SF Capital Group, with additional investments from Cota Capital and Long LightCapital, along with current seed investors Green Visor and Epic Ventures

In a blow for Uber, Didi Kuaidi receives its official operating license

Shanghai authorities have allowed Didi Kuaidi to run its private driver service in the city, reports Tech in Asia

Online house rental space hots up as Grabhouse secures Rs 65 crore in Series B funding

Grabhouse received its series B funding from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Kalaari Capital

Sachin Tendulkar buys 20% stake in Kerala Blasters

The ISL team's total value is calculated at Rs 200 crore

I am Sid Talwar, co-founder & partner of Lightbox Ventures. Ask me anything!

In Tech in Asia, Sid Talwar answers queries on India's hottest emerging start-ups, entrepreneurship and more

Exploride raises over $5,00,000 in pre-orders for navigation device

Company looking to add more features, raise $10 mn in venture capital fund

Snapdeal invests $20 mn in Gojavas

Snapdeal has invested $100 million in the last six months to improve its delivery timelines by 70%

TinyOwl partners with Citrus to launch its own digital wallet

MyWallet will allow customers to make payments and also get instant refunds on cancelled orders

Bengaluru-based food-tech startup Dazo shuts down due to lack of funding

Company started off as an internet-based kitchen but pivoted to an aggregator of select restaurants

Online organic food brand Naturally Yours receives seed funding

The undisclosed amount was received from serial entrepreneur and angel investor Sanjay Mehta

Snapdeal announces investment of $20 million in logistics start-up Gojavas

This is Snapdeal's second round of investment in Gojavas, thus boosting its chances of winning the last mile race against Flipkart's Instakart, reports Tech in Asia

Abhay Singhal: What we can learn from China

The country provides a good peek into the future of mobiles, writes Abhay Singhal, co-founder and chief revenue officer at InMobi

Online organic food brand Naturally Yours receives seed funding

With this, the brand plans to expand to new product categories and increase product range

Lessons learned at a start-up accelerator

In Tech in Asia, Artur Akhmetzyanov shares his learnings from the first weeks at start-up accelerator muru-D Singapore

e-learning services provider Schoolguru raises Rs 20 cr from HNI investors

The funds will be used to impove the company's mobile and web-based platform

Assocham seeks tax-friendly environment for start-ups

Secretary General D S Rawat said taxpayers should be provided with facilitating services to encourage them to comply with the taxation rules

Snapdeal commits Rs 1,000 cr as 'capital assist' loans to SMEs

Aims to bring in a million on-board sellers in the next three years

Microsoft brings together start-ups to offer solutions for smart cities

Has identified more than 40 solution areas across eight city domains

Debunking the myths of Big Data

Despite the media hype about big data, the sad reality is that no one actually truly understands it, writes Sheji Ho in Tech in Asia

Apus to invest Rs 100 cr in Indian startups

The group was founded in 2014 and is among the top 10 developers on Google Play