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Paytm invests $10 mn in logistics data start-up
Move in line with company's overall objective of investing to the tune of $150 mn in over a dozen Indian startup ventures
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Troubles galore for Housing.com
The real-estate start-up has been in news for various reasons for the past one month
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Start-up The Man Company bets on the vanity of Indian men
The Man Company raised an angel round of funding from the head of Microsoft India, country manager of Airbnb India and others, reports Tech in Asia
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An ecosystem sprouts to take the chemicals out of Indian agriculture
Several funds and accelerators are supporting start-ups solving the problem of excessive pesticides in Indian farms, reports Tech in Asia
 "An ecosystem sprouts to take the chemicals out of Indian agriculture")
Groupon to cut 1,100 jobs, to exit from 7 countries
Groupon has taken a hit as it experienced stiff competition from other deals sites like LivingSocial and OpenTable, reports Tech in Asia
How start-up SayPay is making online payments more secure
Through voice recognition, SayPay is providing Indian customers with access to more secure payment options, reports Tech in Asia
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Stars shine on the start-up parade
Flush with funds, Big Basket, OLX, Quikr, First Cry and many others are using celebrity endorsers to build their brands
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This Shanghai start-up delivers cook-at-home meals to expats
Saucepan is still in its early days and is eyeing a $1.26 million funding target, reports Tech in Asia
Jungle Ventures to close $100-mn funding by December
Investors include Kumar Malavalli, Temasak, Featherlite and Thakral Group
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Has Uber opened Pandora's box by launching carpool in India?
Bengalureans now join commuters in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Austin and Paris who have been using UberPool from late last year, reports Tech in Asia
Playing the VC game versus bootstrapping
When playing the VC game, avoid external funding and instead consider bootstrapping, writes Stuart Lansdale in Tech in Asia
Naveen Tewari: Culture is key to organisational success
Naveen Tewari, founder and CEO of InMobi, explains why culture is an important ingredient for the working of an organisation
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International data roaming: a market primed for disruption
Is the data roaming market ripe for disruption, especially for the huge increase of smartphone Asian global travellers? Tech in Asia finds out
Flipkart moves closer to going app-only
Flipkart has made several of the products on its website available only via a download of its app, reports Tech in Asia
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MIT Institute launches accelerator programme for edtech start-ups
Entrepreneurs to be given Rs 15 lakh initial seed funding for a minority stake (sub-10%)
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Kickstarter focuses on altruism over profit
Kickstarter donates 5% of after-tax profits to causes that combat inequality
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This week in Asian start-ups
Tech in Asia presents you with the hottest Asian start-ups making the news
An alternative to the Uber and Airbnb model
In Tech in Asia, Sangeet Paul Choudary, author of Platform Scale, shows entrepreneurs how to make emerging business models work
Housing tries to reverse its cash burn through acquisitions
Housing acquired Plat, a networking app for real estate agents and BigBHK, a property management software, reports Tech in Asia
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