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What one must know before wanting to join a start-up
Holachef founder Saurabh Saxena wrote this email to a prospective employee. After reading it, he decided to join -- more than ever
 "What one must know before wanting to join a start-up")
Founder's Diary: Successful steps to equity crowd funding
Tushar Srivastava, founder and CEO of Nurturey.com, explores the evaluation process he undertook to raise funds for his start-up
 "Founder's Diary: Successful steps to equity crowd funding")
Boss, can we have a bridge round please?
A quirky take on current valuation concerns and ensuing fund-raising crunch by Anand Lunia of India Quotient
 "Boss, can we have a bridge round please?")
Mob of angry real estate agents attacks start-up NoBroker
The founders of NoBroker say that the growing scale of the firm's operations are what ticked off the broker community in Bengaluru, reports Tech in Asia
 "Mob of angry real estate agents attacks start-up NoBroker")
Nilekani invests in mobile product firm Mubble
Mubble is an app that smartphone users track to control their telecom spends and, more importantly, their mobile data usage
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Narayana Murthy invests in Coverfox while Nandan Nilekani backs Mubble
Murthy's private investment firm, Catamaran Ventures invested $14 million in Coverfox in a series B round, reports Tech in Asia
 "Narayana Murthy invests in Coverfox while Nandan Nilekani backs Mubble")
British telco New Call acquires public wi-fi provider Ozone Networks
With this acquisition, New Call looks to take on telco giants like Bharati Airtel, Tata Teleservices, and Idea Cellular in India, reports Tech in Asia
 "British telco New Call acquires public wi-fi provider Ozone Networks")
Suvidhaa acquires mobile PoS platform AasaanPay
AasaanPay is a device that can be plugged into a mobile phone to be used for credit or debit card transactions
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Snapdeal and FreeCharge launch new mobile wallet
The wallet is being rolled out in partnership with Fino and is a challenge toPaytm, reports Tech in Asia
 "Snapdeal and FreeCharge launch new mobile wallet")
Suvidhaa Infoserve acquires point of sale start-up Aasaanpay
Suvidhaa plans to use Aasaanpay's technology to tap into the 150 million cards issued by the Indian government under the Jandhan Yojana, reports Tech in Asia
Snapdeal founders, Helion, Exfinity invest $ 4.25 mn in MoEngage
The mobile user analytics and engagement startup will help Snapdeal in India's mobile app wars
 "Snapdeal founders, Helion, Exfinity invest $ 4.25 mn in MoEngage")
This week in Asian start-ups
Tech in Asia presents you with the hottest Asian start-ups making the news
BPO 4.0 can create the next million jobs in Rural India
Create the next back office boom from start-ups that is focused on rural India
 "BPO 4.0 can create the next million jobs in Rural India")
Now, a venture fund for women entrepreneurs
Saha Fund sees investment from Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Mohandas Pai, Avinash Vashistha
 "Now, a venture fund for women entrepreneurs")
Getting a genie to work for you
Haptik combines search and commerce to help users get things done with a message
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thredUP raises $81 mn
Global Round-Up
NASSCOM inaugurates start-up warehouse in Kochi
This warehouse is part of NASSCOM's 10,000 start-ups programme supported by Google, Microsoft, Kotak, IBM and AWS
 "NASSCOM inaugurates start-up warehouse in Kochi")
YatraGenie raises funds in Series-A round
Fund will be used to expand ops in Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
 "YatraGenie raises funds in Series-A round")
NASSCOM inaugurates start-up warehouse in Kochi
Collaborates with Kerala govt to establish ecosystem for entrepreneurs, mentors, investors