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Housing.com tries to put its house in order
Of its five verticals - rent, buy, land, short stays and commercial - Housing has now decided to focus only on the rent and buy segments
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Odisha to promote 60,000 start-ups in FY16
Cluster development has been adopted as a strategy for enhancing competitiveness and capacity building of micro and small enterprises
Unilazer Ventures invests Rs 15 crore in Timesaverz
Timesaverz, a 2-hub operational firm two years ago, today caters to one service request every 3 secs via a 1,000-plus partner network in five metros
 "Unilazer Ventures invests Rs 15 crore in Timesaverz")
CallHealth to launch integrated healthcare services from Sept
Satyam's R Raju's daughter-in-law invests Rs 60 cr via holding company
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Umesh Yadav turns angel investor, funds fashion start-up Fashionove
The Kolkata-based startup plans to expand to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru soon
 "Umesh Yadav turns angel investor, funds fashion start-up Fashionove")
How MySmartPrice.com is helping users buy smart, online
Sulakshan Kumar started MySmartPrice with just two laptops and an Internet connection
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How Renderlogy brings strong technology to online home decor
Shailesh Goswami is founder and CEO of Renderlogy, the world's first online and automated interior home decor solutions provider
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How Vinay Sanghi took Cartrade.com to Forbes' top 10 list
Cartrade.com has made it to the Forbes' top 10 list of sharply focused e-commerce players in India
 "How Vinay Sanghi took Cartrade.com to Forbes' top 10 list")
On-demand home services platform Timesaverz raises Rs 15 crore from Unilazer
Company will use funds to expand to new markets, launch new services
 "On-demand home services platform Timesaverz raises Rs 15 crore from Unilazer")
PayU, 50K Ventures & CIIE-Ahmedabad tie up to create eco-system for startups
The focus of this initiative is to make SMEs use online payment systems, get more women entrepreneurs use the online platform
 "PayU, 50K Ventures & CIIE-Ahmedabad tie up to create eco-system for startups")
Taxi app GrabTaxi raises $350 million from CIC, investors
The startup has raised a total of about $700 million after the latest fundraising
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Fashion startup Roposo raises $15 million from Tiger Global
Will use the funds to strengthen team, build tech infrastructure
HyperVerge raises $1 million from venture capital firms
Investors include NEA, Milliways Ventures and Naya Ventures
AskMe invests $20 mn in MebelKart
AskMe aims to make significant strides into rapidly growing online furniture and designer furniture marketplace
Venture funds need to go beyond e-commerce startups: Sinha
Says foreign funds are required in sectors like manufacturing, biotech and solar which can solve India's problems
 "Venture funds need to go beyond e-commerce startups: Sinha")
Vista Rooms plans to expand to Tier-II, Tier-III cities
It has partnered Burgeon Hotels and Resorts which will help the online hospitality startup in auditing, training and ensuring standardised quality
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Zoojoo.be raises $1 mn from US-based RoundGlass Partners
Company to use funds for product enhancements
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Ratan Tata reads YourStory, and writes a cheque for it
Vani Kola, Karthee Madasamy, T V Mohandas Pai also invest in the media startup
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Shadowfax raises $300,000 from Snapdeal deal founders, others
Launched in May, Shadowfax has an average delivery volume processing of 3,000 orders a day
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