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From quantity to quality: Building an education revolution

Siddharth Tata from Acumen global venture writes that his firm is keen to find and support innovative solutions to improve the quality of education for children

Tech blog YourStory secures undisclosed amount in Series A funding

With fresh funding, YourStory aims to launch a platform to allow users to publish stories in Hindi, Telugu, Bangla, Kannada, Tamil and Marathi, reports Tech in Asia

InMobi expects d-commerce to drive business in India

Its Miip platform is expected to help firms such as Amazon to reach out to more than 120 mn users and create over five billion discovery sessions every month

Ozonetel launches speech recognition technology

By using the technology, businesses can market their services to rural population without having to worry about the education level of such target audiences

Housing acquires HomeBuy360 for $2 million

The acquisition will enable developers, agents and buyers to interact on a single platform

Mobikon acquires analytics start-up Trii.be for an undisclosed amount

Now, Mobikon can add a customer feedback management tool to its offerings by using Trii.be's analytics dashboard, reports Tech in Asia

The Chinese tech companies affected by the Tianjin blast

Tencent, Liepin, 58.com, Tianhe-1A, HP and Sohu are some of the firms that were affected by the blast, reports Tech in Asia

Indian developer platforms: Where art thou?

While many Indian companies, especially in ecommerce space, have built businesses around transacting parties -- buyers and sellers -- developer platforms have been largely absent

Dream decor for dream homes

Bengaluru-based e-commerce start-up Livspace is addressing the home design and decor market through innovation

Amazon backs fashion site

Who What Wear, a Los Angeles-based shoppable fashion site with 3.8 million users, has closed an $8 million Series-B round of funding, with participation from Amazon and Bertelsmann Digital Media Inves

Why Ola and Amazon are hiring ex-soldiers

While Ola will mostly involve these former soldiers as drivers, Amazon plans to engage them in logistics, reports Tech in Asia

Rahul Yadav to launch his new venture soon

"I'll be back, 30 days to go. Is the world ready?," said the former Housing.com CEO on Facebook

GrabTaxi raises $400 mn in a round led by China's sovereign wealth fund

Besides GrabTaxi, sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corp (CIC) has also backed China-based Didi Kuaidi

E-grocers up the ante as BigBasket raises $50 million

The round was led by Bessemer Ventures with participation from all other existing investors

Politically motivated groups threaten to shut Uber in Mumbai

The groups, including the Mumbai Autorickshaw-Taximen's Union (MAU), have resorted to violence; assaulting drivers, damaging cars, and stealing equipment, reports Tech in Asia

Pakistani start-up Markhor accepted by Y Combinator

This is the first Pakistani start-up to be granted admission into the prestigious start-up accelerator, reports Tech in Asia

How Townista is changing the way people spend their leisure time

Townista helps users reduce their search time for events and activities from 40 minutes to seven minutes, reports Tech in Asia

Mutual funds start-up Scripbox raises Rs 16 crore in Series-A funding

The mutual funds start-up received the funding from Accel Partners and a group of angel investors and they plan to utilise this funding to further consolidate its presence and expand its customer base

Law firms, consultancies jump on the start-up bandwagon

EY plans to ramp up its global accelerating entrepreneurship progamme in India in the coming months

Bengaluru rising in ranking