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Goldman Sachs leads $100-mn investment in furniture startup Pepperfry.com
Largest investment raised by sector-focused e-tail player
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Haryana guidelines on industrial plots may hurt SMEs
2,400 applications have been scrapped and fresh allotment will happen post e-auctions
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Organised plywood firms pin hopes on GST to improve market
Hope price advantage enjoyed by unorganised manufacturers would diminish gradually
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Kartik Wahi: Lessons from my entrepreneurial journey - II
Taking the journey further, Claro Energy co-founder Kartik Wahi, in this second part, gives a glimpse of the world after those first steps
Kartik Wahi: Lessons from my entrepreneurial journey - I
In the first of a four-part series, Claro Energy co-founder Kartik Wahi takes you through his entrepreneurial journey
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redBus launches service in Malaysia, Singapore
100,000 seats available for sale daily
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Box8 aims at expanding services to 5 cities by year-end
Company is starting operations in Chennai next month, followed by NCR
LocalBanya wants to cover 250 cities in the next two years
Plans to expand to 20 cities from the current six within this year
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Nexus Venture Partners leads $4 mn investment in Canadian start-up Procurify
Procurify is used in more than 58 countries and is the go-to solution for a variety of industries and institutions
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Start-up Street: Indian Angel Network member invests in Shopatplaces
Company plans to improve marketing to reach, to roll out app to shop on the go
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Online capital goods retailer Omnikart raises $100,000 seed fund
The startup company has set up operations in Powai and Ghatkopar, Mumbai and has so far processed 1,000 orders
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Real estate brokers network raises $1 million from Lightspeed India
Network actively used by 25,000 brokers across India
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Analytics start-up IQLECT raises Rs 12 cr from Exfinity Venture Partners
This is Exfinity's first investment in analytics; it has invested in 6 firms from the first fund, which has a corpus of Rs 125 cr
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Yuvraj Singh-funded YouWeCan Ventures invests in JetSetGo
Company provides charter customers for the first time choice to book a private jet online
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Mashable to launch in India by August
The portal has joined hands with Zee Entertainment Enterprises promoted India.com
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VeggyKart to raise Rs 19-cr in Series-A
Will use proceeds to acquire customers and expand business beyond Gurgaon
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Sequoia Capital invests $20 mn in MedGenome
Abhay Pandey, Managing Director of Sequoia Capital, to join Board
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Gujarat start-up in talks with watchmakers to produce safety gear
Device does not need to be connected to any smartphone and can automatically sense and send data
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