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For start-ups, investors' 'no' is more common than dollar deals over cups of coffee

If investors spend time thinking of their misses, they are busy planning for exits as well. The typical window is seven to 10 years. Till then, they are part of the dizzying valuation game

News, short & digestible

Mobile app News In Shorts, which summarises trending stories in 60 words or less, raises $20 million

Digital health firms raise $6.9 mn from VCs in Q2 FY15

9 deals reported in Q2 compared to none a year ago

Loylty Rewardz raises Rs 120 cr

Ventureast & Canaan Partners have exited the company

Foxconn founder Terry Gou to meet Bengaluru start-ups today

Gou will meet executives of around 20 companies

Big firms' honchos fuelling exodus from start-ups

On Jul 10, matrimony portal Shaadi.com appointed Aditya Save as chief marketing officer and Ketan Doshi as chief technology officer

TiE Chennai to help colleges set up tech incubators

Faculty members from over 30 colleges to participate

Practo Technologies acquires Genii

The 11-member team of Genii and its founders Varun Vohra and Aditya Anand will join Practo and move to Bengaluru

Infinity Assurance raises Rs 3.84 crore from IAN

The money will be used to strengthen the research and development of the company

Retail investors can take MF route for start-up IPOs

Sebi's recently cleared regulations for listing of these entities allow QIBs, which include funds; minimum trading size is Rs 10 lakh

News In Shorts raises $20 million from Tiger Global in Series B funding

The series B round of funding will be primarily used for expansion of the team and further improvement of the app's user experience

Gray Matters India to raise Rs 12-cr by year-end

Received funding of Rs 4.5-cr from Michael and Susan DELL Foundation in Nov 2013

After raising money from Ratan Tata, Coimbatore-based Ampere now plans to raise Rs 20 cr

Ampere is the first automobile start-up investment for Tata

Saavn gets $100 mn from investors led by Tiger Global

Saavn plans to invest in long-term product development and aggressive customer acquisition with the funds

MoveInSync eases office travel time, cuts costs for firms

The pay-as-you-use employee transport solution is being used by over 20 firms, including Google India

Universal Sportsbiz gets Rs 46 cr from Accel Partners

The second round of funding follows the initial investment by Accel Partners of Rs 17.25 cr in July, 2012

Why Saif Partners backed Zoomo, a market place for pre-owned cars

Zoomo aims to replicate a trusted friend by becoming a full-stack P2P marketplace wherein all cars come with a comprehensive pre-inspection report and warranty

Paperboat maker rasies Rs 182 crore from Catamaran, Footprint Ventures

Plans to use the funds to add third manufacturing facility in Nanjangud near Mysore

Will investors back Rahul Yadav again?

Business Standard speaks to a dozen of investors over the weekend and finds it is a divided house

MyCFO gets Rs 6.21 crore funding from Koticha

Plans to bring in senior talent, use technology to productise its existing services and expand its geographical reach