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Office visit before choosing a career
Mumbai-based start-up Purple Squirrel Eduventures is helping students decide on their careers through industrial visits
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TalentSprint buys Java Learning
The combined capacity will rise to 30,000 trainees a year by 2020, TalentSprint said in a release
Bansals-backed Ather Energy raises $12 mn from Tiger Global
Bengaluru-based start-up looks to launch first indigenously designed electric scooter by early next year
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Weight loss app Truweight raises Series A funding from Kalaari Capital
The undisclosed amount of funding will help Truweight to strengthen its presence across India
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Astarc Ventures invests Rs 6 cr in online home decor firm Renderlogy
Brick Eagle, a Mumbai-based private equity firm, also committed Rs 30 crore in Series-B to Renderlogy for later this year
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NoBroker.com eyes 20 cities for rental housing business
In March 2014, Fulcrum Ventures along with SAIF Partners had led a $3 million in Series A round of funding, in NoBroker.com
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Zostel in talks to raise $15 million from Tiger Global
Zostel had raised $1 million in a first round of funding from Malaysia-based angel investor Presha Paragash in May 2014
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Zoomcar to self-drive into 10 more cities
Plans to increase fleet to 3,500 from the current 1,200 cars
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Fighting poverty by helping find jobs
Bengaluru-based babajob.com is trying to help unorganised blue-collar workers get better employment
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Logisure.in launches operations in Hyderabad
The firm connects various stake holders of urban freight on a single platform
Narayana Murthy to head panel on startup funding platform
The panel will devise rules for a new funding platform for homegrown start-ups
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UY Technology launches 'empty outstation taxi' service in India
To raise $3 million to expand Taxi on Mobile services to 200 cities
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Nudgespot raises $650,000 in seed funding led by Kae Capital and angel investors
The funds will go towards marketing and product innovation and team expansion in India and the USA
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Perks of being a startup employee
Flexible work timings, stock options, a share in profits and a better work-life balance are being offered to compensate for lower salaries
Sylvant to help 8 education startups raise $6 mn
The group has so far raised Rs 6 crore for three of the companies
Byond Travel to raise up to $3 million this year
Plans to scale up to 300 destinations across 100 countries in six to nine months from now
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Sylvant Network to help 8 education startups raise $6 million
The group has so far raised Rs 6 crore for three of the companies
Finance Secy meets start-ups, discusses various problems
Promises to resolve taxation issues
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Bachchan family invests in Singapore firm Meridian Tech
Father-son duo, Amitabh and Abhishek, has invested through RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme
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