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BigBasket to invest $100 mn to set up vending machines, distribution points
Another area where the company is investing is in towards setting up unmanned vending machines - BB Instant - in office and apartment complexes
 "BigBasket to invest $100 mn to set up vending machines, distribution points")
Clear your doubts in mathematics instantly with this ed-tech start-up
The company will use the fresh capital to deepen and widen its product offerings in terms of subjects, languages and classes and expand its team
 "Clear your doubts in mathematics instantly with this ed-tech start-up")
Setu, a money bridge that doubles up as drawing board for fintech products
Setu builds platforms that offer secure transactions and a drawing-board for new financial products at the same time
 "Setu, a money bridge that doubles up as drawing board for fintech products")
Kishore Biyani's Foodhall plans to tap 2-hour e-deliveries segment
The company has entered into a strategic partnership with Scootsy, a hyper-local delivery platform
 "Kishore Biyani's Foodhall plans to tap 2-hour e-deliveries segment")
Key deals last week: Eight Roads' $4-mn infusion in Arevuk Advisory & more
There were 12 PE deals worth $20.86 million with 1 private equity exit in the last seven days ended April 17, 2019
 "Key deals last week: Eight Roads' $4-mn infusion in Arevuk Advisory & more")
How Indian startups are helping global shipping firms adopt new tech
Indian startups are helping global shipping firms adopt new technologies to make their operations cutting-edge
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Fall in early-stage start-up funding continues: deal value down 37% in Q1
This comes on the back of 27 per cent drop in angel investment deals and 50 per cent drop in deal volumes in 2018
 "Fall in early-stage start-up funding continues: deal value down 37% in Q1")
Unacademy: Helping people turn educators to millions of students
The $117-million start-up gets over 100 million video views a month and has 400,000 daily active users; its promoters have a mission to make it the world's largest online education platform
 "Unacademy: Helping people turn educators to millions of students")
P2P lending firms to get a leg up with easing of investment cap
RBI is mulling allowing individual investors to raise their exposure to P2P lending start-ups to Rs 25 lakh as against Rs 10 lakh at present
 "P2P lending firms to get a leg up with easing of investment cap")
This start-up has put its money on education loans for short-term courses
Founded in 2016 by Varun Chopra, Raheel Shah and Atul Sashittal, the tech-driven NBFC offers educational loans for skill training and development
 "This start-up has put its money on education loans for short-term courses")
OxfordCaps looks to disrupt student-housing market dominated by PG segment
OxfordCaps helps provide a hassle-free and technology-driven living experience to Gen Z students
 "OxfordCaps looks to disrupt student-housing market dominated by PG segment")
Travel community platform Tripoto raises Rs 25 crore from VCs
Video content and holiday marketplace have been the fastest growing verticals for Tripoto in the past 12 months
 "Travel community platform Tripoto raises Rs 25 crore from VCs")
Angel investors back Delhi-based heathcare service provider Digilooks
Digilooks, founded by Sushant Sharma, in April 2018, currently has operations in Delhi NCR, Jammu and Meerut
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Dream comes true: How Harsh Jain, Bhavit Sheth became fantasy sports champs
Following their passion has finally paid off for the two with their fantasy sports platform Dream11 entering the unicorn club this week with a valuation of over $1 billion
 "Dream comes true: How Harsh Jain, Bhavit Sheth became fantasy sports champs")
With Cred, we want to make credit cards more powerful: CEO Kunal Shah
Shah believes that Cred, which incentivises credit card payments with reward points, may just help card firms take on the wallets
 "With Cred, we want to make credit cards more powerful: CEO Kunal Shah")
Y Combinator-backed Cashfree gets $5.5Mn funding led By Korea's Smilegate
Notable investors George Osborne, former UK Finance Minister, and Vellayan Subbiah, former MD of Cholamandalam Investment also took part in this round
 "Y Combinator-backed Cashfree gets $5.5Mn funding led By Korea's Smilegate")
Start-ups pitch niche female wellness products via social media channel
Nuawoman launched its services in January 2018 and currently has an online community of over a 100,000, well over 50 per cent of which are regular transacting customers
 "Start-ups pitch niche female wellness products via social media channel")
How New Street Tech is transforming the finance sector through blockchain
New Street Technologies, a Bengaluru-based start-up, claims to have developed a blockchain platform that can help finance companies process loans in less than an hour
 "How New Street Tech is transforming the finance sector through blockchain")
Startup action plan: 120 ventures get patents, 1 granted in just 101 days
Steps taken by the department has led to the grant of a patent in only 101 days to a startup, MicroGO LLP
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BharatPe raises Rs 107 cr funding from Insight Partners, Sequoia, Beenext
The company provides merchants with interoperable UPI QR codes
