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Google Maps Founder Lars Rasmussen Joins LawAdvisor
How These Two Founders Met? The Co-founder of Google Maps Lars Rasmussen has joined Melbourne-based startup LawAdvisor as an investor and advisor. According to the news, Rasmussen recently participated in a seed funding round of $1 million in the legal-tech platform and decides to guide the LawAdvisor throughout its next stage

AI Startup Octo.ai Raises $200K
Artificial Intelligence Reaches the Next Level! About the funding Founded by Akshaya Aaron and Dipankar Sarkar, a Delhi-based AI startup, Octo.ai recently raises $200K from early stage investor Outbox Ventures, Rahul Khanna, managing partner of venture debt fund Trifecta Capital and Jaspreet Bindra, head of e-commerce at Mahindra & Mahindra.

Zzungry Food Startup Raises Funds From Silicon Valley
The growth of the food delivery industry once again! Founded in 2015, the Bangalore-based food startup Zzungry has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from entrepreneurs Satish Vasudeva and Madhusudhan Jujare along with a couple of other investors. Geographically, Silicon Valley dominates the destination of angel funds; Vasudeva and Jujare are

Acquisition Of Intelligent-Scheduling Startup Genee By Microsoft
Microsoft Step into Artificial Intelligence Sector by this Acquisition Recently, Microsoft acquired Genee, a startup that helps a user to schedule appointments by providing a virtual assistant. As per the deal, the Genee team will merge with Microsoft to work on introducing intelligence into Office 365. The service provided by

Kobe Bryant To Launch $100mn Investment Platform With Partner Jeff Stibel
Pro Athlete turned venture capitalist! Athlete turned VC Kobe Bryant makes in the news once again after his announcement of retiring post 2015-16 NBA season. Former American professional basketball player is all set to launch a $100mn investment fund along with investor Jeff Stibel. According to the Wall Street Journal,

Apple Takes Over Personal Health Data Startup Gliimpse
Now, sharing your health report becomes easy! The Acquisition Story Recently, as per the reports, Apple Inc. has acquired Gliimpse, a California-based personal health data startup. Founded in 2013 by Anil Sethi, a former Apple systems engineer, went to start a number of health tech startups like Xlipstream and Pinch

Myntra Is Planning To Open Its First Physical Store This Year
From Online to Offline Myntra decided to open its first offline store in the coming months by setting its omnichannel stratagem into the place so that it can target $1 billion in profitability and sales next fiscal. The main focus of the company is to enhance the operational competence and

Startup Couponhaat Brings The Best E-commerce Deals On A Single Platform
Couponhaat aao, Paise bachaon! Inception Founder of a discount and coupon web store Couponhaat, Vipin Kumar Yadav says, “I noticed e-commerce portals were providing deals and coupons on almost every product. I was tempted to keep checking for the best offer but then buying an item would become a tedious

500px Finds Innovative Way To Search For Photos By Designs Or Colors
Don’t Write it, Just Splash it! Find Out That Perfect Photo with Splash 500px, a stock photo service that formed an innovative way to discover photos, not based on textual details but on colors and colors. Recently, the company launched a search engine, Splash that allows the user to simply choose

Ride In Style With Ola’s Recent Launch Of Prime SUVs
Ola’s new range of SUVs lets you travel with friends or family, or Both! Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation has recently launched Ola Prime SUVs and sedans. Carrying up to six passengers, the Ola Prime SUV range includes top-notch cars such as Toyota Innova, Maruti Suzuki Ertiga,