Weekly Summary: All The Exciting Funding and M&A Activity & New Product Launches

Looks like we just went through the most exciting week of the quarter with loads of money being pumped into startups, a big bang acquisition and some smaller ones. There were around 13 reported funding and M&A related activities this week. Software R&D service provider GlobalLogic was acquired by private equity firm Apax Partners for $420 mn. E-commerce company Flipkart raised another $160 mn adding to the $200 mn it raised in in July. Steve Wozniak backed low powered bluetooth device Gecko, successfully raised $50,000 through crowd funding platform Indiegogo.

The week also saw the announcement of launch date for Apple iPhone 5S and 5C in India and also Google started the pre-order for its new Chromebook series through Flipkart.

Our guest authors wrote resourceful and insightful  pieces throwing insights on topic like ‘Demystifying Exit Negotiations For Startups‘ and ‘Can smartphone camera replace the point-and-shoot or DSLR‘. If you missed some of our posts, here’s a summary for you.

Editorially Recommended Articles –

• Support May Soon Be The ‘Only’ Marketing

• Sachin Tendulkar:An Entrepreneur. An Inspiration [“The match starts much, much earlier than the actual match”]

• Demystifying Exit Negotiations For Startups: When Things Go Well & When They Don’t!

• #MobileLife : Can your smartphone camera replace the point-and-shoot or DSLR?

• Stop Glorifying Failure. Failure is Not Fun. It’s Not Cool to Fail.

• Lessons from a Founder : Make Happy Customers [Not Make Customers Happy]

——— Channel : Indian Startups / Resources ———

• Bottoms Up: Of Gecko’s Crowdfunding Success & Commodification of Capital

• Visually Challenged Entrepreneur Brings Light Into Others Lives, Meet Bhavesh Bhatia [Doer]

• 5 Ways This Startup Funded Itself : Employees $ Included.

• How Venue Booking Service LocalOye Hustled to Generate Revenues Even Before Launch

• JustUnfollow Hits 5 million users, acquhires JustMigrate and 3Crumbs

• Travelling Abroad? Use Suggestme to Get Personalized City Maps Home Delivered Before You Start

• Starting A Business In India Got Tougher Since Last Year: World Bank Report

• Heeduser Brings You a Kickass Tool to Create, Manage and Engage Your Brand Community

• Wondering If You Really Need a Pre-Sales Role in Your Product Startup? Answer These Questions

• Trip38, Your Travel Manager At Your Fingertips [Video]

———- Channel : India Online

• Snapdeal Enters Recommerce Business; To Buy Used Gadgets

• Short Take: The New Yahoo Mail With 1TB Storage

• After Flipkart, Amazon Launches Shopping App for Android Users in India

• Cabinet Approves National Identification Authority of India Bill

• Coming Soon: YouTube on Indian Television

• Is Social Media Accountable for Paid News At All? The Election Commission Might Want to Think Again

• Why do Indian shoppers buy online? Convenience, Discounts & Variety

——— Channel : APPS/ Stuff

• Amazingly Well Done Product Demo Videos

• With Ask A Doctor App, the Doc Will Come to Your Smartphone

• Car Maker Ford to Work With App Developers; To Bring AppLink to Indian Cars in 2014

• Google & Spice Mobility Launch Android Experience Store, AndroidLand in India

• Google Chromebook Available In India From October 17th

• iPhone 5S Sale In India To Start On November 1st, along with iPhone 5C

• Read This Before You Buy a Micromax Tablet

• MapMyIndia Launches Social Navigation App, Explore : Available First on Windows Phone Appstore

• Malicious Android App Download Grows Over 40% QoQ; India High on Threat Ranking

—–Channel: Indian Startup Funding/Deal Flow

• Flipkart Adds $160 mn To Latest Round of Funding

• Apax Partners Acquires GlobalLogic for $420 Mn

• The Wozniak Touch: Bangalore Based Gecko Successfully Raises $50,000 on Indiegogo

• Data Center Automation Startup Idea Device raises $4 mn from Sequoia Capital

• Unbxd Raises $2 mn from Inventus Capital & IDG Ventures

• Collaboration Software Company uniRow Raises $1 mn from Global Investors

• Biopharma Company Theramyt Novobiologics Raises Rs 27.5 Cr From Accel Partners & Others

• iSPIRT Partners with Investment Banking Firm Signal Hill to Facilitate M&A for Product Startups

• Financial Education Portal IndianMoney Raises Funding From Hyderabad Angels

• TravelKhana Raises Undisclosed Funding From Palaash Ventures & Others

• Makers of Rural Utility Vehicle Evomo Raise Funds from IIM- A’s Incubation Center

• Mobile Ad Startup Pokkt Raises Angel Funding from Jungle Ventures & Samir Bangara

• Nagpur Based Touristlink Raises Seed Funding From Kenyan Accelerator 88mph

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