Weekly Summary: Over $50 mn Raised by Internet & Tech Cos; Insights From Scott Cook & More

This week saw lots of funding activity in the country. Komli Media raised $30 million from PE Fund Peepul Capital and existing investors, Homeshop18 raised $14 million from GS Home Shopping and others, Ticketgoose raised ~ $3 mn from Indventure, Intel Capital Invested $65 million in 16 companies out of which two were from India. Car rental service Savaari was one of them. Sri Lanka also witnessed some funding activity with Venture Engine 2013 finalists securing around $760k in funding from Indian and Sri Lankan Angel Networks.

We also saw some interesting startups and product feature launches this week. Fade.li, an Ahmedabad based startup that will help you send self destructing emails. Instamojo launched new features to secure pdfs from piracy.Smart Mumbaikar launched a missed call based instant ride sharing system.

Some of our guest authors also shared some interesting insights on the startup world. Intuit Founder and CEO Scott Cook also shared some of his insights on the Intuit Experience.

For all those who missed out on some of the action on NextBigWhat last week, here is a quick recap.

– Editorially Recommended Articles –

• A Victim of Social Injustice To Heading A Multi Million Dollar Business. Kalpana Saroj [Doer]

• Startups: How to Get Mentored When You Don’t Have an Official Mentor

• Scott Cook’s Recipe For Lean Experiments : The Intuit Experience

• Lessons From World’s Largest E-Commerce Company: What Makes Amazon Amazon?

• Adobe’s Creative Cloud Crosses a Million Subscriptions in Q3. Why is that a big deal

• Picking The Initial Team VERY Carefully & Other Startup Lessons You Shouldn’t Miss

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

• Send Self Destructing E-mails With Fadeli. Don’t Worry, It Won’t Blow Up In Your Inbox

• Instamojo Adds Feature to Secure Pdf from Piracy; Great News for Digital Goods Sellers

• E-Commerce Firm Klisma in Talks To Sell Stake to Suitors: Report

• CollaborateCloud Brings the Power of Apps & Task Management To The Enterprise

• Pi of Life : The Value of Doing Things with Your Own Hands

• On Building Team Culture : This Entrepreneur Doesn’t Let The Team Work on Fridays and Weekends

• Negotiating Termsheets and Exit Options : Savvy Promoters Should Negotiate for Piggyback Rights

• Smartmumbaikar Launches Missed Call Based Instant Ridesharing;This Could Really Work!

• Cab Rental Service With Free Wi-Fi GoCarz, Shuts Down

• MadRat Games Sells 1 Lakh Copies of the Board Game; Launched 50 Products in 9 Months

• So You Want to Code? Essentials Skills To Become A Great Programmer

———- Channel : India Online

• JustDial Wants to Enable Online Transactions; Movie Ticketing, Cab Booking on the Cards; Q2 Profit Up 2.2%

• Election Commission Issues Social Media Guidelines For Election Campaigning; Asks Parties to Submit Budget Details

• All Hail the New Champion of Internet Policing: Manish Tewari

• Interview: One97?s Consumer Push & Plans for Paytm

• Airtel Digital TV Launches Live Tweet Feature. Now You Live Tweet While Watching Your Favourite Shows

• Feature Phones in India & Emerging Markets A Risk : Twitter (IPO Filing)

——— Channel : APPS/ Stuff

• Micromax Set to Launch in Russia by December; Wants to Take All of Europe Too

• Lenovo : We are Targeting 5-8% Smartphone Market Share in India in the Next 2 Years [Interview]

• Want to Browse The Internet Without A Data Connection? Try The Brownie App

• #MobileLife : All That The Smartphone Was Meant To Replace, But Did Not, For Me

• Indian Game Circulets by Hashstash Makes it to First iOS Indie Bundle

—–Channel: Indian Startup Funding

• Digital Ad Firm Komli Media Raises $30 mn from PE Fund Peepul Capital & Existing Investors
• Intel Capital Invests $65 mn in 16 Companies Including Car Rental Company Savaari

• Online Bus Ticketing Company Ticketgoose Secures Rs 18 cr from Indventure

• Sri Lanka’s Venture Engine Finalists Secure $760K Funding From Angel Networks

• Mitra Biotech Secures Funding from Tata Capital Innovations Fund

• US Startups Can Now Raise Capital in Exchange of Equity By Online Crowdfunding

• Homeshop18 Closes $14 mn Funding from GS Home Shopping & Others; Valued at $360 mn

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