Weekly Recap : Interesting Posts on Startups/India Biz..and More

Few selected posts published last week [Nov 3rd – 9th]

[+] indicates articles that had good discussion/insights.

Startups Profiled

• LeadSimplified helps you manage Sales Leads
• Bandhan – Matrimony (Meta) Search Engine [+]
• Locomi takes Facebook route – redirects homepage to it’s FB app
• MingleBox changes track..focuses on Education [+]
• Valklub : Discount Coupon Service Delivered on your Mobile [++]
• Ubona powers Tata Sky’s call center
• askLaila testing click to call service (Google failed to implement in India) [+]
• OnYoMo powers Reliance’s Local Search on Mobile
• MobMe Partners with Malayalam Daily, 44K Registrations in a day
• RouteGuru to power Zoomtra’s Driving Direction

Funding

• Myntra raises $5mn from NEA-IUV, IDG Ventures and Accel
• Carwale raises $7mn from Sierra Ventures
• Mobile VAS player TeleDNA Raises $10Mn from Peepul Capital
• CleanTech startup D.light Design secures $5.5mn

Otherwise Interesting:

• ISRO’s Bhuvan to beat Google Earth [+++]
• Nokia Life Tools for the Indian Rural Market
• Rediff Q2 Revenue Shows Slump, Traffic Flattening?
• BSNL launches voice based ‘Mandi on Mobile’ for live commodity feed
• Top Confusions in Digital Media [+]

Tech

• Wikipedia Helps a poor man pass his 11th grade exams
• Free Microsoft products for students [+]
• Salesforce shows it’s Force
• Mobile News: mChek PCI DSS 1.2 Certified, Rediff Mobile

TriedPool

• MyDuniya shuts down [+]
• TriedPool..not DeadPool [++]

Misc

• Bharti changes Brand Identity – to diversify into Retail, Financial and Agriculture Business
• Zapak takes ad-supported Mobile Gaming Route
• TiE-ISB 2008 Winners [++]
• Qn: Virtual SIM Hosting or Short Codes?