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For years, experts have raised concerns about the low representation of women at senior levels in the corporate sector.

Chaayos, a technology-led cafe chain which sells a variety of tea and snacks, has raised $21.5 million in a mix of equity and debt funding round led by Think Investment.

Gurugram-based unicorn Rivigo has raised $20 million (Rs. 142 crore) in a Series F round of funding.

Pune-based XpressBees has raised $10 million in funding from existing investor Alibaba, according to regulatory filings of the company.

WMall, a Bengaluru-based social commerce start-up that sells kitchen items as well as women's beauty products, has raised Rs. 64 crore (approximately $9 million) in a Series B round of funding.

If reports are to be believed, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are in talks with Paytm parent company, One97 Communications to invest around Rs. 2,200-2,500cr ($300-350mn) in the digital payments company.

Bengaluru-based home-furnishing company Urban Ladder has raised $12mn in an internal funding round from Kalaari Capital, Saif Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Steadview Capital.

Bengaluru-based food delivery start-up Swiggy has raised $100mn (a little over Rs. 642.5 crore) in a Series F funding round led by South African media conglomerate Naspers joined by Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan-Dianping.

The valuation of home-grown digital payments giant Paytm, owned by Noida-based One97 Communications, is likely to jump to $10bn after some existing and former employees sell a part of their shares to new investors, including Canada-based Discovery Capital. Information about other investors isn't available yet.

E-commerce giant Flipkart is reportedly in talks to pick up a significant stake in online ticketing platform BookMyShow to build out its services and transaction offering.

Zomato is having a good run.

This festival season, India will witness one of the biggest e-commerce wars. Reports show that Paytm Mall's budget, for cash back, marketing, and promotions for September-October, is a whopping amount of Rs. 1,000 crore.

India has seen its fair share of start-up success and failures stories. A start-up begins with a vision but to make it a reality, it often needs funding. One of the ways to go about it is via venture capitals

Paytm appears to be readying itself to become the third major e-commerce entity besides Flipkart and Amazon in India. It recently shifted 800 employees from One97 Communications to Paytm Ecommerce Pvt Ltd which runs Paytm Mall.

GoZoomo made headlines when the firm decided that they would give back the unused money it had raised from the investors, as it was closing down.

The Bengaluru-based online furniture store Urban ladder has raised about Rs 102 crore in a Series E round from existing and new investors.

GoZoomo, founded in 2014, set-out to tackle the issue of mistrust in used-car maketplace space.