Female coders at Masai School.

Getting startedPrateek, the CEO of Masai School, was previously the Co-founder and CEO of home rental startup Grabhouse.

The mode of instruction is at the physical centres via Scrum; Masai School doesn’t offer any online courses.

Market landscape and futureA 2018 report by India Skills says around 48 percent of engineers in the country are unemployed.

As of now, the Masai School founders want to cater only to startups in India, and not the corporate services segment. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574652610.2899206/How-Bengaluru-based-Masai-School-aims-to-bridge-the-skills-gap-and-turn-engineers-into-coders?ref=audio_experience

Discovery Capital, an existing shareholder in the Noida-headquartered firm, also took part in the latest funding round.“It’s a $1 billion raise led by T Rowe Price,” said Vijay Shekhar Sharma , CEO of One97 Communications , Paytm’s parent.

“SoftBank has pumped in $200 million while Ant Financial has invested $400 million at a $16 billion valuation.”This takes the total investment raised by the company to about $3.5 billion.

Over the course of the next three years, Paytm will invest Rs 10,000 crore to acquire customers and merchants in smaller towns, and online merchants.

Its standalone revenue rose marginally to Rs 3,319 crore from Rs 3,229 crore in FY18.

Phone-Pe’s losses amounted to Rs 1,904.72 crore with revenue from operations at Rs 184 crore while Amazon Pay reported a loss of Rs 1,160.8 crore for FY19. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574650806.9802048/Paytm-gets-$1-billion-topup-in-latest-financing-round?ref=audio_experience

Their stories and those of other elements of the country—from the majestic Mysuru Palace to the lore of the ‘chocolate town’ of Ooty—are now being deservedly spotlighted in the form of short, factual, and insightful videos by digital story-telling platform MINDIA.

MINDIA (pronounced ‘MIND-IA’) is an initiative of its parent company, Inner Eye World Films, a film production house.

And, so far, team MINDIA has managed to put its most creative foot forward with their visual stories.

The founding trio know each other from working together at Inner Eye World Films.

“I had started Inner Eye about decade ago,” says Ganesh, adding, “Sujit joined as an associate director while Arjun joined as an intern with Inner Eye. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574649006.4677432/1M-views,-5K-subscribers:-how-this-digital-storytelling-platform-is-grabbing-eyeballs-with-India’s-unsung-stories?ref=audio_experience

By following a methodical process and implementing tips from experts, you can make yourself a good decisionmaker and a more respected leader.

Tips to Guide you through the Decision-Making ProcessEven with a good process, decision-making is a learned skill that can be difficult to master.

Rather than waiting for everything to be perfect, use the best information that you have to be an efficient decision-maker.

Making good decisions can determine your success as a businessperson and as a leader.

As a result, it’s important to regularly improve upon your decision-making skills and to consistently work to become a great decision-maker. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574647209.795483/Becoming-a-Great-Decisionmaker?ref=audio_experience

With this investment, Paytm hopes to bring low-cost mobile enabled financial services to rural India.

This new investment by our current and new investors is a reaffirmation of our commitment to serve Indians with new-age financial services."

The company has also taken an audacious goal this fiscal to enable 20 million retail merchants to accept digital payments through Paytm QR.

Widening lossesWhile Paytm looks flush with funds, the financial situation of the company seems to be shaky.

At present, Paytm counts Softbank, Ant Financial (Alipay), Alibaba Group, SAIF Partners, and Berkshire Hathaway, as its investors. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574645408.7559283/[Funding-Alert]-Paytm-raises-$1B-in-funding-from-Softbank-and-others-at-$16B-valuation?ref=audio_experience

Stephen Inoue once said, “Character is what you do after you’ve made a mistake."

But the leadership realised their mistake and corrected it in a few months time.

For more inspiration, we have a bouquet of startup stories lined up for you!

Founded in 2015, the startup, which focuses on retail, FMCG, and ecommerce, has raised $20.3 million across five funding rounds.

In a country where 95 percent of the population lacks access to health insurance, here’s what the startup plans to solve. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574643607.5239735/Character-is-what-you-do-after-a-mistake---your-startup-fix-for-the-week?ref=audio_experience

In this edition, Licious - the Bengaluru-based meat brand.

But what makes this startup tick and what does it take to build a meat brand?

Their shift started sharp at 6 am and a truck came in with fresh stock of chicken.

But the two entrepreneurs had a simple idea – give consumers the best quality meat brand.

Bengaluru-based Licious, founded in 2015, is an online meat brand that delivers fresh and clean meat products. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574641806.8375046/[Behind-the-Scenes]-What-Licious-needs-to-organise-India’s-$30B-meat-consumption-market?ref=audio_experience

If you own a retail business, chances are you’re more than ready for the holidays.

As the owner of a service-based business, I can tell you it is still possible for non-retailers to take part in the holidays.

Here are a few areas where your business can shine and help create a seasonal, exceptional customer experience:1.

Let your customers know you’re here to make the holidays a little bit less stressful for them by taking an item off their to-do list.

Let your customers know you’re here to make the holidays a little bit less stressful for them by taking an item off their to-do list. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574640009.857034/5-Ways-to-Grow-Your-Non-Retail-Business-During-the-Holidays?ref=audio_experience

Linear, a San Francisco, CA-based platform to streamline how teams build software, starting from issue tracking, raised $4.2m in seed funding.

The company intends to use the funds to scale with the demand for its product.

Led by Karri Saarinen, and cofounder and CEO, Linear provides an issue tracking tool for high-performance teams at startups and companies tro streamline software projects, sprints, tasks, and bug tracking.

Today, hundreds of companies are using Linear daily including companies like Pitch, Render, Albert, Curology, Spoke, Compound and several new YC startups like Middesk, Catch and Visly.

FinSMEs24/11/2019 | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574638210.9175417/Linear-Raises-$4.2M-in-Seed-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Searchlight, a San Francisco, CA-based hiring software startup, raised a $2.5m seed funding round.

The round was led by Accel with participation from Founders Fund, Y Combinator, Soma Capital and angels Jason Boehmig, Mathilde Collin, Nick Bushak, Amber Feng, Charlie Songhurst, and Julia DeWahl.

Co-founded by Kerry and Anna Wang, Searchlight provides a SaaS platform that allows companies to make the best hires by automating and improving the reference check process.

The software provides customers with the analysis of each candidate, which makes hiring committees more informed and less biased.

The platform was developed in partnership with companies like Udemy, Wonderschool, and Snapdocs. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574636411.567041/Searchlight-Raises-$2.5M-Seed-Funding-Round?ref=audio_experience