Habi, a technology-driven real estate company based in Bogotà, Colombia, raised $5.5m in pre-seed funding.

The round was led by Tiger Global Management, Homebrew and Zigg with participation from Reshape Holdings, FJ Labs, and Supernode Ventures, among others.

The company intends to use the funds to launch in three key neighborhoods in the north of Bogotá and to expand to other countries in Latin America.

Co-founded by real estate industry expert, Brynne McNulty Rojas, and Sebastian Noguera, an entrepreneur and former technology executive of one of Colombia’s largest banks, Habi aims to simplify the home buying and selling process by leveraging its proprietary pricing algorithm and platform for buying.

The company helps customers in the middle class buy and sell their homes. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573835411.3958492/Habi-Raises-$5.5M-in-Pre-Seed-Funding?ref=audio_experience

As pollution levels have soared in Delhi, angry citizens have taken to social media, politicians have been scrambling for solutions, and the rest of the country has marveled at the rapidly rising AQI levels.

Delhi, which is known for its proud drinking tradition, is now home to an oxygen bar.

An oxygen bar is exactly what it sounds like — instead of providing you with a stiff drink, or mixing your favourite cocktail, it provides you with oxygen.

The Oxy Pure bar in Saket claims to offer pure oxygen to customers for 15 minutes.

Delhi has been staring at a health crisis in recent days as pollution levels have spiked to record levels. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573831805.2454166/As-Pollution-Levels-Soar,-Someone-Has-Opened-An-“Oxygen-Bar”-In-Delhi?ref=audio_experience

0 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInAfter spending a week with the startups, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurial advocates that make up Boston, I’ve come away with a few thoughts.

For one, Boston doesn’t want to be the next Silicon Valley, it wants to be Boston.

We only wrote about one of those deals, in a week that even by Silicon Valley standards, was quite busy.

A city like Boston, with a talent pipeline boosted by prestigious universities, is no different — for the most part.

Investors include Foundry Group, Silicon Valley Bank, and Two Sigma Ventures. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573826407.3981419/Some-Thoughts-On-Why-Boston-Won’t-Be-The-Next-Silicon-Valley?ref=audio_experience

Every entrepreneur and business leader waits too long before really working on the legacy that he wants to leave to society and his family.

The only time we really like change if when we are acting as the change agents and inviting others to change.

Focus gives us a sharpness of vision and improves our understanding, to create a legacy that will endure the chaos of our busy lives.

Our legacy is strengthened when we demonstrate an ability to take action to make things better for all parties.

How many have you spent so far moving your own legacy up a few notches? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573824608.559755/10-Ways-To-Enhance-The-Legacy-You-Leave?ref=audio_experience

This means that Indian users can consume news in both English and another local language, they would prefer, at the same time.

Moreover, In India, the platform included more than ten languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Tamil.

Last year, the tech giant’s flagship product, Google Home and Home Mini, in India, added Hindi as an official communication mode.

Amazon, Twitter, Snapchat and other tech behemoths of the world, have also been trying hard to impress the local users in the country.

Recently, Walmart-owned Flipkart also joined the league with its recently launched Hindi interface for local users. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573822805.5975897/Google-News-Adds-Support-For-Marathi,-Hindi,-Tamil-and-Other-Indian-Languages?ref=audio_experience

With most unicorns basing sky-high valuations on fast growth rather than sustainable businesses, this can be called a wake-up call.

Thankfully, some of India’s oldest and profitable internet businesses have the right lessons for the startups of today.

At the TiE Global Summit 2019, held in New Delhi on 15 November, one of the biggest buzz words among investors was profitability.

Nayar, the founder and CEO of Nykaa said that there was no shortcut to the consumer wanting your business model.

This is one of the reasons that startups end up burning investors money on acquiring customers artificially. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573821005.9077876/Customer-Money-Better-Than-VC-Money:-Lessons-On-Profitability?ref=audio_experience

The Bad Homburg-based startup Thing-it, a digitalization platform for smart offices, intelligent city quarters, and smart facility management, just raised a Series A financing of €4.2 million.

Connected digitalization solutions, which serve an increasingly wide range of purposes, require a central operating system – a digitalization platform.

The Thing-it platform also enables all stakeholders in and around the building, i.e.

The application areas range from communication and room booking through access control and utilization analysis to simple control of the building control system.

In addition to office buildings, Thing-it can also be used for shopping and data centers, co-working spaces and other buildings as well as entire city quarters. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573819206.1069145/German-proptech-startup-Thing-it-raises-€4.2-million-to-build-the-digital-brain-for-smart-buildings?ref=audio_experience

A powerful thing a freelancer can do for her career is to figure out when to fire the bad clients.

Firing bad clients is an essential step on the way to finding better ones.

A reputation gap.

What’s the opportunity cost to my career to re-enlist for more work with this client instead of finding a better path forward?

What are the steps to take so that I can end this gig and also earn a reference from this client? | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573817412.9523385/If-You-are-a-Freelancer-You-Don't-Have-to-Keep-a-Bad-Client?ref=audio_experience

Whether motivated by passion, a desire for profits or both, women business owners are a vital part of the entrepreneurial world—but too often they remain under the radar.

In honor of National Women’s Small Business Month, meet 21 groundbreakers—successful women entrepreneurs whose stories will motivate and inspire you to take the leap to start your own business.

In 2009, Burch launched the Tory Burch Foundation, which provides affordable loans and education to help women business owners take their companies to the next level.

The British entrepreneur’s retail business, launched in 1976, was committed to social and environmental responsibility.

The British entrepreneur’s retail business, launched in 1976, was committed to social and environmental responsibility. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573815610.9480438/SmallBizDaily.com’s-21-Groundbreaking-Women-Entrepreneurs-to-Inspire-You-Post?ref=audio_experience

However, the competition seems to be making international players rethink their entry or come up with unique propositions for the Indian market.

Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by Star India, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, currently leads the OTT market in India.

Indian Market Turns Into OTT BattlefrontThe move by Walt Disney could be after a thorough analysis of the market in India, where Netflix and Amazon, with promising content, is facing competition from local OTT players.

Disney+, which has already touched a milestone by grabbing more than 10 Mn subscribers, seems to take it slow in the most emerging Indian market.

With such unique demands, the Indian market could emerge as the most challenging bet for many global players. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1573812005.7954443/Why-Disney+-Is-Not-Launching-In-The-Ultra-Competitive-Indian-OTT-Market?ref=audio_experience