7 rising startups in India – Sept. 8, 2016

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A platform for house hunters, a hiring site, a healthtech startup, and two edtech startups all have places on our list of funded businesses. Meanwhile, a construction materials company with an interesting connection to real estate nabs an investment, and an acquisition goes through to upgrade some rides.

NoBroker

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NoBroker, which helps people find, buy, and rent property, has raised funding from angel investor Anand Chandrasekaran. The amount was undisclosed.

NoBroker raised its series B round in February this year. The US$10 million round brought the total amount of funding in the startup to US$13 million.

Founded by Amit Agarwal and Akhil Gupta in 2014, who were driven by their own bad experiences with brokers, the company can aid in finding places – including PG’s or hostels – in Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, and Chennai. It is available online and on Google Play.

FloCareer

Hiring site Flocareer has secured US$150,000 in seed funding from Balasubramanian Krishnamurthy, former vice president of engineering of SAP, and Sidhartha Hazarika from the US.

Flocareer aggregates crowd mentoring, self-learning, and interview offloading for employees and job seekers. After analyzing hirees’ abilities, career aspirations, and current needs of companies on its FloPlatform, it will match them with job applicants. Flocareer will also include a mentor to further develop the hiree’s skills.

“In the present scenario, there is a huge demand for skilled talent, but finding the right resource for the company and looking for an aspiring applicant finding a job that matches their strengths has become a herculean task,” said CEO and co-founder Mehul Bhatt in a statement.

The IIT grad co-founded the startup in November last year.

Alterna Care

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Healthtech care-on-call startup Alterna Care has raised US$500,000 in seed funding from Delhi-based early stage incubator, accelerator, and venture fund Eros Labs.

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