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“I told them to slow down,” says former CEO of Housing Jason Kothari, who had the onerous task of repairing the real estate portal to find a buyer.

His startup has finished 400 projects in eight months. But Jaspreet Makkar loves his drones as much for beauty as for business.

What do India’s startup founders do when they exit? They go in a silent meditation zone, to discover the next million dollar startup idea, from the realms of infinity.

Quikr and CommonFloor ganged up on one side, and a growing PropTiger on the other side, have pushed Housing into a corner.

Thousands of internet entrepreneurs emerge in India every year. Only a few stand out. Here is a list of 30 Indian founders in the internet space who have raised millions for their ventures and created disruption.

If you haven’t heard the CommonFloor and Quikr merger story yet, hear it from us. And don’t miss out on the startups that bagged funding in India.

The well-funded classifieds site – India’s answer to Craigslist – is in all-out expansion mode.

Real estate in India has seen a lot of action in the last couple of years. Big funding rounds in startups followed by belt-tightening, layoffs, and acquisitions.

AdNear has just dropped the Ad from its name, to become Near. Last week, News in Shorts dumped News to get a shorter name – Inshorts. Why did they have to do it?

Property searches on mobile are growing 3x faster than on desktop, driven by the spread of smartphones and rise of young buyers in India.