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By Mohit Sabharwal

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Here are four funding news of the week:

1. Ola gets a hand from Sachin Bansal. The ride-hailing platform has raised $92-million funding from Flipkart co-founder as a part of its larger $2 billion fundraise.

2. International Travel Planner Pickyourtrail takes a leap to innovate its product. The Chennai-based travel tech startup has secured $3 Million in Series A Funding.

3. Gurugram-based Spotdraft roots for global expansion. The startup has raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding. It applies artificial intelligence (AI) to extract intelligence from legal documents.

4. Early stage entrepreneurs, you might have a better chance at widening your network of infrastructure. Delhi-based angel investor Dhianu Das has announced the launch of his venture capital fund, Alfa Ventures with a corpus of INR 100 Cr.

Here's the "news that entrepreneurs can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Mohit Sabharwal

Former Senior Correspondent, Entrepreneur India Magazine

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