Startup News - 20/07

1. Riteish & Genelia Deshmukh invest in Homeopathy treatment platform WelcomeCure.com

2. YourNest Angel Fund-backed SmartQ, a food-tech startup, has acquired Nexus Venture Partners-backed Goodbox’s cafeteria business for an undisclosed sum.

3. Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Pvt Ltd has bought shares worth at least $30 million from former and early employees of cab-hailing service Ola, as part of a secondary share sale.

4. PaySense has raised $18 million in its series B round of funding led by PayU, with participation from existing investors Jungle Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners.

5. The "two-wheeler mode" in Google Maps that first arrived in India last December has been extended to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

6. ItzCash parent Ebix has acquired Pune-based Indus Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Indus), a global provider of enterprise lending software solutions to financial institutions, captive auto finance and telecom companies, for approximately $29M.

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