Beauty & Wellness
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 19, 2019 - 1 min readWellness and beauty retailer Nykaa Retail is eyeing to have 180 stores across India in the next five years. At present, the brand has 41 stores across the country. The company further looks to add 2-3 stores in Hyderabad in the coming years as it has only one store in Hyderabad. Anchit Nayar, CEO, Nykaa ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 07, 2019 - 1 min readHealthcare startup Cure.fit has raised $75 million from Anand Piramal, who is in charge of the realty business of the Piramals, along with existing backers such as Accel Growth, Kalaari Capital and IDG Ventures India. Accel Growth has led the round with an investment of more than Rs 200 crore, followed by Rs 120 crore ...
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 16, 2019 - 2 min readMindshare, the largest media agency from the GroupM umbrella, has created a first of its kind technology driven chatbot exclusively for GSK brand Sensodyne, the world’s No1 sensitivity toothpaste. On the occasion of World Oral Health Day, Sensodyne brought virtual dentists closer to the public, in order to give them the best oral care advice. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 12, 2019 - 1 min readHealthcare platform Curefit has introduced an incubator that will be investing $5 million to back emerging brands under its Eatfit business. It is planning to incubate 10 brands across snacks, beverages, spa food, supplements and meal replacement categories. Ankit Nagori, Co-Founder of Curefit, said, “While a lot of great products are being created, entrepreneurs find it difficult to raise ...
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 03, 2019 - 1 min readNykaa, the online fashion and beauty retailer, is planning to add more brands to its basket this fiscal. It is further eyeing at launching 45 brick-and-mortar stores across India. Founded in 2012, Nykaa originally started as an online fashion retailer, however, later it forayed into offline stores. The brand has over 80,000 products across 700 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 01, 2019 - 1 min readNykaa, an online fashion and beauty products retailer, has raised Rs 100 crore from private equity firm TPG Growth Capital. The latest funding has raised the company’s valuation to Rs 5,027 crore. Last year, Nykaa had raised $24 million in its Series D round. A Nykaa spokesperson said, "In the upcoming financial year, Nykaa will focus on bringing ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 18, 2019 - 1 min readSPARSH Super Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru’s leading hospital chain, has become the first hospital in Karnataka to be licensed to conduct hand transplant surgeries. SPARSH has established a special facility to perform cadaveric transplantation of hand and upper limb focused towards upper limb amputees. Many people lose their upper limbs for various reasons including accident; this ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 11, 2019 - 1 min readGaudium Women Hospital, India’s first women hospital, has been inaugurated on International Women’s Day in Janakpuri, New Delhi. Gaudium Woman is a first-of-its-kind dedicated Women Health specialist facility in India. It focuses not just on offering tertiary services in women healthcare, but on preventive and holistic health too. Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister, said, "I ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 07, 2019 - 2 min readThe Asia Pacific Leaders’ Malaria Alliance (APLMA) convened a panel of senior officials in New Delhi to discuss the global fight to end malaria, outlining strategies to improve collaboration, increase investment and identify innovative approaches to eliminate the disease and stop drug-resistance. The event took place on the sidelines of the preparatory meeting for the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 05, 2019 - 1 min readUnder the government's flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme, around 8,000 health and wellness centres have become operational in 35 states and union territories. In order to provide comprehensive and quality primary care close to the community, the health ministry has set a target to transform nearly 1.5 lakh primary health centres and sub-centres as health and ...