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Ladurée opens first Salon De Thé in Khan Market, Delhi

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 2 min read

World -famous french confectionary brand Ladurée, the best-known producer of macarons, has opened its first Salon De at Khan Market, New Delhi.The menu of the Salon will include the classic desserts from Maison Ladurée, including their famous 13 great flavours of their classic macarons besides candies, teas and other sweet spreads.

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Mindler Raises $1.5 Mn Pre-Series A Funding

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 5 min read

New-Delhi-based comprehensive career guidance platform for students and educators Mindler, on Monday, announced to have closed a $1.5 million pre-Series A funding round led by Ecosystem Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), nVentures Singapore, and Chennai Angels towards augmenting its team, geographical expansion, and institutional partnerships and alliances. With this fund raise, Mindler plans to further strengthen its ...

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Edtech Platform BrainGymJr Raises Funding

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 2 min read

Mumbai-based BrainGymJr—a subscription-based edtech platform offering brain development exercises launched a fully automated portal for children between ages 5-11 years. The launch comes soon after the company raised INR 2.5 crore in its Angel round in July 2021. BrainGymJr is a child development initiative that supplements academia by helping children sharpen their logic, reasoning, language, and ...

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Dabur Launches Face Wash Variants Under Vatika Brand

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 2 min read

Homegrown FMCG major Dabur announced its foray into the face wash category by extending the Vatika brand into the segment. The new face wash has been launched in three variants and is priced at Rs 170 for 150 ml. The company expects Dabur Vatika Face Wash range, which has been exclusively launched on e-commerce platform ...

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Vedix Onboards Kunal Kapoor to Promote its Haircare Range

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 2 min read

D2C Ayurvedic beauty brand Vedix has onboarded Kunal Kapoor for its new digital marketing campaign to promote its hair care range of products. This is Vedix’s first Bollywood collaboration and through this, the brand aims to increase its reach among more male users. The campaign will be promoted across digital platforms. Vedix has established itself ...

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Kalyan Jewellers ties up with 'Augmont Gold For All' to make Gold Buying a Seamless Experience

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 3 min read

Kalyan Jewellers, one of the largest jewellery chains, has partnered with ‘Augmont Gold For All’ platform to provide various gold products in a seamless tech-enabled way to the end customers. Augmont is one of the largest completely integrated goldtech ecosystems encompassing refining to retailing. It is accredited by NABL and is a member of India ...

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How Premium Quality & Design is Taking Centrestage for Homegrown Fashion Brands

Opportunity India Desk Sep 21, 2021 - 4 min read

India has the third largest start-up ecosystem in the world. The entrepreneurial spirit further fuelled by initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhan Bharat’, are seeing the birth of homegrown brands throughout the country. The textile sector in particular is one of India’s oldest and largest industries. It has seen a boom and as ...

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D2C Personal Care Brand mCaffeine Targets Rs 700 Crore Revenue by FY24

Opportunity India Desk Sep 20, 2021 - 3 min read

D2C caffeine-infused personal care brand mCaffeine aims to clock a revenue of Rs 7000 crore by FY24 as it expands its presence across online and offline channels and bolsters its product portfolio. Mumbai-based Pep Technologies, that owns mCaffeine, is also looking at adding to its team in order to take its headcount to about 200 ...

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[Funding Alert] Cars24 raised US $ 450 million funding round doubling its valuation to US $ 1.84 billion

Opportunity India Desk Sep 20, 2021 - 3 min read

India’s largest online marketplace for used automobiles, Cars24 Services has closed a US $ 450 million round of funding that has almost doubled its valuation to US $ 1.84 billion. The funding round includes a US $ 340 million Series F equity round, coupled with US $ 110 million debt from multiple financial institutions, the ...

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Advent to Buy Majority Stake in Eureka Forbes for Rs 4,400 crore

Opportunity India Desk Sep 20, 2021 - 2 min read

US private equity major Advent International has signed an agreement to buy Indian water purifier and vacuum cleaner manufacturer Eureka Forbes, the firm said, valuing it at Rs 4,400 crore, including debt. Advent, which administers US $ 75 billion in assets, will purchase the home apparatus business from Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group, finishing a long time ...

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