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Online Journey of Offline Retailers: Transition to Build an Omnichannel Experience

Opportunity India Desk Sep 08, 2021 - 3 min read

India's overall retail market dropped by 18 percent last year, which was deemed as the worst-hit faced comparing the yesteryears. The reason behind this is the pandemic that changed the face of shopping along with buyer preferences. The past year saw many customers moving towards online portals to make a purchase. The report by E-Marketer ...

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How Evolution in Tech Changed the Indian Food Industry

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 4 min read

India has been grappling with hunger issues since independence. Prior to independence, India's food assistance program was designed to meet the basic needs of the poorest members of society. Despite significant improvements in the numbers of hungry people in India between 1971 and 1991, the overall status of food security has remained unchanged and there ...

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How Trends in the Industrial Biotechnology Market Changed In Recent Year

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 3 min read

Industrial development by using biological constituents is called Industrial Biotechnology. It includes a set of sustainable development processes by which different materials and products are made. Various microbes and enzymes are used in these processes to get the required output. Industrial biotechnology saw a variety of changes in recent years. Different big companies entered this ...

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bitsCrunch Raises $750,000 Seed Funding

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 2 min read

Germany-based bitsCrunch, an NFT-focused blockchain analytics company, on Monday announced to have raised a Seed round of $750,000 from the Covalent, Double Peak, GenBlock Capital, Ledger Prime, MEXC Global, and Synaps. It is headquartered in Chennai in India as well. The funds will be used for getting the products into production, and for the infrastructure ...

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Geniemode Raises $2.25 Mn Seed Round Led By Info Edge Ventures

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 3 min read

The global B2B cross-border sourcing and supply chain technology company, Geniemode, on Monday announced to have closed its Seed round of $2.25 million led by Info Edge Ventures. Angel investors including Deepinder Goyal, Kunal Shah, Prashant Malik, Pankaj Gupta, and others also participated in the round. “The hesitation of large and small global buyers to ...

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Fintech Enabler Neokred Raises Seed Round

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 2 min read

Bengaluru-based Neokred, an open banking stack that offers curated versions of issuance in the payment ecosystem has extended its Seed round to raise an additional $500,000 in funding. The round was supported by Virenxia Group, Rajesh Jain and Nitin Agarwal. CapNetic Consulting Group was the sole financial advisor for the round. "Indian banking landscape tells ...

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TheRollNumber Raises Pre-Seed Round Led By India Accelerator, Artha Venture Fund And Rudraksh ventures

Opportunity India Desk Sep 07, 2021 - 2 min read

TheRollNumber, a platform that verifies, attests, and issues blockchain-based credentials, on Monday announced to have closed an undisclosed amount in pre-Seed funding round, led by India Accelerator (IA), Artha Venture Fund, and Rudraksh ventures.The injected funds will be used for product development and deployment. The Govt. of India is bullish on ...

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Here are some simple tips to compensate for pandemic losses and profit afterwards

Opportunity India Desk Sep 06, 2021 - 5 min read

Restaurant owners suffered the most from this covid situation. Businesses stopped almost two years and people. It is no secret that Covid has had an impact on restaurants in India. Anybody who has experienced such an attack knows it can be difficult to get back on your feet. Although, with the right combination of tactics ...

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Why Computer Education Franchise Is Gaining Value in Rural India

Opportunity India Desk Sep 06, 2021 - 4 min read

Computers were brought to India's statistical institute for the first time. It was in 1953 that the first computer was introduced when most developed countries did not even have computers. After around 7 decades later, computers have now become a very important thing for almost every profession. This means no business can be performed without ...

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What Retailers Should Learn from the Unprecedented Covid-19 Crisis

Opportunity India Desk Sep 06, 2021 - 3 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic changed how businesses used to operate in India and all over the world. Similarly, the retail industry also completely transformed, owing to a global health crisis that led to norms, like quarantine and social distancing. The commercial retail space is being taken over by online spaces. The crisis has radically changed the way ...

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