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Opportunity India Desk Aug 19, 2021 - 9 min readKaren Akpan lost her high-paying contract in clinical research in 2019. She and her husband, Sylvester, had no savings and made an estimated $50,000 gross annual income through their travel blog’s Instagram. But that income just wasn’t enough to cover their $4,300 monthly mortgage payments — or to put a dent in their six digits’ ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 19, 2021 - 2 min readDelhi-based IoT communications and data analytics startup Probus Smart Things, focused on Smart grid applications on Wednesday announced to have raised $500,000 in a bridge round led by Unicorn India Ventures. The round also saw participation from prominent angels like Anuj Khanna of Trimaster, Kiran Alla, Theia Ventures, Devdutt Shah, Kuntesh Chandaria, Urmin Group and Anmol Rastogi. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 19, 2021 - 2 min readInstant coffee brand Rage Coffee has raised $5 million of growth capital as part of its Series A funding round led by Sixth Sense Ventures. It manufactures, markets, and distributes innovative coffee products globally. Founded in 2018 by Bharat Sethi, the vitamins-enriched coffee products are retailed through their own website, all leading online platforms, and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 19, 2021 - 5 min readUnfortunately with the restrictions of lockdown in the past year and a half, people have had to stay indoors in the comfort of their homes. This led to people coming up with unique ways to create experiences within. The trend of ‘at home party’ is one such experience. With some cities ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 18, 2021 - 4 min readTraditionally, the Internet and Education are two different things. We need Education to live a good life while the internet helps to make life good. They both seem the same in some ways. Both education and the internet help in passing information from one person to another. Internet helps to understand education and education helps ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 18, 2021 - 4 min readThe global SaaS industry is experiencing significant growth, with new players entering the arena every day. With the introduction of new technology, innovative business models and a better understanding of consumer behaviour, new players are entering the market at a dizzying rate. It is hard for existing players to keep up with the pace and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 18, 2021 - 6 min readFrom being an inward-looking glass manufacturer, Borosil has evolved into a customer-focused brand. Borosil’s product ranges include kitchen and table consumer products, solar glass, and its original business of pharmaceutical glassware and equipment. During the journey of the last 60 years, Borosil has been the pioneer of many consumer categories in India, including microwavable glassware, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 18, 2021 - 3 min readLenskart, a leading omnichannel eyewear retailer in India, has launched its first and only eyewear app in Singapore. It has also launched in the Middle East. With this, the vision of Lenskart is to spearhead its growth globally, kick-starting with Singapore and the Middle East in the forthcoming times. The company aims to revolutionize eyewear experiences ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 18, 2021 - 5 min readThere’s no denying that the restaurant and nightlife industry is bleeding since the time pandemic hurt the country. From one in every four restaurants closed in top cities in India to many still wondering if they would be able to survive the next wave, almost 25-30 per cent restaurants and bars in the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 17, 2021 - 4 min readCoronavirus outbreak told us about the limitation of human evolution. Everyone seemed helpless in that pandemic situation. Somehow, we took control over it and now the situation is a lot better than in past times. The whole human race has shown the unity and tried to fight back toward this pandemic. Doctors, health workers, nursing ...