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Vedantu’s usage soars during COVID-19, making it the largest LIVE Online Learning Platform in K-12 education

Opportunity India Desk May 19, 2020 - 2 min read

Vedantu, a pioneer in LIVE online learning, has witnessed a major surge after it announced support to students with free access to its complete learning platform during the Covid-19 lockdown. Owing to the temporary pause in learning across schools, tuition & coaching centers, students have extensively adopted LIVE online classes of Vedantu. The interaction with Master ...

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Onelife Nutriscience Expands Executive Team, Appoints Vinay Jain as COO

Opportunity India Desk May 18, 2020 - 1 min read

Onelife Nutriscience, the leading Nutraceuticals Company, has announced the appointment of Vinay Jain to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Vinay is a result-oriented professional with over 18 years of versatile experience in sales, marketing and P&L management in both B2B & B2C (Consumer goods, Dairy, Wellness, Insurance & Industrial goods). Vinay has significant ...

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American Eagle India announces partnership with ARTSTHREAD

Opportunity India Desk May 18, 2020 - 1 min read

American Eagle India announced that the brand will be partnering with ARTSTHREAD, a company that aims to bridge the gap between education and industry, by providing a launchpad for emerging artists and designers. Together, they will host a two-month-long creative campaign inviting local students and graduates to enter a t-shirt design contest, inspired by ...

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Reasons why flower and gifting is the best business bet now

Opportunity India Desk May 15, 2020 - 4 min read

Giving flowers and gifts aren’t just limited to weddings or special occasions anymore. Be it corporate meetings, employee engagements or home décor, flowers, and gifts have become an integral part of everyone’s lives these days. The potential that the concept of flower and gifting holds is tremendous. It is among the best businesses because it doesn’t ...

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Edtech startup Classplus secures $9M funding to expand its product offerings

Opportunity India Desk May 15, 2020 - 1 min read

Classplus, a business-to-business (B2B) edtech startup, has secured $9 million in a Series A funding round. The round has been led by early-stage tech investor RTP Global. It has also seen participation from existing investors including Blume Ventures, Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Spiral Ventures and Strive. The fresh funds will be utilized by the ...

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Co-living & student housing start-up RoomSoom raises funds to expand its reach

Opportunity India Desk May 15, 2020 - 1 min read

Co-living and student housing start-up RoomSoom Technologies has raised an undisclosed sum in the funding round from Mumbai Angels Network. The startup is aiming to increase the number of beds from 3000 to 5000 and strengthen its reach from seven to 10 cities. Headquartered in Noida, RoomSoom was founded by Nitin Agrawal and Garima ...

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Key technology solutions that will become common place in the post COVID-19 business ecosystem

Opportunity India Desk May 13, 2020 - 4 min read

Technology has been an accelerator for international business, for the past few years. From Start-ups to MNC, all are in different levels of technology adoption, in accordance with their immediate needs and capacity. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown has brought a unique focus back on the urgent need to adopt digitization ...

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Vedantu equips early learners with LIVE & personalised Coding online learning tutorials

Opportunity India Desk May 13, 2020 - 3 min read

Vedantu, a pioneer in LIVE online tutoring in India, has launched its early Learner classes, “Vedantu Superkids”, for students belonging to Kindergarten right till Grade 5. Research indicates that children learn more quickly during their early years than at any other time in life and need the best support as they grow and develop. ...

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Edtech Startup Board Infinity Sees 400% Increase of Learners Since Lockdown

Opportunity India Desk May 13, 2020 - 1 min read

With the lockdown in force for close to 2 months, Board Infinity, a career and education tech start-up, sees a 400% surge in enrolments for live online classes focussed on skilling and career transition. The preferred courses amongst the learners have been Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, Product Management, Personal Finance Management, Aptitude Test ...

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Physician engagement startup Doceree closes seed funding round of $1M

Opportunity India Desk May 13, 2020 - 4 min read

Doceree Inc., the world’s first Programmatic Physician Engagement Platform, has raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of angel investors from India and the United States. The New Jersey-based Doceree successfully secured the funds despite the unprecedented coronavirus crisis that is wreaking havoc on stocks worldwide, causing a meltdown in investment ...

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