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[Funding Alert] Wellness startup SARVA secures funds to strengthen digital presence

Opportunity India Desk May 04, 2020 - 2 min read

SARVA, a yoga and wellness startup, has secured funding from US-based VC Fund Mantra Capital. This is the first strategic investment by Mantra Capital. The round has seen a financial contribution from a close strategic partner, the Patni Family. Existing investor Fireside Ventures also participated in the funding round. The fresh capital will be used ...

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upGrad doubles classes, courses & capacity to deal with the surge in demand for online learning

Opportunity India Desk May 04, 2020 - 2 min read

Edtech major upGrad, India’s largest higher education provider, just moved their start dates for all their 40 courses to start every month instead of quarterly, to take on the surge in demand from working professionals. This has more than doubled its course capacity, and each class now has a peak of 1000 learners at ...

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[Funding Alert] Edtech startup Pedagogy secures $400K funding

Opportunity India Desk May 01, 2020 - 1 min read

Edtech startup Pedagogy has secured $400,000 in funding round, led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The Ahmedabad-based company was co-founded by Archin Shah, Abhilash Sonwane, and Ritesh Gandhi in 2015. It is transforming the way students purchase and consume books while preparing for engineering and medical entrance examinations. Pedagogy gives access to students to all the ...

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“Harvest The Farms”, Ninjacart Appeals to Citizens

Opportunity India Desk May 01, 2020 - 4 min read

With millions of farmers across the country left in the lurch, owing to the lockdown, Ninjacart, India’s largest fresh produce supply chain company, has launched an initiative called ‘Harvest The Farms’ to help the farmers. Millions of tonnes of vegetables are rotting in the farms unharvested and through this initiative, farmers who are struggling to ...

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The Semi-Permanent Makeup Industry in India

Opportunity India Desk May 01, 2020 - 4 min read

The semi-permanent makeup industry in India, although not entirely new, is still in its infancy stage. Semi-permanent makeup has greatly progressed from what the procedure was 10 years ago. The oddly shaped faded green eyebrows in sometime permanent ink are gone! Modern procedures leave clients with beautiful results varying from subtle natural finishes to ...

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How Agritech can be a solution to farmers’ produce-related woes

Opportunity India Desk Apr 29, 2020 - 5 min read

Contributing about 15% to India’s GDP, the agricultural sector sustains almost half the population of the country. Interestingly, more than 265 million people in India are engaged in farming, which also makes it one of the largest employers in the country. More than 70% of rural India is employed in this space, running their ...

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Amidst COVID-19, 8 Survival Guide for Franchisors

Opportunity India Desk Apr 29, 2020 - 5 min read

During this time, there are any number of points of significance for franchisees and franchisors alike to consider. Amidst the ongoing crisis, development teams across franchising are scratching their heads and thinking, ‘What now?’ And, more importantly, ‘What do we do?’ Therefore, here we present 8 Survival Guide for Franchisors amidst COVID-19: Communicate Daily ...

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[Funding alert] Edtech startup GUVI raises funding to scale up its operations

Opportunity India Desk Apr 28, 2020 - 1 min read

Vernacular language-based education tech startup GUVI, owned and operated by Guvi Geek Network Private Limited, has secured Rs 6 crore in its pre-series A round of funding from Education Catalyst Fund, an education-focused venture capital fund managed by CBA Capital. SP Balamurugan, CEO at GUVI, “The company aims to use the capital raised in ...

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Ferns N Petals Innovates More In Digital Gifting to Facilitate 100% Contactless Deliveries

Opportunity India Desk Apr 28, 2020 - 2 min read

With the success of initially launched digital gifting options in the backdrop of nationwide lockdown, Ferns N Petals, India’s leading flower and gifting brand, takes the pride in introducing Celebrity Video Message (one can gift personalized video wishes for the occasion from the receiver’s favorite celebrities like Aishwarya Sakuja, Jay Bhanushali, etc.), Violinist on Call, Fitness ...

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Enout launches Digital Experiences in Times of COVID-19

Opportunity India Desk Apr 28, 2020 - 2 min read

With half of the world's population under complete lockdown due to COVID-19, most of the Indian companies are reinventing ways to keep employees motivated thus focusing on employees' safety and wellness, physical, psychological, and emotional. Thus, catching up with this trend, India’s experiential startup ENOUT has launched digital experiences to tackle this unprecedented situation. ...

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