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7 Lucrative Beauty Franchise Ideas for Entrepreneurs

Opportunity India Desk Apr 15, 2020 - 5 min read

Nowadays, grooming plays an important role in everyone’s life regardless of their age and gender. With a market size of approximately Rs 80,000 crore, the beauty and wellness sector in India seems to be a remunerative sector for aspiring entrepreneurs. As per industry sources, the beauty industry is growing at a rate of 20% ...

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5 Key things to ensure speedy business revival for SMEs and MSMEs post COVID-19

Opportunity India Desk Apr 15, 2020 - 6 min read

Factors every SME/MSME needs to keep in mind Even as the fight with COVID-19 continues, conversations around the economic impact post the pandemic have become ubiquitous. While governments and international economic bodies have already planned strategic measures to combat the slowdown with modifications to monetary policies, rate cuts, loans, and waivers, etc., trade and ...

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Edtech startup Impartus extending its offer to provide live virtual classroom free

Opportunity India Desk Apr 15, 2020 - 1 min read

Edtech startup Impartus is extending its offer to provide innovative Virtual Classroom designed for Live online learning, completely free to all the Indian schools and colleges. With this initiative, the Bangaluru-based company aims to ensure that no student is deprived of live and interactive access to teachers and teaching. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ...

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[Funding Alert] Wellthy Therapeutics secures $4 mn for business expansion

Opportunity India Desk Apr 15, 2020 - 2 min read

Digital therapeutics startup Wellthy Therapeutics has secured $4 million in its Pre-Series A funding round from Saama Capital. The fresh capital will be used by the Mumbai-based company to enhance product suite, for the international expansion of its business and to expand into newer therapy areas. Besides using this raise to deepen its product-suite ...

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Ola begins emergency cab service in Gurugram for essential medical travel

Opportunity India Desk Apr 14, 2020 - 2 min read

Ola has collaborated with the Haryana government to begin the ‘Ola Emergency’ service in Gurugram for non-COVID-19 related medical travel to more than 100 hospitals in the city. The service will be having a dedicated network of cars equipped with masks and sanitisers that will be operated by specially trained drivers. The cab aggregator ...

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Amidst COVID-19, Portea Medical launches Chemotherapy at Home services

Opportunity India Desk Apr 14, 2020 - 3 min read

Portea Medical, India’s largest consumer healthcare brand, has launched Chemotherapy at Home services in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. The service is intended to benefit people with cancer who have been undergoing chemotherapy at hospitals and are at a higher risk of developing infections in light of COVID-19. Recently, 3 cancer patients ...

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Why Starting An Edtech Business is Profitable

Opportunity India Desk Apr 13, 2020 - 4 min read

Edtech startups have paved the way for students to push their limits and get out of boring learning patterns and study in a holistic way. Introducing new ways of teaching such as audio-visual lessons, interactive content and online courses, among others, edtech startups in India have totally transformed the way of teaching as well ...

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upGrad & Big Bang Music tie up to launch an anthem to encourage Young India to be productive during lockdown

Opportunity India Desk Apr 13, 2020 - 3 min read

In the time of the panic, paranoia and uncertainty, where our lives are challenged, upGrad, India’s leading online higher education company, and Big Bang Music, the new age pop culture label driven towards creating unique musical expressions and experiences, have come together to create what can aptly be called the upskill anthem of the nation. ...

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With latest $7.5M funding, Lido Learning plans to expand its offering to Indian students

Opportunity India Desk Apr 10, 2020 - 3 min read

Lido Learning, an ed-tech startup focusing on live online tutorials, has just closed a $7.5 mn Series B round. The round is led by Ant Financial-backed BAce Capital, and completes the ed-tech startup’s overall funding at $10.5 million. Existing investors also participated in the round. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and with a growing number ...

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How to handle Brand Communication amidst COVID-19

Opportunity India Desk Apr 09, 2020 - 5 min read

Handling Brand Communication amidst COVID-19 COVID 19 has disrupted the way the world normally functions and amidst the outbreak, as the world prepares to fight through the health pandemic by shutting down the global economy and propelling industries into a battle with uncertainty, communication has become all the more important. Businesses are taking swift ...

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