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Housing rental brand Oyo Life venturing into Kolkata

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 2 min read

Oyo Life, Oyo’s long-term fully managed housing rental solution brand, is entering into Kolkata. This expansion is part of the company’s corporate plan to expand its presence in India. Oyo Life has started operations in the city with 20 fully managed buildings, 700 plus beds. The company has set up co-living residences in Kolkata’s areas like ...

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Coursera Launches 'Coursera for Campus'

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 2 min read

Coursera, the world’s leading online learning platform, has announced Coursera for Campus, a new offering designed to help universities around the world respond to the unprecedented challenges posed by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Now any university, even those outside of Coursera’s partner ecosystem, can use the content on Coursera to deliver job-relevant, multi-disciplinary online learning ...

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Health-tech startup MEngage raises an extended seed funding round

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 1 min read

MEngage, a health-technology startup that offers a doctor-patient engagement platform, has secured $100,000 in an extended seed funding round from a clutch of investors, including Bollywood singer Sukhbir Singh. The round has also seen participation from other investors like Keshav Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of information technology firm Metacube, and Nikhil Chaudhary and Dipesh Singhal, ...

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Here are Five Travel and Tourism Related Franchises to Invest in

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 5 min read

It could be a business trip or just a little excuse to chase an escape from the boring and chaotic life – it is just that people are travelling to distant lands on several occasions, which has given a huge rise to the global tourism industry. Talking about India, in general, tourism plays a huge ...

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Metropolis to boost presence in Surat with acquisition of 4 new labs

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 1 min read

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, which is backed by private equity firm Carlyle, has bought four labs in Surat, Gujarat, for a combined consideration of Rs 18 crore. With this, the diagnostics chain will strengthen its footprint in the city. Metropolis acquired Doctor's Clinical Laboratory for Rs 4.5 crore, lyer Pathology Laboratory for Rs 3.5 crore, Nagar Pathology Laboratory ...

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Why Tourism Assistance and Distress Management is an Opportunity in India

Opportunity India Desk Oct 04, 2019 - 3 min read

The consequences of globalisation are affecting lives in different ways. The vast world has shrunken to become a global village where travelling to a foreign country seems as easy as going to your neighbour’s home. People travel beyond domestic boundaries for sheer pleasure, business, medical treatment, et al. India being a land of diversity attracts ...

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Online pharmacy MetroMedi secures $1.5 mn in seed round

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03, 2019 - 2 min read

Hyderabad-based MetroMedi, an online pharmacy and e-health store, has raised $1.5 million in a seed round from TK GP Rao, a high net worth individual, who is also the founder of the TMT Group of industries. Founded by Dilip C Byra, MetroMedi was started with a mission to deliver 100% genuine medicines to the consumers' doorstep. Dilip C Byra, ...

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Pharmacy chain Wellness Forever eyes to triple store count in 3 yrs

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03, 2019 - 1 min read

Mumbai-based Wellness Forever, the largest organised pharmacy chain, is aiming to triple its store count in the next three years. Presently, the company has 161 stores. Of these stores, over half are present across Mumbai, while remaining are scattered across big cities of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka Ashraf Biran, Co-Founder and Director, Wellness Forever, said, ...

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BMW India continues expansion of its dealer network

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03, 2019 - 1 min read

BMW India has roped in Infinity Cars as its third dealer partner in Delhi NCR. This dealership is headed by Pooja Choudary, Dealer Principal of Infinity Cars. Rudratej Singh, President and Chief Executive Officer, BMW Group India, said, “Our dealerships play an important role in presenting our customers and prospects an insight into our premium ...

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OYO to offer capital, loans to hotel partners in partnership with Biz2Credit

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03, 2019 - 1 min read

OYO and Biz2Credit, an online financing resource for small businesses, have announced partnership to offer working capital and commercial real estate loans to existing and potential hotel partners. The hospitality firm’s partnership with Biz2Credit will be starting from the US market. This partnership will aid OYO’s efforts to provide hotel owners with fast financing efficiently ...

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