Leisure & Entertainment
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 11, 2019 - 1 min readPVR Cinemas, the largest film exhibition company in India, has ventured into the global market by launching its first multiplex in Sri Lanka. Situated at One Galle Face Mall in Colombo, the multiplex chain has launched the nine-screen property in collaboration with the Shangri La Group. Ajay Bijli, Chairman and Managing Director, PVR Ltd, said, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 08, 2019 - 1 min readAdda247, the online learning platform, has secured $6 million in Series B funding round led by Infoedge (India) Ltd and Asha Impact. The round has also seen participation from its current investor STL. With this latest round, the edtech platform has raised a total of $10 million of funds to date. The fresh funds will ...
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 23, 2019 - 1 min readThomas Cook (India) has opened a new franchise ‘Gold Circle Partner’ outlet in Bhopal at LG -18, DB Mall. The new outlet strengthens the company’s presence in Bhopal. With this expansion, the company’s network in Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh reaches to 10 consumer centres, which includes 4 owned branches and 6 Gold Circle Partner (franchise) outlets. The ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 17, 2019 - 1 min readUdemy has introduced its corporate learning platform Udemy for Business in India. The edtech platform’s Udemy for Business is a subscription-based offering that includes 3,500 of Udemy’s business and technical courses. Irwin Anand, Managing Director of Udemy in India, said, “The launch of Udemy for Business in India is perfectly timed as companies across India ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 16, 2019 - 2 min readThomas Cook (India) Ltd, India’s leading integrated travel and travel-related financial services company, has launched ‘Undiscovered Antarctica’, a group tour package, in association with National Geographic Expeditions. Set to indulge India’s growing base of discerning travellers, the company promises an immersive experience of the 5th largest continent in the world, onboard the luxurious Ponant Cruise. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 11, 2019 - 2 min readVedantu, live online tutoring start-up, has secured $42 Million in a Series C funding round led by Tiger Global and WestBridge Capital. The round has also seen participation from existing investors Accel, Omidyar India and TAL Education. Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein & CEO, LGT group, which is the largest family-owned private banking and asset management ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 20, 2019 - 2 min readIndia’s leading film exhibition firm PVR Cinemas has launched a new sub-brand ‘PVR Utsav’ for tier II and III cities in India. The company has introduced a new 3-screen multiplex under this brand in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. PVR Utsav has been designed to provide a hygienic, safe and secure cinematic experience to the discerning audience. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 13, 2019 - 1 min readBrainly, the world’s largest online peer-to-peer academic learning community, has registered a stellar count of over 12 million answers given by India’s user-base till date. India is one of the fastest-growing communities for Brainly. The edtech platform’s user-base is majorly based out of Pune, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. It has also witnessed users hailing from Tier-II ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 09, 2019 - 1 min readVedantu, an online tutoring startup, has raised Rs 9.42 crore in debt and preference funding from Trifecta Capital. This round is likely to value the company at around $100 million. In April, the Bengaluru-based startup had raised Rs 8 crore in April. In addition to this, it raised Rs 1.4 crore in Series B in the months of May and June. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 02, 2019 - 1 min readSan Francisco and Bengaluru-based Playshifu, which makes augmented reality-based educational toys for kids, has secured $7 million in Series A funding round led by Chiratae, Inventus Capital and Bharat Innovation Fund. The round has also seen participation from existing investor IDFC-Parampara Fund. The fresh capital will be used by the company towards tech innovation, research on unique phygital interactions and new product developments. Playshifu also plans ...