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Bengaluru-based Docttocare raises Rs 40 million in seed funding

Opportunity India Desk May 16, 2019 - 1 min read

Docttocare, one of the leading healthcare online portals, has raised Rs 40 million in seed funding. The funds have been raised from startup mentor Krishnakumar Devnally, Director of mPower Solutions. The fresh capital will be used by the company for ramping up the product experience and increase the outreach to folks seeking quality healthcare. The ...

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Pune-based SQUATS gets investment from Suniel Shetty

Opportunity India Desk May 14, 2019 - 1 min read

SQUATS, the Pune-based online fitness community, has secured an investment from Bollywood actor, producer, and entrepreneur Suniel Shetty of an undisclosed amount. With this, both SQUATS and Shetty have pledged to initiate a movement in the lifestyle of Indians from curative to preventive health care. This investment will be enhancing SQUATS' underlying technological framework, strengthening ...

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HealthKart raises $25 mn funding from Sofina

Opportunity India Desk May 10, 2019 - 1 min read

HealthKart, India’s largest omnichannel nutrition platform, has raised $25 million in a fresh round of financing from Sofina. The company, which is owned by Bright Lifecare Pvt Ltd, is claiming to be India's only pure-play online/offline nutrition platform. The funds will be used for expanding HealthKart’s offline store network, developing additional direct-to-consumer nutrition brands and strengthening its ...

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Classplus raises $1.6 million in its pre-series A funding round

Opportunity India Desk May 10, 2019 - 1 min read

Classplus has secured $1.6 million in its pre-series A funding round led by Times Internet and GREE Ventures. Japanese VC firm Spiral Ventures and existing investor Netherlands-based Rising Stars Fund have also participated in the round. The fresh capital will be used by the edtech startup to expand its product offerings, ramp up their leadership team and scale operations. Classplus is ...

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Ratan Tata invests an undisclosed sum in Ola Electric

Opportunity India Desk May 09, 2019 - 1 min read

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested an undisclosed sum in Ola Electric Mobility (OEM) as part of its Series A round of funding. OEM is the electric vehicles project of the ride-hailing app. This investment is in Ratan Tata's personal capacity. He is also an early investor in ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ola’s ...

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Mastercard eyes investing $1 billion in India in next 5 years

Opportunity India Desk May 07, 2019 - 1 min read

Mastercard, the global card payments major, will be investing $1 billion in India in the next five years. It is planning to make the country a global technology node for its platforms. In the last five years, the company has already invested $1 billion in the Indian market. Ari Sarker, Co-President, Asia Pacific, Mastercard, said, ...

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Eupheus Learning in advanced talks to raise up to $15 million

Opportunity India Desk May 06, 2019 - 1 min read

Eupheus Learning, the education technology startup, is in advanced talks to raise around $10-$15 million for its Series A funding round. This round will see participation from a cluster of new private equity and venture capital investors. Sixth Sense Ventures, an existing investor of the company, may participate in the ongoing round. Eupheus was founded by Shrivastava, Rohit ...

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez back Sarva, a yoga and wellness startup

Opportunity India Desk May 02, 2019 - 1 min read

Sarva, a three-year-old yoga and wellness startup, has concluded a fundraise from marquee names including global music icon Jennifer Lopez, former American baseball star, and Shark Tank investor Alex Rodriguez, Bollywood actress Malaika Arora, and branded fitness platform Zumba. Sarvesh Shashi, Founder and CEO, Sarva, said, "Jennifer and Alex were introduced to us by Mark Mastrov. Mark and Alex are ...

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WorkIndia raises Rs 24 crore to expand in international markets

Opportunity India Desk May 01, 2019 - 1 min read

WorkIndia has raised Rs 24 crore from BEENEXT, Singapore, and Mamoru Taniya, Chairman of Asuka Asset Management, Japan. This is the sixth funding round for the Bengaluru-based startup. The fresh capital will be used by the startup to expand business in areas and in selected international markets. The company, which is a technology marketplace in ...

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GUVI raises funding of Rs 1 crore from US-based Gray Matters Capital

Opportunity India Desk Apr 26, 2019 - 1 min read

GUVI has raised its first institutional round of funding at Rs 1 crore from Gray Matters Capital, a US-based investor. GUVI is an online platform where students learn to code in Vernacular Indian languages and primarily functions as an IT skill acceleration and hiring platform. The fresh capital will be used by the edtech platform ...

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