MSME
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readWith the onset of New Year 2016, take a fresh resolution of transforming your body under the celebrity fitness trainer Kris Gethin, who is launching his ‘Gethin Gyms’ in India next year. Disclosing the exclusive info with WI bureau at the sidelines of the launch event of ‘Physique Global’, another ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readFunds to be used for expansion into Malaysia by Q1 2016, boost manpower Matches users to beauty services, allows beauty professionals to set up online presence This follows an earlier $2million injection by South-East Asian beauty distributor Luxasia and angel investor Robert Yap, who runs logistics company YCH, it said in a statement. Vanitee ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readHyderabad-based beauty and wellness app, Zapluk has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding from former MD of Apple India and others. The start-up has plans to utilise the funds to scale its operations, marketing and strengthening its back-end team. Co-Founded by Manan Maheshwari, Mahesh Teja Gogineni and Chakradhar Dandu, Zapluk is an on-demand ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readThe Haridwar-based Patanjali Ayurved firm, the FMCG venture promoted by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, will invest Rs 1,000 crore next year on expansion and plans to sharpen focus on e-commerce and exports. It will set-up manufacturing plants in South India and is looking to become a partner in mega food parks being ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readOn demand beauty services platform StayGlad has bagged an undisclosed amount in Series A funding from Bessemer Venture Partners and Anil Chopra, former CEO of Lakmé Lever, according to a statement. With this investment, Chopra also joins the board of StayGlad. The start-up was founded earlier this year by three IIT Kharagpur graduates, Kavish ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readGurgaon-based on-demand medicine and healthcare products delivery service- Pluss has raised $1 million in pre-Series A funding from IDG Ventures India, m & s partners (Singapore) and Powerhouse Ventures (USA). The start-up ensures timely delivery of medicines and products to the doorstep of the consumers. The funding amount will be used to upgrade its technology ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readWorld’s leading virtual fitness coaching platform GOQii has closed $13.4 million in Series A funding, to further accelerate the company’s already impressive growth and customer success. Prior to this, the California-based company has raised an undisclosed amount of funds from the Founder & CEO of mobile internet firm, one97 Communications, Vijay Shekhar Sharma. “This ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readGurgaon-based beauty and wellness marketplace Stylofie.com, which is operated by Soulmo Solutions Pvt Ltd, has raised about Rs 1.65 crore ($250,000) in seed funding from Hong Kong-based Swastika Company Ltd. As suggested a press statement released by the company, the three months old start-up will use the funds to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readLeading home healthcare company, Portea Medical has acquired specialty pharmaceutical distributor MedybizPharma to strengthen patient engagement and better care for chronic disease patients in India. Portea Medical, which handles 60,000+ home visits a month across 24 cities in India and bagged Series B funding of $37.5 million from Accel, IFC, Qualcomm Ventures and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readMumbai-based primary healthcare services aggregator, HealthAssure is in conversation with Venture Capital (VC) firms to raise $7 million. The start-up, which counts serial entrepreneur Rajul Garg as mentor, intends to close the Series A funding (first institutional fund-raising) by February. “We are in discussions with about seven VC firms, of which talks with ...