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Shahram Warsi Aug 20 2018 - 2 min readOne of the questions that bother edupreneurs after they are ready with their idea is “How to convince investors to invest in the idea?” The education industry is emerging as one of the most sought-after sectors for investment. With more than 1.4 million schools and more than 36,000 higher education institutes, this industry has a ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 20 2018 - 2 min readThe Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee launched a Technology Innovation and Development of Entrepreneurship Support (TIDES) business incubator at Greater Noida on Friday. The Noida campus is an extension of the existing TIDES incubator at Roorkee, and will ensure that start-ups incubated in the Roorkee campus benefit from the start-up ecosystem of the National ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 17 2018 - 1 min readWith offline sale of mobile phones continuing to be high despite exclusive online sales by mobile companies, Celekt, a new mobile retail firm, is planning a pan-India chain by opening 200 stores in the first year. In the subsequent two years, it will set up three hundred more, covering southern, western and northern markets. With ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jul 17 2018 - 1 min readLeapFrog Investments, an emerging markets-focused impact investment fund, on Monday said it has acquired majority stake in Mumbai-based medical products company Ascent Meditech for an undisclosed amount. Known to invest in high-growth financial and healthcare companies, LeapFrog hopes to tap into the $100-billion Indian healthcare market through this investment. Ascent, the company behind the consumer ...
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Franchise India Bureau Jun 25 2018 - 1 min readMid-market private equity firm Lighthouse Funds has led a Rs 143 crore (around $21 million) investment in Tynor Orthotics Pvt. Ltd, which makes artificial support devices for various body parts. France-based manufacturer and distributor of medical devices Thuasne Participations, which had invested in Tynor in 2010, also put in money in ...