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OYO Rooms Raises $250 Million Funding From SoftBank Vision Fund, Hero Enterprise

Chinmay BidkarSeptember 7, 2017

07 September 2017, India: One of India's leading hotel aggregator OYO Rooms have raised a whopping $250 Million in the latest round of funding led by Sof...

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Indian College Dropouts – Does Education Really Matter In Startup World?

Aadishree PujariApril 18, 2017

If you see all the success stories and make a comparison, you can easily notice that a good number of success stories come from people who are college dropo...

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Hotel aggregator Oyo Rooms Set to Raise $500mn Funding from Softbank

Chinmay BidkarFebruary 27, 2017

27 February 2017, India: Gurgaon-based Hotel aggregator Oyo Rooms is all set to raise up to $500 million from the SoftBank as per the...

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OYO Raises $90million from SoftBank Group

Chinmay BidkarAugust 16, 2016

Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, OYO Rooms 16 August 2016, India : Softbank Group has backed OYO by investing whopping $90 million. The ...

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Softbank Announces GMV Of Snapdeal, OLA and OYO; Remains Silent On Housing.com

Anirudh SaligramaMay 11, 2016

11 May 2016, DELHI: Softbank, a Japan based technology company who invested on both Snapdeal, Ola, Housing and OYO reported that Snapdeal, the lea...

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Oyo Rooms Runs A Successful #NoRoomForHate Campaign For Valentines Day !

Dipti GoreFebruary 13, 2016

Valentines Day - The day of love ! Also the day which gives opportunity to companies to create /offer something special for people in love. And this year al...

Startups

It’s Official ! Softbank has Confirmed Zo Rooms Acquisition By Rival Oyo Rooms !

Dipti GoreFebruary 11, 2016

11 Feb 2016, Mumbai: The news is finally confirmed ! Oyo Rooms has acquired its Rival Zo Rooms in an all-stock transaction. Oyo Rooms which has raised abou...

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India Forbes 30 Under 30 Writing A New Success Story

Nitin KondeFebruary 6, 2016

6 February, 2016, India: Forbe’s India’s project ’30 Under 30’ is writing a new success story for the country. The company has pumped out 30 influential you...

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Scale Vs Systems: Are Operations Failing Ambitions In The Indian Startup Space?

Amit TiwariFebruary 3, 2016

Designed by Freepik It was 20:30 pm when Manoj Thelakkat‎ arrived at Hotel Unicontinental, Khar, Mumbai. At the hotel reception he was left astonished wh...

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OYO Rooms selected for hospitality sector skill training

Dipti GoreNovember 24, 2015

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) : Online hotels aggregator OYO Rooms today said it has been selected by Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC) to train and ce...

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