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MEDZIN- The Emerging Player in The Indian Healthcare Industry
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MEDZIN- The Emerging Player in The Indian Healthcare Industry

Indian healthcare is experiencing a new wave of opportunity. Providers are reinventing existing delivery models to bring healthcare closer to the patient. One of the Leading light in this sector, Medzin (holding company of Medhealix Health Tech Pvt. Ltd.) is a hyper-local healthcare aggregator app connecting the users with the nearest healthcare facilities and services. Catalyzing growth and innovation in the Healthcare sector, one can buy Medicines and Daily Supplements at Your Convenience, Book Appointments Based on Recommendations and Healthcare and Daily Supplements, Book Appointments with Doctors Nearby. According to, Economist Intelligence Unit of World Healthcare Outlook, “Healthcare is a high-cost sector for both end-users and providers, billing at an average of 10.5% of GDP on...
Peppertap Shuts Down Grocery Delivery Operations
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Peppertap Shuts Down Grocery Delivery Operations

PepperTap, a Hyperlocal delivery startup founded in 2013 by Navneet Singh and Milind Sharma shuts down its grocery delivery operations. Peppertap will focus on building a logistics company to compete with startups including Delhivery, Flipkart's ekart division and go Javas head on, multiple sources told Pixr8. In March, Bengaluru-based grocery portal BigBasket raised $150 million (about Rs 1,000 crore) in funding led by Dubai's Abraaj Group to strengthening its express delivery service and expand its reach. Grofers too raised $120 million led by Softbank earlier this year. Grofers too shut down operations in nine cities, including Ludhiana, Bhopal, Kochi, Coimbatore and Visakhapatnam earlier this year. The company already runs a reverse logistics arm through its parent company Nuvoex...
Zopper acquires cloud-based Retail EasyPOS
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Zopper acquires cloud-based Retail EasyPOS

Zopper, a hyper-local market place has acquired EasyPOS Solutions, a cloud based point of sale software system for billing, inventory, employee and loyalty management. The company has acquired the POS platform in mixed cash and equity deal and has valued the company at Rs 33 crores, with the intent to creating a long-term association and value for its partner retailers. A POS solution helps a company organise its overall sales and gives it an easy reach to small and medium enterprises. By joining hands with EasyPOS, hyper local company facilitating its partner retailers to provide increased selection and latest prices to its marketplace users on a real time basis. Neeraj Jain, co-founder Zopper said: "EasyPOS is an excellent product built by a brilliant team. Witnessing its tre...
Bangalore Based Home Services Start-up Bro4u Raised Angel Funding; Plans to Expand Into Other Cities
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Bangalore Based Home Services Start-up Bro4u Raised Angel Funding; Plans to Expand Into Other Cities

Bro4u.com, Bangalore-based home service market place, have raised undisclosed funds from Sargod Ventures led by Alok Sargod. Bro4u is an 8-month-old hyper-local home services app which promises seven minutes turnaround for users, which is the quickest compared to any competitors available in this expertise. Read Also: How Akshay turned ‘Bhaiya chutta nahi hai’ into bro4u.com Pramod Hegde, CEO & Co-Founder of Bro4u, said that their latest funding would be used to strengthen their position in home ground Bangalore. He also confirmed that they are in talks with Venture Capitalists to move into next level by expanding the services to Hyderabad and Pune market. Pramod believes that there is no clear leader in this segment yet, and anyone who has a right will come out as a market leade...