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OYO cashes in another cheque from Swedish billionaire Martin HP Söderström for its vacation homes business in Europe

Indian hospitality unicorn OYO has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Martin HP Söderströ…

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OYO bags a $7.4 million cheque as pandemic forces Ritesh Agarwal to reimagine the business

Ritesh Agarwal-led OYO has raised ₹54 crore or $7.4 million from Hindustan Media Ventures in a seri…

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OYO blames Zo Rooms for ‘forum hunting’ after Zostel’s latest plea to stop its IPO

Update: The article has been updated to include the Delhi high court's verdict issued on September …

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OYO’s Ritesh Agarwal joins the long list of founders who have turned investors

The fund is headed by Gaurav Gulati, the former Chief Operating Officer of Innov8, which was acq…

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Ritesh Agarwal to take a 100% pay cut, OYO sets up a welfare fund for Corona-hit hotel partners

The already troubled OYO, which was on a path towards profitability, now has another massive challe…

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Airbnb picks up a stake in its Indian rival Oyo Rooms

US-based home renting startup AirBnB has reportedly picked up a stake in Oyo Rooms. In a series E f…

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OYO is cutting costs in Japan by merging its hotel and rental apartment business

OYO in Japan is merging its hotel business and its rental venture – OYO Life. The merged entity wil…

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OYO is beefing up its board of directors – the second board appointment this year is a former FBI consultant

Indian hospitality unicorn OYO has announced the 8th addition to its board of directors. The compan…

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70% of OYO hotels in China have reopened ⁠— and bookings are rising slowly, the company says

While 70% of OYO hotels in China are now operational, it plans to open the remaining hotels in the …

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EXCLUSIVE: OYO brings on board former Starbucks COO Troy Alstead

Indian hospitality unicorn OYO has another addition to its board of advisors – Troy Alstead, former…

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OYO reportedly invokes ‘Act of God’ clause to suspend payments to hotel owners says report

According to the report, OYO in a letter to hoteliers has ‘proposed a revenue share model that s…

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For Indian startups, 2018 has been a year of bouncing back as venture capital funding doubles

In 2017, the companies listed under IPOs raised over ₹772 billion. On the other hand, the star…

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OYO employees have collected ₹1 crore to help Chinese colleagues affected by coronavirus

Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO, OYO, has said that a fund of over 1 mn RMB (around ₹1 crore) ha…

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Bizarre! The more losses Oyo makes, the more valuable it gets

Indian hospitality unicorn OYO, backed by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son’s Softbank Vision Fund…

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OYO has trimmed its losses and here’s how it plans to add more rooms, enhance customer experience

"We have been doubling our revenues year-on-year and within this year we will continue to gro…

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Ritesh Agarwal: Interesting facts about oyo founder ritesh agarwal

While he has not even attained 25 years of age, Ritesh Agarwal, the CEO of OYO has seen it all – po…

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Oyo Rooms’ valuation to touch $850 million, this will be the size of its funding

After the fresh round of funding, SoftBank will have 42% ownership. The investment i…

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Oyo wants a bite of foodtech, may acquire Freshmenu: Report

The acquisition, which could be valued at $50-60 million according to ETtech, will mark Oyo’s en…

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Oyo's new SOS button promises to make Indian hotels safer

The hospitality chain has also trained a 24x7 OYO Safety Response Team (SRT) which will be able …

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A boy who lived through the 1999 Odisha cyclone is a billionaire now – and here's what he learnt from Fani

Cyclone Fani is one of the most powerful cyclones to hit Odisha in the last 15 years. To me, it bri…