StartupsOyo chief confident of weathering pandemic despite 50% revenue drop
Latest $1bn fundraising from SoftBank will last longer than 3 years, Agarwal says
Oyo Hotels and Homes has a war chest of $1 billion and does not need to raise funds in the near term despite the coronavirus outbreak. © AP
KEN KOYANAGI, Nikkei Asian Review editor-at-large
TOKYO --- The founder of Oyo Hotels and Homes, one of India's fastest-growing startups, is confident that the budget hotel chain can weather the COVID-19 crisis, citing a $1 billion war chest that will last "three years plus," Ritesh Agarwal said Thursday.