The parallels between hotel chain unicorn Oyo and office-sharing unicorn WeWork -- whose value plunged from $47 billion to "a pretty high probability of being a zero," according to a veteran investor after seeing its IPO filing -- point to their common DNA and raise similar questions. SoftBank Group, directly and through its Vision Fund, is heavily invested in both.
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Oyo's business model is looking a lot like WeWork's
SoftBank has much riding on Indian hotel company
Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal borrowed $2 billion backed by his Oyo shares then recycled the borrowed money in the form of $700 million of fresh equity. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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