Byju’s, the Indian online education startup, is raising around $1 billion from investors, Bloomberg reports, in an infusion valuing the company at around $15 billion. The company is also in talks to try and raise another $200 or $300 million, at a slightly higher valuation,...
Dunzo, India’s Google-backed delivery startup, plans to double the amount of capital it has raised to expand across the country and become a $1 billion revenue business over the next two years, Bloomberg reported on Friday (April 9). Dunzo, which is based in Bengaluru, has...
Community, the text messaging platform that lets brands and celebrities message consumers and fans, has raised $40 million in investments from Salesforce, the company announced on Friday (April 9). This new round of funding brings the total amount raised to $90 million, with investments coming...
Rosier prospects of growth in America could spell trouble for investments in emerging markets as investors choose to put their money into more robust economies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (April 8). “February and March saw the biggest net outflows from emerging-market bonds...
The first quarter of 2021 marked a record-setting time for startup funding, with investors pumping $72.7 billion into North American tech startups’ growth-stage rounds. As Crunchbase reported on Thursday (April 8), that total is the highest in the history of the dataset. Q1 funding was...
StockX, the eCommerce marketplace for products such as sneakers and streetwear, has wrapped up financing that left the company with a $3.8 billion valuation, according to a Thursday (April 8) press release. The company concluded a $195 million secondary tender offering in addition to a...
London FinTech startup TrueLayer raised $70 million in a Series D funding round led by new investor Addition, as well as existing backers Anthemis Group, Connect Ventures, Mouro Capital, Northzone, and Temasek. Additional investors include Visionaries Club, Surojit Chatterjee (CPO Coinbase), Zack Kanter (CEO Stedi),...
Creator crowdfunding startup Patreon raised $155 million at a $4 billion valuation led by new investor Tiger Global Management with participation from Woodline Partners, Wellington Management, Lone Pine Capital and New Enterprise Associates, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (April 7). The digital platform connects...
FinTech infrastructure startup Plaid raised $425 million in a Series D funding round, putting the company’s valuation at $13.4 billion. This is its first funding since its $5.3 billion sale to Visa was blocked. “In founding Plaid nearly a decade ago, we dreamt of a...
