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Lightspeed fuels Indian workspace interiors platform Officebanao with $6M funding
Officebanao, an Indian startup offering a workspace interiors platform to businesses in the country, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed. In India’s competitive workspace int
Lightspeed backs Indian startup Zyod aiming to make apparel manufacturing more efficient
Zyod, an Indian startup offering apparel sourcing and manufacturing, has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding led by Lightspeed.
Lightspeed backs CommandK’s mission to become the go-to enterprise security command center
CommandK, a startup offering a dedicated platform to manage enterprise security, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Lightspeed. Companies accumulate a lot of sensitive data and store secrets
Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA
Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become the financial operating system for SMEs, has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series C round. Investors included Lightspeed and Sequoia Ca
Retail tech startup Swiftly valued at $1B after bagging another $100M
Swiftly’s technology taps into that online shopping experience to make shopping at a brick-and-mortar store just as engaging and easy.
Runa Capital kicks off new fund as it joins the VC ‘Scramble for Europe’ by moving to Luxembourg
TechCrunch understands Runa Capital, which launched in 2010, has raised $55 million toward its fourth fund, aiming for a target of $250 million. The company is declinging to comment. However, after 12
Inside Tencent’s ambition to create a Triple A console game
Tencent, the biggest social networking and video games company in China, hasn’t really managed to scale its popular products in the Western mainstream. The behemoth’s international expansi
9 strategies that will help you overcome your fear of fundraising
Don’t let fear disempower you and delay your raise: It is the path to death for your startup.
$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition
Web3 developer infrastructure startup Alchemy, which last raised a $200 million Series C1 last February, has just made its first acquisition ever — and it’s in the education space. The co
Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones
After more than two years of remote work, many employees have no interest in returning to the office — at least not without good reason. Employers have responded in kind, more or less, with tech
Lightspeed raises $500 million for its new India and Southeast Asia fund
Lightspeed has raised $500 million for its newest India and Southeast Asia fund, its largest for the regions, as it looks to make deeper investments in the South Asian market that is increasingly attr
Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped
On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, we dove into a topic that tends to stir up strong emotions, even from those outside the crypto space — the metaverse. Mercedes Bent, an investor at Light
A blockchain billionaire’s big bet
Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama and trends, breaking it down block by block for the crypto curious. Although we’
Supabase raises $80M Series B for its open source Firebase alternative
Supabase, which bills itself as an open source alternative to services like Google’s Firebase, today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Felicis Ventures. C
Lightspeed India Partners, investor in Byju’s, Udaan and Ula, eyes over $500 million for new fund
Lightspeed India Partners is looking to raise over $500 million for its fourth fund as one of the most successful venture funds in the world’s second largest internet market looks to double down
China’s work automation startup Laiye raises $160M, acquires France’s Mindsay
An ambitious Chinese startup wants a slice of the flourishing global work automation market. Laiye, a Beijing-based company that provides a one-stop platform for automating office tasks of varying deg
Shortwave wants to bring back Google Inbox
Google’s Inbox experiment was a glorious thing while it lasted. Launched as an invitation-only service in 2014, it was the company’s next-gen email client. Because it was so good, it’
Zapp snaps up $200M to supersize its instant grocery play
Zapp, the instant grocery delivery startup that launched in 2020 in London, has picked up a substantial round of funding to go head-to-head with Getir, Gopuff, Jiffy, Deliveroo and the many others hun
Dremio raises $160M Series E for its data lake platform
Data lake platform Dremio today announced that it has raised a $160 million Series E funding round led by Adams Street Partners. Existing investors Sapphire Ventures (which also led the company’
Indian fintech Uni raises $70 million for its pay-later cards offering
Uni, an Indian startup that offers users pay-later cards, has raised $70 million in a financing round as it looks to broaden its product offerings in the South Asian market. General Catalyst led the o