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Byju’s founder floats share offer to make peace with estranged investors
Founder Byju Raveendran is making a last-ditch attempt to placate the embattled Indian startup’s disgruntled investors.
Can everdrop scale its plastic-bottle-free cleaning products, as well as build a global brand?
Household cleaning chemicals in the form of a tablet that can be dissolved in water appear to have given rise to a number of startups. As well as Munich-based startup…
This Week in Apps: Period tracking app privacy, Snapchat’s paid subscription, calls for TikTok ban
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues…
Birdie, a U.K.-based caretech software-as-a-service maker, has closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by investment firm Sofina, with Omers Ventures and Index Ventures also participating — the…
Rohlik bags $231M despite the market cooling on food delivery startups
The salad days are over for many startups in the online food delivery sector. Following a long period of cash injections, splashy and high-profile promotions, and interesting experiments toying with…
CoachHub raises $200M led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Digital coaching platform CoachHub plans to further expand in the Asia Pacific and other regions of the world after raising a $200 million Series C. The round, led by Sofina…
It’s been several years since Barcelona-based Typeform tapped investors to grow usage of its “conversational data collection platform”, as it bills the customizable form/survey/quiz builder software it sells. Actually it’s…
Urban mobility startup Dott has raised an extension to its Series B round. Originally announced in the spring of 2021, the company raised an $85 million Series B round —…
Data intelligence company Collibra brings in another $250M to more than double its valuation
The new valuation is more than double what the Brussels-based company announced last year when it secured $112.5 million in a Series F investment that put its valuation at $2.3…
DeHaat raises $115 million in the largest agritech round in India
DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million in what is the largest funding round for an agritech startup in India,…
Oviva grabs $80M for app-delivered healthy eating programs
U.K. startup Oviva, which sells a digital support offering, including for Type 2 diabetes treatment, dispensing personalized diet and lifestyle advice via apps to allow more people to be able…
European e-scooter and micromobility startup Dott raises $85 million
Dott has raised a new $85 million Series B funding round — this round is a mix of equity and asset-backed debt financing. Belgium-based investment company Sofina is leading the…
India’s CRED valued at $2.2 billion in new $215 million fundraise
Two-year-old CRED has become the youngest Indian startup to be valued at $2 billion or higher. Bangalore-based CRED said on Tuesday it has raised $215 million in a new funding…
E-commerce startup Zilingo raises $226M to digitize Asia’s fashion supply chain
If you’re looking for the next unicorn in Southeast Asia, Zilingo might just be it. The 3.5-year-old e-commerce company announced today that it has raised a Series D round worth…
AI chip startup Graphcore closes $200M Series D, adds BMW and Microsoft as strategic investors
UK AI chip startup Graphcore has announced a $200 million Series D round today that’s jointly led by an existing investor, European VC Atomico, along with new investor Sofina, an investment holding…
Southeast Asia fashion startup Zilingo continues its meteoric rise with $54M Series C
Many will rightly say that raising money as a startup in Southeast Asia is no easy thing, but up-and-coming online fashion service Zilingo sure doesn’t seem to have problems on…
Ed-tech startup BYJU raises $75M from Sequoia India and Sofina
BYJU, an educational app for Indian schoolkids, plans to create new learning formats and products after raising $75 million from Sequoia India and Sofina.
Indian Health Search Portal Practo Lands $90M Led By Tencent For Global Expansion
Chinese internet giant Tencent is getting its tentacles into India’s healthcare space after it lead a $90 million Series C round for medical search startup Practo. The startup raised $60…
