India-based internet car marketplace CarDekho has raised $110 million in fresh venture funding. According to a report citing the Indian startup, it raised the money in a Series C round of fundraising led by Sequoia India, Hillhouse and Alphabet’s CapitalG. Axis Bank and a financing...
Lightspeed China Partners announced Thursday (Jan. 3) that it completed fundraising for its fund family IV, raising $560 million. In a press release, Lightspeed China Partners said that $360 million is going toward the Lightspeed China Partners IV and $200 million for the Lightspeed China Partners...
Blue Apron saw its stock price get a boost on Thursday (Dec. 27) after it announced its partnership with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, on healthy meal kits for dieters. Yet, according to CNBC, despite the meal kit delivery company’s stock rising 17.2 percent, it...
Southeast Asia’s Grab might be in for more funding: SoftBank’s Vision Fund may invest $1 billion in the ride-hailing company, according to The Telegraph, and is reportedly nearing a deal. Grab has notched $2.7 billion in funding this year alone and has raised more than...
Naspers, a large South African-based technology investor, is leading a $1 billion funding round for food delivery outfit Swiggy, according to a report. Chinese investor and tech giant Tencent also joined in the round. Tencent’s participation is not surprising, considering Naspers was an early investor...
In perhaps the latest vote of confidence in the movement toward speedier employee compensation, Earnin – which facilitates real-time payroll payments – announced Thursday (Dec. 20) that it has raised $125 million in equity financing. According to a press release from the company, the Series...
Fair, the car leasing startup that earlier in 2018 acquired the leasing portfolio of Uber, has raised $385 million in venture funding. According to a report in Venture Beat, citing the company, SoftBank led the Series B round of investing. Other investors that took part...
Capital tied to equity can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes deflating. Funding negotiations and deals are complex. A business might end up trading chunks of itself to fund day-to-day marketing. Outsiders join the board and often end up gaining total or near-total control of the...
TransferGo, an up-and-coming international money transfer company, has raised more than $17.6 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report. The London-based company, which was founded in 2012, is available in 47 countries and has offices in Warsaw, London, Berlin, Istanbul and...
