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Shiprocket turns unicorn with $32 mn funding

Tech-enabled logistics and fulfillment platform Shiprocket has approved a Rs 259 crore ($32 million) fundraising round from existing investors Singapore’s Temasek and Lightrock India, according to ET report. Other investors in the current round include Bertelsmann India, March Capital Partners, Moore Strategic Ventures, Huddle Collective and Paypal. “Internal investors were keen to double down on […]

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Global Investment

Zeta enters unicorn club with $250M funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Banking tech startup Zeta has announced that it has secured $250 million in investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. This Series C investment values Zeta at $1.45 billion. With this investment, Zeta becomes the latest entrant to the unicorn club. “Most banks are using decades old software built when Mainframes and Cobol were in vogue. […]

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Cred raises $215 million as valuation rises to $2.2 billion

Fintech startup Cred has raised $215 million in Falcon Edge led Series D financing round. Existing investor – Coatue Management also participated in the fresh funding round. Founded by Kunal Shah in 2018, the Bengaluru-based startup has entered India’s unicorn league with valuation of $2.2 billion. The round also saw participation from existing investors RTP […]

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Gurugram-based Cars24 turns unicorn after $200 mn funding round

Cars24, an online platform for selling pre-owned vehicles, has raised $200 million in a Series-E funding round led by DST Global at a post-money valuation of over $1 billion. Existing investors Exor Seeds, Moore Strategic Ventures and Unbound also participated in the funding round. The company will use the current funding to invest aggressively in […]

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Flipkart raises $1.2bn from parent Walmart in a new financing round

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart recently said that it is raising $1.2bn in funding led by majority owner Walmart Inc. The investment, also funded by other existing shareholders, values Flipkart at $24.9 billion, and comes two years after U.S. retail giant Walmart bought the company from its founder for $16bn acquiring more than 70% stake. Flipkart […]

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Talent Ecosystem

Coronavirus Impact: Gojek lays off 430 employees

Indonesia-based tech startup Gojek recently announced that it is laying off about 9% of its total workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic. The recent downsizing exercise at the company is expected to affect about 430 employees. In an official statement, the company said that the layoffs are part of a “long-term response to the Covid-19 pandemic” […]

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Appnext becomes a ‘Recommendation Unicorn’ in India

Appnext, an on-device and in-app mobile discovery platform, announced that it reached a record milestone of serving 2B daily app recommendations to mobile users in India. Appnext interacts on average 20 times a day with 180M unique users in India, and continue to adhere to its mission of recommending users with ‘apps they may use […]

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Corporate

HighRadius raises $125mn in Series B funding round

Software as a service or SaaS, based financial start-up HighRadius has recently announced that it has raised $125mn in Series B round funding led by ICONIQ Capital. Existing investors like Susquehanna Growth Equity and Citi Ventures also participated in the round. With this boost-up, HighRadius is now valued at $1bn, making it the first entry […]