Basis, a mental wellness app, has raised $3.75 million in funding from Bedrock, Wave Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
View More Former Uber exec Andrew Chapin takes the wraps off his stealth mental health startupCategory: lightspeed venture partners
India’s new technology infrastructure has created a platform to build domestic tech giants
In the two years since Indian social media app ShareChat raised $4 million in funding from Lightspeed Ventures the converging trends of increasing smartphone use, wireless internet connectivity, and cashless banking have combined to create a new social media juggernaut. Now Lightspeed has confirmed that the company has raised an additional $100 million in financing […]
View More India’s new technology infrastructure has created a platform to build domestic tech giantsIndia’s budget hotel startup OYO raises $1B for international growth
OYO, the India-based startup that operates a network of budget hotels, has pulled in $1 billion in new funding to grow its business in China and expand into other international markets. The majority of the funding — $800 million, to be exact — was led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with participation from Lightspeed, Sequoia and Greenoaks Capital. OYO […]
View More India’s budget hotel startup OYO raises $1B for international growthRothy’s, whose ballet flats for women are already everywhere, just launched a sneaker, too
If you are a woman who has used the internet to buy something, particularly if you are a woman who has used the internet to buy something in the Bay Area, there’s a very high likelihood you have seen ads for Rothy’s everywhere you go on social media, particularly Facebook. In fact, they’ve likely been following […]
View More Rothy’s, whose ballet flats for women are already everywhere, just launched a sneaker, tooUdaan, the e-commerce startup led by three former Flipkart executives, raises $225M
The trio announced this morning that their B2B e-commerce startup Udaan had raised $225 million in Series C funding. The cash infusion, according to Indian media reports, makes Udaan the fastest-ever Indian startup to be valued at over $1 billion.
View More Udaan, the e-commerce startup led by three former Flipkart executives, raises $225MGrab picks up $2 billion more to fuel growth in post-Uber Southeast Asia
Grab, the ride-hailing service that struck a deal to take Uber out of Southeast Asia, has announced that it has pulled in $2 billion in new capital as it seeks to go beyond ride-hailing to offer more on-demand services. The $2 billion figure includes a $1 billion investment from Toyota which was announced in June, […]
View More Grab picks up $2 billion more to fuel growth in post-Uber Southeast AsiaUnblockable raises $5M to create crypto collectibles around pro athletes
Unblockable is tackling a new area for blockchain technology — sports fandom, specifically collectibles and fantasy sports. CEO Jeb Terry (a former Fox Sports executive, and before that a former offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers) said the goal is to connect pro sports and pro athletes with the technology, and to “create new […]
View More Unblockable raises $5M to create crypto collectibles around pro athletesYugaByte’s new database software rakes in $16 million so developers can move to any cloud
Looking to expand the footprint of its toolkit giving developers a unified database software that can work for both relational and post-relational databases, YugaByte has raised $16 million in a new round of funding. For company co-founder, Kannan Muthukkaruppan, the new database software liberates developers from the risk of lock-in with any provider of cloud […]
View More YugaByte’s new database software rakes in $16 million so developers can move to any cloudThunkable’s DIY app builder is now cross-platform
Drag-and-drop app builder startup Thunkable has launched a cross-platform version of its product that lets users create apps that work across Android and iOS. The app builder is targeted at non-coders and first time developers, with the bold claim that the platform lets “anyone create beautiful and powerful apps”. Users can choose from a variety […]
View More Thunkable’s DIY app builder is now cross-platformEmphasizing social, shareable, and meaningful work, Girlboss launches a new site
Girlboss, the juggernaut business and lifestyle brand launched by serial entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso (the founder of Nasty Gal), has launched a fresh redesign of its website as the company looks to evolve beyond publishing. While publishing will remain a central component of the business that Girlboss is building, Amoruso says that the brand encompasses much […]
View More Emphasizing social, shareable, and meaningful work, Girlboss launches a new siteLightspeed just filed for $1.8 billion in new funding, as the race continues
Just a day after General Catalyst, the 18-year-old venture firm, revealed plans in an SEC filing to raise a record $1.375 billion in capital, another firm that we’d said was likely to file any second has done just that. According to a fresh SEC filing, Lightspeed Venture Partners, also 18 years old, is raising a record […]
View More Lightspeed just filed for $1.8 billion in new funding, as the race continuesSaga is the thinking person’s cryptocurrency
As we enter the third age of crypto – the first being Satoshi’s White Paper phase and the second being the exchange phase – we find ourselves in a maze of twisty tokens, all different. Enter Saga. Created by Israeli VC Ido Sadeh Man and investor Moshe Hogeg, Saga a token connected to a cash […]
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