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1Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Tiqets Raises $60 Million Led by Airbnb

AMSTERDAM, 31st Oct 2019-- Platforms for booking tickets for museums and attractions Tiqets raises Series C financing of $60 million led by Airbnb with continued support from prior lead investors Investion and HPE Growth Capital. Tiqets operates in 60+ countries and connected millions of people to thousands of venues. With this new funding, Tiqets plans to invest in initiatives that accelerate its growth, build richer experiences for customers, and create better tools for its venue partners all in line with its vision of making culture more accessible for all. “Travelers are seeking out a diverse range of experiences when they visit a new city,” said Airbnb Art and Culture Director Philippe Magid. “The Tiqets team has effectively used new technology to connect travelers to commun...

1Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Company data Management Platform Crunchbase Raises $30 Million Funding

1st Nov, 2019: Company data management platform Crunchbase raises a $30 million dollar Series C funding round from OMERS Ventures. The funding round was also participated from existing investors Emergence, Mayfield, Cowboy Ventures, and Verizon Ventures. "We had way back when we spun out of AOL/Verizon and TechCrunch in 2015. It’s the beginning of some big product and team investments that we hope will make Crunchbase even more useful for all of our users," said Crunchbase on its blog. Launched in 2007, Crunchbase is simply a quick reference tool at the bottom of a news site. Twelve years later, Crunchbase is an independent company, has one of the most visited websites in the world, a data platform with killer applications, billions of API ...

31Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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Brut. Raises $40M in New Funding, Launch Operation in USA

NEW YORK, 31st Oct 2019-- Leading next-gen global digital media brand Brut. officially launched in the USA. Brut. also announced that it raises $40M in Series B funding led by Red River West and blisce/. Other investors include Aryeh Bourkoff, Founder and CEO of LionTree LLC, and Eric Zinterhofer, Founding Partner of Searchlight Capital Partners. The company will use this new fund to continue its worldwide expansion, starting with bolstering its operations in the U.S. “Conversation has been the biggest revolution in media consumption,” said Guillaume Lacroix, founder, and CEO of Brut. “We are engaging the most aspirational audience millennials and Gen Zers and sparking positive social dialogue around key issues. Our editorial tackles the topics that are most important to...

30Oct By PriyankaNo Comments

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Jungle Ventures Raises $240 Million

SINGAPORE, Oct. 29, 2019-- Jungle Ventures, one of Southeast Asia's largest early-stage venture capital firms closed its third fund Jungle Ventures III. The firm raised a total of $240 million, which includes $40 million raised in separately managed account commitments, for investments in innovative technology and digital-driven consumer businesses across Southeast Asia. Jungle raised more than double the amount of its previous fund, Jungle Ventures II (2016), with nearly 60% of committed capital coming from outside Asia. More than 90% of the capital came from institutional investors spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, with new investors accounting for nearly 70% of the fundraising, and returning investors for the rest. Investors range from endowments, fund...

25Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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AI startup Crediwatch raises $3.2M funding

Crediwatch, a Bangalore-based fintech company building AI/ML tools to help the financial services industry reduce credit risk, has secured US$3.2 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by ARTIS Labs. Abstract Ventures also participated in this round. The funding will accelerate R&D and commercialization of Crediwatch’s platform. Prior to this round, Crediwatch has raised US$1.6 million. Crediwatch is a ‘data insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real-ti...

24Oct By NitishNo Comments

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Credenc Raises $2.5 Mn in Funding led by Omidyar Network India

Credenc, an education loan platform raises $2.5 million (Rs 17.8 crore) in a seed funding round, led by Omidyar Network India. The funding round also saw participation from EMVC, Better Capital and IIMK Alumni Fund, a statement said. The start-up intends to build up a loan book of USD 500 million (over Rs 3,500 crore) over the next five years, it added. “The capital raised shall be used to expand operations to a 1,000 colleges across 50 cities over the next two years. Credenc also plans to hire across technology, credit and banking partnerships,” it said. The New Delhi-based company was founded by Avinash Kumar and Mayank Batheja in 2017. The start-up has approved loans worth over Rs 100 crore (USD 15 million). Currently, only 5 per cent of the about USD 50 billion annual sp...

24Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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PeeSafe Raises $4 Million Series A Funding

NEW DELHI, 24th Oct 2019: Hygiene and wellness brand Pee Safe have raised $4 million in Series A funding led by Alkemi Growth Capital. The company, which has raised $2 million previously (June 2017 and January 2018), will use the capital for strengthening R&D, product development and strengthening the distribution of its products. "Apart from helping with product development and other aspects, the capital infusion will help us support our talent needs in areas such as sales, marketing and finance," Pee Safe founder Vikas Bagaria told Pixr8. The company will hire about 20 people by the end of the year to take its headcount to over 100 people, he added. The company, whose product portfolio include toilet seat sanitiser, sanitary napkins and anti-pollution dust masks, is also ...

23Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

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WeWork Raises Funding from SoftBank Group

NEW YORK & TOKYO-- The We Company and SoftBank Group announced an agreement under which SoftBank commits to provide significant funding to the WeWork. This includes $5 billion in new financing and the launching of a tender offer by SoftBank of up to $3 billion for existing shareholders. Additionally, SoftBank will be accelerating an existing commitment to fund $1.5 billion. The funding provides WeWork with significant liquidity to execute its business plan to accelerate the Company’s path to profitability and positive free cash flow. After closing, and following the tender offer, SoftBank’s fully diluted economic ownership of WeWork will be approximately 80 percent. Since SoftBank will not hold a majority of voting rights at any general stockholder meeting or board of d...

West Creek Raises $150 Million to Expand its Point-of-Sale Financing

19Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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West Creek Raises $150 Million to Expand its Point-of-Sale Financing

RICHMOND, Va.-- West Creek, a fast-growing fintech company that provides innovative point-of-sale financing, announced it secured a $150 million credit facility from Pollen Street Capital, bringing West Creek’s total credit facility capacity to $250 million. This expanded capacity enables West Creek to maintain its rapid growth. Since 2015, West Creek’s revenue has grown over 4,400% and will surpass $200 million for 2019. West Creek partners with over 8,000 retailers nationwide and has helped over 250,000 customers in purchasing essential items, including furniture, mattresses, appliances, tires, and HVAC systems. “This new credit facility represents a significant milestone for West Creek and allows us to continue to transform point-of-sale financing,” said Rajesh Rao, chief financia...

18Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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Ekos Raises $8 Million Series A Funding

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Ekos, the leader in business management software for independent craft beverage companies has secured an $8 million Series A investment round. This Series A is the first outside investment into Ekos, which has been self-financed to date, and represents one of the Charlotte area’s largest Series A investments in recent history. This funding round is being led by Noro-Moseley Partners, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that invests in early growth information technology and healthcare businesses with rapidly scaling revenue, a capital-efficient model and a clear pathway to profitability. Alan Taetle, General Partner, and John Ale, Principal, from Noro-Moseley Partners will join the Ekos board of directors. Ekos partners with more than 1,700 craft producer...

17Oct By AdityaNo Comments

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Water Management startup WEGoT raises USD 2 mn seed funding

An integrated water management solutions startup WEGoT has raised USD 2 million (about Rs 14.2 crore) in seed funding led by GoFrugal, Shyam Shekar from iThought, and Brigade Enterprises Ltd. Other leading investors Vibhu Natarajan (Director at Grotech Landscapes), Rajagopal S from Entrust, Joydeep Ponugoti (Manbhum Constructions) and Promod Kumar also participated in this round. "This capital infusion will be used predominantly to strengthen its Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled product portfolio, scale its presence in India. The company also plans to invest in recruitment and hopes to double its employee base in the next 6-months for R&D, and sales and marketing," it added. The solution is subscription-based, wherein the company gives the product free and users pay a monthly ...

16Oct By PriyankaNo Comments

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CleverTap raises $35 mn funding from Tiger Global & others

New Delhi, Oct 16- CleverTap, an AI-powered customer lifecycle, and user retention platform has raised USD 35 million (over Rs 250 crore) in series C funding, led by existing investors Tiger Global Management and Sequoia India. This new funding increases CleverTap’s external investment to USD 61 million since the beginning of 2019 a period that has seen the company’s valuation more than double from USD 150 million to USD 385 million, a statement said. "Growing at 250 per cent year-on-year since 2015, CleverTap intends to use the funds to build out its new US-based engineering hub, add enhanced predictive capabilities to its market-leading platform, and fuel an aggressive global go-to-market expansion strategy," it added. Sunil Thomas, co-founder and CEO of CleverTap, said, the lat...