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India’s upGrad Enters Unicorn Club with $185m Funding from IFC, Temasek and Others
Educational technology platform for higher education upGrad is now part of the unicorn club as they have raised $185 millions at a valuation of $1.2 billion, it announced on Monday. Unicorn is a term used in the venture capital industry to describe a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion. […]
Logistics Startup Parcel Perform Raises $20 Million In Series A Round
Singapore-based delivery experience platform Parcel Perform has secured a total of US$20 million in a series A investment that was spearheaded by Cambridge Capital. Softbank Ventures Asia and existing backers Wavemaker Partners and Investible have also joined the round. Parcel Perform assists e-commerce firms in optimizing their logistics operations with data integrations, parcel tracking, delivery […]
BharatPe Joins The Unicorn Club With Threefold Rising Valuation to $2.85 Billion
BharatPe, merchant payments, and financial services provider, has raised $370 million in a primary and secondary fundraising round led by new investor Tiger Global Management of New York. Dragoneer Investor Group and Steadfast Capital are two other new investors who participated in this round. BharatPe joins India’s burgeoning list of unicorn startups with the funding, […]
Philippine Fintech Startup NextPay Raised USD 1.6 million In Funding
A Philippine-based fintech startup, NextPay, has raised 1.6million US dollars in a recent seed funding co-led by Golden Gate Ventures and Gentree Fund, a venture vehicle of the Sy family, the family behind SM Group in the Philippines. Some of the other investors that joined the round include Broadhaven Ventures, Saison Capital, Razorpay, Tribe Capital, […]
Edamama Raised 5million USD Funding For Expansion and Improvement
Edamama, an e-commerce startup platform based in the Philippines, is said to raise US$5 million in its pre-series A round. Many esteemed Filipino and global angel investors joined the round of ventures for the e-commerce platform with some of the familiar names like Gentree Fund, Foxmont Capital Partners, Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc (RRHI), Globe Telecom, […]