Agora, a startup that has built a materials management platform for contractors, has raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. 8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised since its […]
Verifiable secures $17M for its API that manages healthcare provider information
The Austin-based company’s technology creates an infrastructure for healthcare provider data management that puts providers at the center.
India’s BharatPe valued at $2.85 billion in Tiger Global-led $370 million funding
Indian fintech startup BharatPe has raised $370 million in a new round of financing as it looks to aggressively scale its business in the next two years. It’s the nineteenth Indian startup to become a unicorn this year (up from 11 last year) as several high-profile global investors double down in the South Asian market. […]
India’s Infra.Market valued at $2.5B in Tiger Global-led $125M funding
Infra.Market, an Indian startup that is helping construction and real estate companies in the world’s second-most populated nation procure materials and handle logistics for their projects, said on Tuesday it has raised its third financing round in the past nine months. Tiger Global, which led the startup’s Series C round in February this year, has […]
Indian online insurer PolicyBazaar files for IPO, seeks to raise over $800 million
Indian online insurance aggregator PolicyBazaar has filed for an initial public offering in which it is seeking to raise $809 million, becoming the fourth startup in the past two months from the South Asian market to explore public markets. In papers submitted to the market regulator in India, PolicyBazaar said it is looking to raise […]
Growth is not enough
The week brought together both this quarter’s earnings cycle and the Q3 IPO rush. So, it was just a little busy!
Contentful raises $175M at a $3B valuation from Tiger for its content delivery service
TechCrunch caught up with Contentful’s CEO, Steve Sloan (previously of Twilio and Bessemer), and its comms connect, Brian Spittler (previously of Podium), to dig more into its products.
Business messaging platform Gupshup raises $240 million from Tiger Global, Fidelity and others
Gupshup, a business messaging platform that began its journey in India 15 years ago, surprised many when it raised $100 million in April this year, roughly 10 years after its last financing round, and attained the coveted unicorn status. Now just three months later, the San Francisco-headquartered startup has secured even more capital from high-profile […]
NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products
Foodtech company NotCo, making plant-based milk and meat replacements, wrapped up another funding round this year, a $235 million Series D round that gives it a $1.5 billion valuation.