Lightspeed Venture Partners

General

02 July, 2020

Grapevine: ShareChat eyes funds from SAIF; Axis Bank in talks for PE funding

Regional language social media platform ShareChat is looking to raise $200 million (Rs 1,510 crore at current exchange rate) from ......

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25 June, 2020

Lightspeed, Falcon Edge lead Series A funding in enterprise AI startup Nextbillionai

NextBillion AI, which operates the artificial intelligence-based enterprise platform focussed on hyperlocal solutions, has raised $7 million (approximately Rs 52.89 ......

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Finance

01 June, 2020

Illinois' pension fund returns as LP for India VC fund

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has committed to invest up to $25 million (Rs 187 crore) in a US-based venture ......

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13 May, 2020

Hyperlocal discovery startup Magicpin valued around $150 mn in new funding round

Samast Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which operates hyperlocal discovery startup Magicpin, has raised fresh funding from a clutch of investors led ......

Finance

17 April, 2020

Lightspeed raises over $4 bn across three global funds

Lightspeed Venture Partners, which backs Indian startups such as Oyo and Byju's, said it has raised over $4 billion (Rs ......

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16 April, 2020

Yellow Messenger gets a bagful of cash from Lightspeed in Series B round

Yellow Messenger, a conversational artificial intelligence platform, has raised $20 million (about Rs 154 crore) in its Series B funding round ......

General

15 April, 2020

Grapevine: Alpine Capital may back Dailyhunt; Lightspeed leads funding in Setu

Regional language news and content aggregator Dailyhunt is in talks to raise $25 million (about Rs 190 crore at current ......

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23 March, 2020

Lightspeed, Accel back smart dialer app co-founded by former VC exec

Venture capital firms Accel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners have invested in a smart dialing platform, a person privy to ......

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Finance

05 February, 2020

Lightspeed scores multi-bagger returns from one of its oldest bets

Lightspeed Venture Partners has fully exited a company in which it had come in as one of the first institutional ......

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08 January, 2020

Lightspeed, Sequoia Surge bet on e-sports streaming platform Rheo

E-sports streaming and community platform Rheo has raised $2 million (approximately Rs 14.34 crore) in seed funding from a clutch ......