Lightspeed India Partners
Infrastructure
Lightspeed leads $40-mn funding in SolarSquare Energy
Mumbai-based energy platform SolarSquare Energy has raised $40 million (Rs 340 crore) in its Series B funding round led by multi-stage ......
General
Grapevine: Jubilant Group, Goldman Sachs, HDFC, Zetwerk, and LG Electronics in news
The Bhartia family is in talks with a marquee investment bank to jointly acquire stake in Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, while ......
TMT
Lightspeed backs OfficeBanao; Wldd, RAS Luxury Oils get funding
Workspace interior marketplace OfficeBanao, meme marketing startup Wldd and luxury skincare brand RAS Luxury Oils have raised early-stage funding. OfficeBanao Workspace interior ......
TMT
Lightspeed closes $500 mn early-stage fund for India, Southeast Asia
Silicon Valley-based Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised $500 million (around Rs 4,000 crore) for its fourth early-stage fund in India ......
TMT
Sequoia-backed Rattle snags $26 mn from Insight Partners, GV, others
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Rattle Software Inc said it has raised $26 million (around Rs 196.7 crore) in a Series A ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Sequoia, Edelweiss stand tallest in tepid year for PE-VC fundraising
Fundraising activities by private equity and venture capital firms in India slowed this year in the wake of the coronavirus ......
TMT
Former PayU India CEO's fintech startup Uni gets big seed funding cheque
Uni, a fintech startup in stealth mode co-founded by former PayU India CEO Nitin Gupta, has raised $18.5 million (Rs ......
Finance
Paytm backer SAIF Partners aims at larger corpus for new India fund
Venture capital and growth-equity investment firm SAIF Partners, which backs companies such as Paytm, Swiggy and ShareChat, has launched a ......
Finance
Bejul Somaia, former Flipkart exec part of Lightspeed's new Southeast Asia team
Multi-stage venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, which has backed startups such as Oyo and Byju’s, is expanding its operations ......
General
Grapevine: PE firms to exit ISP Atria; Blackstone to consolidate office assets
Private equity firms True North and TA Associates, which own more than 90% in India’s largest non-telco internet service provider ......