According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Airbnb Inc’s latest $1 billion investment from private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners has terms that imply a reduced valuation for the home rental company. According to a… Read More ›
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Indonesia’s GO-Jek expands into financial services and food delivery in Thailand
Its expansion into providing financial services comes in the wake of a collaboration with Thailand’s biggest lender, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl. As per an executive from Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek, the company will start offering more financial services and expand… Read More ›
Franco-German Doctolib gains unicorn status in latest funding round
Its latest funding round included existing investors including investment firm Eurazeo, France’s state-owned investment bank Bpifrance and venture funds Kernel and Accel. Doctolib, a Franco-German startup which created an online booking platform for doctors stated, it has raised 150 million… Read More ›
Elon Musk’s Boring Co raises $112.5 million in funding round
Boring Co is aiming to build underground tunnels for Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Project. Boring Co, Elon Musk’s startup which seeks to build underground tunnels for Musk’s hyperloop transportation project, stated it has raised $112.5 million in equity, 90% of which… Read More ›
SoftBank Group Corp offers to increase stake in Flipkart
While earlier Flipkart was valued at $11 billion, Softbank’s latest valuation pegs it $9 to 10 billion. Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has offered to buy an undisclosed stake in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, and has valued the company in the… Read More ›
Baidu Inc’s video streaming business, iQiyi eyeing U.S. IPO for early 2018
iQiyi, China’s equivalent of Netflix, is expected to be valued between $8 billion to $10 billion. As per a source with direct knowledge of the plans, iQiyi, Baidu Inc’s video streaming service, is eyeing a IPO in the United States,… Read More ›
SimilarWeb raises $47 million in latest funding round
SimilarWeb’s expertise lie in evaluating the performance of websites and mobile apps. On Tuesday, SimilarWeb, an Israeli-U.S. tech firm whose platform helps track the performance of websites of companies and mobile apps disclosed it has raised $47 million in a… Read More ›
Softbank, Greylock Partners, GM and others invest in Silicon Valley self-driving startup Nauto
Nauto has had the distinction of attracting big names from the auto industry in its funding rounds. Palo Alto-based Nauto, a Silicon Valley startup which develops software for self-driving vehicles, has disclosed it closed a $159 million series B funding… Read More ›
Dropbox interviewing underwriters for its upcoming IPO
With this bold move, Dropbox is testing the U.S. primary market which of late has seen a lull. Its IPO will be the biggest, from the tech sector, following Snap Inc’s IPO earlier this year. Sources familiar with the matter… Read More ›
Pinterest raises $150 million in latest funding round which valued the company at $12.3 billion
The latest funding round saw the company’s valuation rise by $1 billion. On Tuesday, Pinterest’s spokeswoman disclosed that the visual search technology company has raised $150 million in its latest funding round from existing investors. Pinterest is now valued at… Read More ›