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Typeface, a generative AI platform for enterprise content creation, said on Thursday that it was valued at $1 billion after an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by Salesforce's global investment arm, bringing the total capital…

US healthcare startup Aledade was valued at $3.5 billion after its latest funding round, a source close to the company told Reuters on Wednesday.The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and fetched $260 million for the Bethesda,…

French technology and artificial intelligence company Mistral AI has raised 105 million euros ($113.4 million) just a month after being set up, the company said on Tuesday, giving a boost to France's plans to market itself as a major global…

Early-stage investment fund 3one4 Capital, an investor in companies like Licious, neobank Open, Jupiter and software firm Darwinbox, has raised $200 million to back a new set of startups across sectors including consumer, fintech,…

As the funding dry spell continues for startups across stages, school management software startup Teachmint has laid off 70 of its employees in the second round of layoffs in six months, a person directly aware with the matter told ET.The…

Zyod, a business-to-business fashion ecommerce marketplace for apparel sourcing and manufacturing, said it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.The seed round also saw participation from FJ…

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has granted new-age insurer Acko a licence to operate a life insurance business. The insurance regulator also gave a nod to microfinance company Credit Access to commence a…

Business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce marketplace Udaan has retrenched 300-350 on-roll employees and a significant chunk of its contract workforce, for a total layoff count to over 1,000 people, according to sources aware of the matter. This…

Venture capital (VC) firms are mostly gripped by the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and that sentiment peaks during boom periods like in 2021, but it takes only a few months for risk investors to change tack. Six months into the new year,…

Many early-stage investors have shored up far bigger funds over the past year or so as digital businesses have seen meteoric growth on the back of the pandemic. Now, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed…