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Bengaluru: Sales and marketing automation platform LeadSquared said on Tuesday it has raised $153 million in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital. The funding values the company at $1 billion, founder and CEO Nilesh Patel told ET,…

New Delhi: Fourteen Indian companies joined the unicorn club between January and June 1, market intelligence provider Tracxn said on Wednesday. In the same period last year, 13 companies became unicorns, or those privately held companies…

Bengaluru: Neobank Open has closed a $50 million financing led by IIFL Finance along with participation from existing investors Temasek, Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital participating in it, people briefed on the matter said. With this, Open…

On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk struck a deal with Twitter to buy the social media company for $44 billion in cash, including $21 billion from his own pocket. Over the next two days the world’s richest man sold Tesla shares worth $4 billion.…

Bengaluru: Brand aggregator and roll-up commerce company, UpScalio has raised $15 million in a bridge round, led by Gulf Islamic Investments (GII), with participation from a consortium of lenders including Northern Arc and Unity Bank, the…

SoftBank-backed executive education-focussed startup Eruditus, technology company Menlo Micro and online debt marketplace CredAvenue were among the startups that raised funds this week. Eruditus gets $350 million debt from CPPIB…

Bengaluru: Banking tech platform Zeta has raised $30 million as a part of strategic investment from Mastercard and other investors, taking the company’s valuation to $1.5 billion. This is a continuation of the $240 million funding round…

Data centre company Princeton Digital Group (PDG), health-tech startup MediBuddy, Neobanking platform Niyo were among the startups that raised funds this week. Data centre firm Princeton Digital Group raises over $500 million Data centre…

Bengaluru: India’s first D2C unicorn Licious has appointed Vidyanand Krishnan as chief customer officer and Meeta Aggarwal as chief financial officer, said a statement issued on Thursday. Krishnan will lead the customer agenda and play a…

Mumbai: Xpressbees, a new-age logistics services provider said it has raised $300 million in a new funding round led by private equity funds Blackstone Growth, TPG Growth and ChrysCapital. The latest financing values the Pune-based company…