Shyp, which offers to pick up, pack and ship packages for its users, has confirmed a $50 million funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous investors Homebrew and Sherpa…


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Shyp, which offers to pick up, pack and ship packages for its users, has confirmed a $50 million funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous investors Homebrew and Sherpa…
A day after Oscar raised $145 million, fellow digital health insurance company Gravie secured a $12.5 million Series B from FirstMark Capital, Aberdare Ventures, and Split Rock Partners. Gravie is an online…
Health insurance startup Oscar has raised $145 million in new funding led by Peter Thiel and Brian Singerman from Founders Fund. The company is now reportedly worth $1.5 billion and the total…
Etsy, the online crafts marketplace and darling of the New York tech scene, raised $267 million in its IPO after selling 16.66 million shares at $16. Its initial market cap was $1.78 billion. Shares, which are trading on the Nasdaq, had reached $27.58 by market’s close on Friday.
The workplace collaboration tool Slack has secured $160 million from Horizon Ventures, DST Global, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, and Institutional Venture Partners, with additional participation coming from returning backers Andreessen Horowitz, Google…
Clypd, a sell-side technology provider for the television industry, has raised $19.4 million in a Series B round of funding led by RTL Group. Atlas Venture, Data Point Capital, Duke University, TiVo…
Innovify Founder Maulik Sailor talks about Indian entrepreneurialism vs Europe, and how to get products to market fast.
Business management platform Domo has emerged from stealth with a $200 million Series D financing round, at a valuation of $2 billion. The round was led by BlackRock, with participation from Capital…
Rocket Internet’s Global Fashion Group has raised a $35 million funding round from existing backers Tengelmann Ventures and Verlinvest. The company is now valued at $3 billion post-funding. Rocket Internet owns 23%…
Quikr, an India-based classified ads company, has raised $150 million from Tiger Global, Investment AB Kinnevik and Steadview Capital. The investment round bring Quikr’s total funding to $350 million. The website claims…