Indian health insurance startup Plum raises $15.6 million in Tiger Global-led investment
The vast majority of people in India, the world's second-most populous nation, don't have health insurance coverage. A significant portion of the population that does have coverage get it from their employers.
Plum, a young startup that is making it easier and more affordable for more firms
Jai Kisan, a fintech startup aimed at rural India, raises $30 million
Jai Kisan, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring financial services to rural India, where commercial banks have a single-digit penetration, said on Monday it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its business.
Hundreds of millions of people in India today live
Indian logistics giant Delhivery raises $277 million ahead of IPO
Delhivery, India's largest independent e-commerce logistics startup, has raised $277 million in what is expected to be the final funding round before the firm files for an IPO later this year.
In a regulatory filing, the Gurgaon-headquartered startup disclosed it had raised $277 million in a ro
The exit effect: 4 ways IPOs and acquisitions drive positive change across the global ecosystem
For many VCs, the exit is the endgame; you cash in and move on. But as we know, the startup world is evolving, and that means the impact of investment is no longer limited to how much money is made.
As investors, we're looking further into what each investment means to human beings, at interlin
6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene
Scotland is slowly but surely drawing attention in the UK’s startup space. In 2020, Scottish startups collectively raised £345 million, according to Tech Nation, and with nearly 2,500 startups, it has the highest number of budding tech companies outside London. Venture capital fundraises are
Meet Justos, the new Brazilian insurtech that just got backing from the CEOs of 7 unicorns
Here in the U.S. the concept of using a driver's data to decide the cost of auto insurance premiums is not a new one.
But in markets like Brazil, the idea is still considered relatively novel. A new startup called Justos claims it will be the first Brazilian insurer to use drivers' data to
Anthropic is the new AI research outfit from OpenAI’s Dario Amodei, and it has $124M to burn
As AI has grown from a menagerie of research projects to include a handful of titanic, industry-powering models like GPT-3, there is a need for the sector to evolve — or so thinks Dario Amodei, former VP of research at OpenAI, who struck out on his own to create a new company a few months ago. An
Goldman Sachs leads $45M investment into auto fintech startup MotoRefi
MotoRefi has raised another $45 million in a round led by Goldman Sachs just five months after investors poured $10 million into the fintech startup to help turbocharge its auto refinancing business.
The startup developed an auto refinancing platform that handles the entire loan process, including
Café helps hybrid organizations schedule in-office time
Meet Café, a new French startup founded by two brothers that wants to help companies switch to a hybrid remote-and-office workplace model. Café isn't a traditional desk-booking tool. Instead, the company helps you see when people in your team are coming to the office so that you can plan when
Brazilian proptech startup QuintoAndar lands $300M at a $4B valuation
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Fintech and proptech are two sectors that are seeing exploding growth in Latin America, as financial services and real estate are two categories in particular dire need of innovation in a region.
Brazil’s QuintoAndar, which has developed a real estate marketplace
Dismantling the myths around raising your first check
As startups and venture capital grow in tandem, fundraising has gone from a formal affair on Sand Hill Road to a process that can happen anywhere from Twitter to Zoom.
While fundraising may no longer require a trip to California, it might depend on whether you got an invite to a private audio app.
On-demand grocery startup Food Rocket launches in the Bay Area, goes up against delivery giants
On-demand grocery startups like Gorillas are invading Europe right now, but although on-demand-everything is kinda old-hat in the Bay Area, a new startup thinks it might just be able to do something new.
Food Rocket says it has raised a $2 million investment round from AltaIR Capital, Baring Vostok
Orbiit raises seed funding to automate the interactions within an online community
Orbiit, a startup that automates the interactions within an online community, has raised a $2.7 million round led by Bread and Butter Ventures, with participation from new investors High Alpha Capital, LAUNCHub Ventures and Company Ventures. Existing investors Founders Fund, which led Orbiit's
CorrActions raises $2.7M to help avoid errors in human-machine interactions
CorrActions, a noninvasive neuroscience startup that uses sensor data to evaluate a user’s cognitive state due to drowsiness, alcohol, fatigue and other issues, today announced that it has raised a $2.7 million seed round. Early-stage fund VentureIsrael, seed fund Operator Partners and the Is