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Tiger Global-backed Bright Health raises $924 million in US IPO

Bright Health priced 51.3 million shares at $18 per share and had issued a targeted price range of $20 to 23

GoMechanic secures $42mn in Series C funding round led by Tiger Global

Sequoia Capital India, Orios Venture Partners & Chiratae Ventures also participated in the round.

Tiger Global, Sequoia lead $25 mn round in financing startup Progcap

Founded by Pallavi Shrivastava and Himanshu Chandra, Progcap has over 300,000 retailers across 50 corporates and has disbursed over Rs 1,500 crore of loans so far

BharatPe in talks to raise $250 mn led by Tiger Global, says Report

Fintech major BharatPe, that hit a new high with 106 million monthly transactions in UPI in March this year, is reportedly raising nearly $250 million in its next funding round led by Tiger Global

Tiger Global-backed Apna to expand operations, double headcount by year end

Considered to be the LinkedIn for gig workers, the platform already has 10 million users including delivery riders, sales persons, salon workers, drivers, others.

Jobs platform Apna raises $70 mn from Insight Partners, Tiger Global

With this investment, Apna has now raised over $90 million and is now valued at $570 million, within 16 months of launch

Tiger Global leads $15.6 mn round in health insurance startup Plum

Tiger Global's investments this year have helped Cred, Innovaccer, ShareChat and other companies to become unicorns.

Insurance startup Plum raises $15.6 mn Series A funding led by Tiger Global

Group health insurance startup Plum said on Monday it has raised a USD 15.6 million Series A led by Tiger Global with participation from earlier investors Sequoia Capital India's Surge, Tanglin Venture Partners, Incubate Fund and Gemba Capital. Angel investors in this round include Kunal Shah (founder, Cred), Gaurav Munjal, Roman Saini and Hemesh Singh (founders of Unacademy), Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain and Ishan Bansal (founders of Groww), Ramakant Sharma & Anuj Srivastava (founders of Livspace), and Douglas Feirstein (founder of Hired). Bengaluru-headquartered Plum raised USD five million in earlier rounds last year. With over 600 organisations on-boarded, Plum said in a statement it has been witnessing a growth rate of 110 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Its client base includes SMEs, corporates and 'fast- growing' startups in India, including Groww, Unacademy, Twilio, CleverTap, UrbanLadder, smallcase and Simpl, the statement said. The funds raised will be used to ..

Tiger Global leads $30 mn investment in microblogging website Koo

Koo's valuation crossed $100 million with the new funding, says the company.

Twitter-rival Koo raises $30 mn in Series B funding led by Tiger Global

Twitter-rival Koo has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global with existing investors also participating in the latest round

Tiger Global makes its first India cryptocurrency firm investment

Invests Rs 181 crore in CoinSwitch Kuber in a Series B round of funding, valuing the company at over $500 million

Upstox eyes 3-4 times growth in its customer base this year to 6-8 mn

Tiger Global-backed online brokerage Upstox on Wednesday said it is aiming a customer base of 6-8 million at the end of 2021

The myth and magic of unicorns

According to US-based analytics platform CB Insights' database, out of a total of 642 unicorns around the world, India has 29 as of April 2021

Gupshup becomes sixth unicorn this week, raises $100 mn from Tiger Global

Announcement came shortly after Mohalla Tech, parent firm of short video app Moj and Indic language social media platform ShareChat, said it had raised $502 mn, valuing it over $2.1 billion

Groww's valuation shoots past $1 billion with $83 mn Series D funding

Funding round was led by Tiger Global; The company has so far raised a total of $142 million

Tiger Global-backed brokerage Upstox to sponsor Indian Premier League 2021

Tiger Global-backed online brokerage Upstox will sponsor the Indian Premier League starting April 9

Infra.market joins unicorn club with funding from Tiger Global, others

Infra.market is a construction materials focused online marketplace

Zomato raises $250 mn from Tiger Global, Kora; valuation touches $5.4 bn

On a fully converted and diluted basis, Info edge's effective stake in Zomato stands at 18.4 per cent, it added

Goal-setting co Ally.io raises $50 mn from Greenoaks, Tiger Global, others

At a time when the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology among enterprises, Ally.io grew revenues by 3.3x.

AAR in new avatar: Old wine or efficient machinery for disposal of cases?

Experts say while the backlog of cases will most likely be reduced, the quality of rulings may not inspire taxpayers