Indian Blockchain gaming startup OneTo11 raises USD 2.5 million in a Seed round

OneTo11, an India-based blockchain gaming startup, has raised USD 2.5 million in a seed funding round from Oracles Investment Group and others on 4 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round drew participation from Oracles Investment Group, Maximus Capital, Dutch Crypto Investors, GDA Capital, Magnus Capital, NFT Technologies, Oracles Investment Group, International Blockchain Consulting, Jason Stone, and Carl Runefelt.  The Objectives...

Pakistan-based logistics tech startup Truck It In raises USD 13 million in a Seed round

Truck It In, a Pakistan-based logistics tech startup, has raised USD 13 million in a seed funding round co-led by Global Founders Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures on 4 February 2022. With this round, the company has raised USD 17.5 million to date. Investors: Venture capital firms Global Founders Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures co-led the latest funding round with...

NGP Capital raises USD 400 million from Nokia to invest in growth companies

NGP Capital, a global venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies, has raised a new venture investment fund of USD 400 million from Nokia on 3 February 2022. About Fund: This is the fifth fund that NGP Capital has managed for Nokia, and the latest investment brings the fund's total committed but uninvested capital to over USD 550...

US-based product management platform Productboard raises US$ 125M in Series D

Productboard, a San Francisco-based startup offering an effective product management system allowing firms to avail the required offerings to market rapidly, has raised US$ 125 million in a Series D investment round led by Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment on 2 February 2022. Investors: The latest investment round featured Dragoneer Investment and Tiger Global Management as the lead investor with...

Norrsken22 announces first close of US$ 200M fund supporting Africa’s future tech giants

Norrsken Foundation, a Sweden-based non-profit organisation envisaging mitigating mental health issues, environmental problems, poverty, and famine, has launched Norrsken22 on 31 January 2022 as a US$ 200 million fund to bolster Africa’s tech firms of tomorrow. Backers of Norrsken22 The fund has received support from 30 unicorn founders who have offered unparalleled entrepreneurial skills and US$ 65 million. Some backers include...

SaaS startup Chargebee raises USD 250 million in the latest funding round

Chargebee, a Chennai and San Francisco-based subscription management platform, has raised USD 250 million in the latest funding round co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital on 1 January 2021. Investors: Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital co-led the latest funding round with participation from returning investors Sapphire, Insight Partners and Steadview Capital. The Objectives behind the funding: The company plans to...

Kenya-based Trucking startup Amitruck raises USD 4 million in a seed round

Amitruck, a Kenyan digital logistics startup, has raised USD 4 million in a seed funding round led by Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) on 1 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round was led by Better Tomorrow Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that targets early-stage startups, with participation from Dynamo Ventures, Launch Africa, uncovered fund, Knuru Capital, Flexport Inc, Rackhouse...

US-based engineering management platform Jellyfish raises US$ 71M in Series C

Jellyfish, a Boston-based startup allowing engineering leaders to set their engineering tasks in line with their tactical organizational objectives, has raised US$ 71 million in a Series C investment round led by Accel on 1 February 2022. Investors: The latest investment round featured Accel as the lead investor with participation from Insight Partners, Tiger Global Management and Wing Venture Capital. The...

Dutch HR-tech startup Equalture raises Euro 2.75 million in the latest funding round

Equalture, a Rotterdam and South Holland-based HR-tech startup, has raised Euro 2.75 million in the latest funding round led by Shoe Investments on 1 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round was led by Shoe Investments, a Dutch investment company of serial entrepreneur Pieter Schoen and participated by existing investor, Dutch VC firm 4impact. The Objectives behind the funding: The company...

Edtech startup Playbook raises USD 700K in Pre-Seed round

Playbook, an edtech platform, has raised USD 700K in Pre-Seed funding round from 500 Global, Sanabil Investments and others on 31 January 2022.  Investors: The latest funding round drew participation from San-Francisco based Venture Capital firm - 500 Global, Saudi-based Sovereign Wealth Fund - Sanabil Investments, Kuwait-based Venture Capital firm - Faith Capital, Saudi-based Angel Investor Network - Women Spark...