US-based startup H2O.ai raises USD 100M in Series E round

H2O.ai, an AI-backed cloud platform, has raised USD 100 million in a Series E funding round led by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia on 8 November 2021. H2O.ai has secured more than USD 250 million in funding to date. Investors: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, one of the H2O.ai customers, led the latest funding round with participation from Goldman Sachs, Pivot...

Indian HR tech startup Advantage Club raises USD 5 million in pre-series A round

India-based Advantage Club, a platform for managing employee benefits through state-of-the-art technologies, raised USD 5 million on 8th November. Investors: The funding was provided by Y Combinator, Jetty Ventures, Earlsfield Capital, SMC Advisors, etc. A total of USD 5 million was raised to expand and operate. Purpose of funding: It aims to expand into international markets and add more tech-driven services...

High-Stakes: Lightspeed India Partners

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Lightspeed India Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage technology startups with a strong base of operations in India, targeting India or global consumer and enterprise markets.

Indonesian agritech startup Eden Farm raises USD 19 million in series A round

Indonesia-based startup Eden Farm, an e-commerce platform for fresh agricultural products, raised USD 19 million on 8th November. Investors: Series A round was led by AppWorks and AC Ventures, with Trihill Capital, OCBC Ventures, Investible, Corin Capital, and existing investor Global Founders Capital. Purpose of funding: Currently, the company is focused on the B2B model, making it more efficient and accessible...

Senior companion platform Papa secures US$ 150M in Series D funding

Papa, a US-based startup addressing the loneliness of the elderly by offering support and companionship, has bagged US$ 150 million in a Series D funding round led by SoftBank Investment Advisers on 4 November 2021. Investors: The latest round featured SoftBank Investment Advisers as the lead investor with participation from Tiger Global Management, TCG, Seven Seven Six, Initialized Capital and Canaan...

Brazilian foodtech startup Future Farm raises USD 58 million in series C round

Brazil-based Future Farm, a plant-based food and lifestyle brand raised USD 58 million on 4th November. Investors: The round was co-led by BTG and Rage Capital, and existing investors Monashees, Go4It Capital, Turim MFO, and Enfini Ventures joined in, as did new investors XP Inc. Future Farm has raised over USD 89 million (including Series C funding) and has been...

German semiconductor technology startup OQmented raises USD 9.3 million in seed extension round

Germany based OQmented, a deep tech startup that develops and sells advanced MEMS technology, raised USD 9.3 million on 4th November. Investors: Several investors led by Vsquared Ventures (Vsquared), Salvia, and Baltic Business Angels, as well as several Angel investors, includes new investors IT-Farm, Leblon Capital, and Deeptech-A. Since its spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany in 2018, the...

US-based game developing platform Faraway secures US$ 21M in Series A funding

Faraway, a Florida-based startup developing games by capitalising on blockchain technology to unleash the power of decentralised and player-driven game economies, has raised US$ 21 million in a Series A round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and FTX on 4 November 2021. Investors: The latest investment round featured FTX and Lightspeed Venture Partners as the lead investor with participation from Solana,...

Netherland based startup Amberscript raises Euro 8.65 million in Series A round

Amberscript, a Netherland-based AI speech recognition startup, has raised Euro 8.65 million in a Series A funding round led by Endeit Capital on 4 November 2021. Investor: The latest funding round was led by Endeit Capital (Parcellab, BUX), a German-Dutch growth capital firm founded by former executives of media company Endemol, validating the potential for Amberscript’s technology in the media...

US-based HealthTech startup Valera Health raises USD 15 million in the latest funding round

Valera Health, a New-York based tech-driven mental health services provider, has raised USD 15 million in the latest funding round led by Windham Venture Partners on 4 November 2021. Investors: Windham Venture Partners led the latest funding round with participation from new investors Aquiline Technology Growth, MultiCare Health System, Watershed, Divergent Investments, GreyMatter Capital and Gaingels. In addition, existing investors,...