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Tiger Global says India returns have ‘sucked historically’ but remains bullish

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“We think it will be the best place to invest,” said Shleifer of India at his rare appearance. “We think it will be the best place to invest,” said Shleifer of India at his rare appearance. The New York-headquartered firm, which counts India among its top three markets globally, has deployed over $6.5

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India’s Infra.Market valued at $2.5B in Tiger Global-led $125M funding

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Tiger Global, which led the startup’s Series C round in February this year, has led the $125 million Series D financing round in the five-year-old startup. India poised for record VC year as unicorns head for decisive IPOs. He said the startup has helped small manufacturers reach customers outside of India as well.

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Tiger Global invests in India’s Unacademy at $2 billion valuation

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Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, has added two more marquee investors to its cap table. The Bangalore-based startup, which focuses on K-12 online education, said on Wednesday it has raised new funds from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. billion in September , when SoftBank led the round.

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Swiggy and Zomato, food delivery rivals in India, back UrbanPiper in $24 million funding

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UrbanPiper, a restaurant management platform that processes 18% of all online food orders in India, has raised $24 million in a new financing round from a number of investors including Swiggy and Zomato, the three firms said Monday. million Series A funding, he said.

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Sequoia India-backed GoMechanic faces severe trouble

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GoMechanic has laid off a significant number of its workforce as the Sequoia India-backed startup struggles to raise funds amid serious concerns of accounting troubles, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Sequoia India-backed GoMechanic faces severe trouble by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch.

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DeHaat raises $115 million in the largest agritech round in India

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DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers in India , has raised $115 million in what is the largest funding round for an agritech startup in India, where farm produce yields two-thirds of the country’s $1 trillion in annual retail spending.

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AI voice, synthetic speech company LOVO gets $4.5M pre-series A funding

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Now a startup that is building voice skins for different companies to use across their services, and for third parties to create and apply as well, is raising some funding to fuel its growth. Its previous investor SkyDeck Fund and a private investor, vice president of finance at DoorDash Michael Kim, also joined the funding.

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