Unacademy has raised $ 440 million in a new round of funding as the Indian online learning startup seeks to expand into several additional categories. Temasek led the new funding round for the Bangalore-based startup, while Mirae Asset and existing investors such as SoftBank Vision Fund 2, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, as well as Zomato … Read more
Online abuse, disinformation, fraud, and other malicious content are on the rise, and tracking is becoming more complex. Today, a startup called ActiveFence, which has been quietly building a technology platform to detect threats during their formation and planning, and make it easier for trust and security teams to fight them on platforms, comes out … Read more
The circular economy, in which consumers themselves are both providers and buyers of goods and services, has emerged as a popular and trusted way of buying and selling things over the last year of the lockdown life. Now one of the bigger players in this system – the clothing and homeware marketplace Vinted – is … Read more
India could soon have another fintech unicorn. BharatPe said Thursday it raised $ 108 million in a round of funding that valued the New Delhi-based financial services startup at $ 900 million. Coatue Management led the Series D round of the three-year startup. Another six existing institutional investors – Ribbit Capital, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, … Read more