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A91 Partners and Alpha Wave Global Lead USD46.8m Series B for India’s VideoVerse
A91 Partners, Alpha Wave Global and Binny Bansal (Flipkart) led a USD46.8m Series B for India-based video editing SaaS platform VideoVerse (formerly Toch.ai), with participation from Stride Ventures, Innoven Capital and Pacific Western Bank. Read More
Prosus and Sanabil Lead USD170m Series C for Saudi Arabia’s Foodics
Prosus and Sanabil Investments led a USD170m Series C for Foodics, a Saudi Arabia-based payments platform for restaurants, with participation from Sequoia India and follow-on from STV and Endeavor Catalyst. Read More
Enterprise Investors-backed Studenac Acquires Croatia’s Kordun
Studenac, a Croatia-based retail chain backed by Enterprise Investors, acquired Crotian retail chain Kordun for an undisclosed amount. Read More
4DX ventures, Nuwa Capital and Shorooq Partners Lead USD4.5m Round for Egypt’s The Food Lab
4DX Ventures, Nuwa Capital and Shorooq Partners led a USD4.5m round for Egypt-based cloud kitchen platform The Food Lab. Read More
Nuveen Leads USD50m Series E for India’s Kinara Capital
Nuveen’s Global Impact Fund led a USD50m Series E for Kinara Capital, an India-based fintech providing loans to entrepreneurs, with participation from Triple Jump. Read More
Northstar Leads USD22m Series A for Indonesia’s Noice
Northstar led a USD22m Series A for Noice, an Indonesia-based audio content streaming platform, with follow-on from Alpha JWC Go-Ventures and Kinesys. Read More
Tiger Global Leads USD12m Seed Round for Zambia’s Union54
Tiger Global led a USD12m seed round for Zambia-based card issuer Union54, with participation from Vibe VC, Earl Grey Capital and Not Boring Capital. Read More
Steadview and Pantera Lead USD135m Series D for India’s CoinDCX
India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX raised a USD135m Series D led by Steadview and existing backer Pantera at a ~USD2.15b reported valuation. Coinbase Ventures, Kingsway, DraperDragon, Republic Capital and Kindred Ventures also participated. Read More
Lanx Capital, Gávea Investimentos, Dynamo and the Moreira Salles FO Invest ~USD83m in Brazil’s re.green
The family office of the Moreira Salles family, Lanx Capital, Gávea Investimentos and Dynamo invested BRL389m (~USD83m) in re.green, a company that aims to restore 1 million hectares of Atlantic Forest and Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Read More
Swiggy Leads USD180m Series D for India’s Rapido
India-based food delivery platform Swiggy led a USD180m Series D for India-based bike taxi startup Rapido at a reported USD800m valuation, with participation from VS Motor Company and follow-on from Westbridge, Shell Ventures and Nexus Ventures. Read More
Tiger Global and Zayn Capital Lead USD2.1m Investment in Pakistan’s Zaraye
Tiger Global and Zayn Capital led a USD2.1m investment in Pakistan-based B2B supplies platform Zaraye, with participation from +92 Ventures. Read More
GIC, Insight Partners and Smash Capital Invest USD690m Secondary Round for Singapore’s Coda Payments
Coda Payments, a Singapore-based cross-border app for digital products and games, raised a USD690m secondary round from GIC, Insight Partners and Smash Capital at a USD2.5b reported valuation. Read More