Category: general atlantic
India’s NoBroker raises an additional $30M from General Atlantic
NoBroker, a Bangalore-based startup that helps those looking to rent or buy an apartment connect directly with property owners, has extended its previous financing round to add $30 million to it. General Atlantic has invested $30 million in NoBroker’s Series D round, which the startup unveiled in October last year.…
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SoftBank-backed Opendoor has announced a massive layoff, cutting 35% of its employees
Opendoor, the seven-year-old, San Francisco-based company that has from the outset aimed to help people buy and sell homes with the “push of a button” or nearly, just laid off more than a third of its staff. According to a statement sent to us by cofounder and CEO Eric Wu,…
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Facebook backs Indian education startup Unacademy
Unacademy, one of India’s fastest growing education startups, has just received the backing of a major technology giant: Facebook. The social juggernaut has participated in the four-year-old Indian startup’s Series E financing round, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. General Atlantic is leading the round, the size of which…
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Indian education startup Byju’s raises $200M from General Atlantic
Indian education startup Byju’s said on Friday that General Atlantic, an existing investor in the startup, has pumped additional money to join the new ongoing financing round. While the startup, which helps students learn concepts from math and science using short videos, did not disclose the size of General Atlantic’s check,…
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A conversation with ‘the most ambitious female VC in Europe’
Ophelia Brown’s Blossom Capital just raised a new $185 million fund Steve O’Hear @sohear / 9 hours Blossom Capital, the venture capital firm co-founded by ex-Index Ventures and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown, just raised a new $185 million fund. The firm’s remit remains broadly the same: to be the lead…
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AppsFlyer raises $210M for ad attribution and more
AppsFlyer has raised a massive Series D of $210 million led by General Atlantic. Founded in 2011, the company is best known for mobile ad attribution — allowing advertisers to see which campaigns are driving results. At the same time, AppsFlyer has expanded into other areas like fraud prevention. And…
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