Unicorn Nest news
Rattle raises $2.8M from Lightspeed and Sequoia to modernize enterprise sales stack
– Rattle is building a real-time and collaborative “connectivity tissue” to address the siloed nature of modern record-keeping and intelligence platforms.
– The startup announced that it has raised a seed round of $2.8 million from Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital India.
– Amy Chang (EVP at Cisco & Disney board member), Ellen Levy (early investor in Outreach), Jake Seid (early investor in Brex & Carta), and Krish & Raman (the founders of unicorn SaaS firm Chargebee) also participated in the round.
– The startup, which launched its offering in March, is already seeing over 70% conversion rate among enterprises that have given it a try.
– Rattle has amassed over 50 customers, including Terminus, Olive, Litmus, Imply and Parse.ly.
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Two months after its Series A, Pintu gets $35M in new funding led by Lightspeed
– Indonesian crypto assets platform Pintu has closed a $35m Series A+.
– The new round was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from returning investors like Alameda Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Intudo Ventures and Pantera Capital.
– Pintu is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to quickly raise a much larger follow-on round as interest in retail investing grows.
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Apna raises $70 million to help workers in India secure jobs
– Apna, a startup by an Apple alum, announced its acceptance by the market has helped it raise $70m in a new financing round as the startup prepares to scale the 16-month-old app across India.
– Insight Partners and Tiger Global co-led Apna’s $70m Series B round, which valued the startup at $570m.
– Existing investors Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital India, Greenoaks Capital and Rocketship VC also participated in the round.
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Apple alum’s jobs app for India’s workers raises $12.5 million
– Apna, a startup by an Apple alum that has become home to millions of low-skilled workers in India, said on Tuesday it has raised an additional $12.5 million.
– Sequoia Capital India and Greenoaks Capital led the $12.5 million investment in the startup. Existing investors Lightspeed India and Rocketship VC also participated in the round in what is an extended Series A.
– The startup, whose name is Hindi for “ours,” has now raised more than $20 million.
– More than 6 million low-skilled workers such as drivers, delivery personnel, electricians and beauticians have joined Apna to find jobs and upskill themselves.
