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Asana, founded by Facebook co-founder, may go public next year
Asana has crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
Asana, a team management app founded in 2008, is planning a direct listing as it aims to go public next year, according to a report by Miles Kruppa on Financial…
Counter Strike champs ‘Astralis’ going for first ever esports team IPO
The listing is scheduled to take place in December.
Astralis, one of the leading esports brand and the world’s number one Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team is all set to become the first publicly listed esports company. The team has…
Clothing startup Vinted receives $140 million in funding at $1 billion valuation
Vinted is now a unicorn!
The second-hand clothes marketplace ‘Vinted’ has raised $140 million in Series-E at a value of over $1 billion. Founded and headquartered out of Vilnius, Lithuania, this used clothing startup is…
Paytm raises $1 billion in the latest funding round
Used by millions, Paytm has revolutionized payments in India.
Indian financial startup Paytm has secured a funding of $1 billion in the latest funding, as reported . Paytm was valued $15 billion in 2019, and over 400 million people…
$4 billion cash acquisition deal between PayPal and Honey
PayPal to acquire the shopping and rewards platform Honey.
Online payments and money transfer platform PayPal Holdings, Inc has made an agreement with Honey Science Corp, a company that owned Chrome extension honey which helps find the best deals,…
Bunch raises $3.85 million from SuperCell, Tencent, and Riot Games for social gaming
Bunch gives a new social gaming expereince with features like live audio and video chat.
Bunch , a soical gaming party app, which allows you to play your favorite games with friends in a group with a video chat, has raised $3.85 million in funding…
African fintech startup Opera’s OPay received $120 million in funding from Chinese investors
OPay has grown its business from payments to other fields with OWealth, ORide, and OFood.
Incubated by Opera , famous for its web browser, Africa-based startup OperaPay, widely known as OPay, has gained $120M from the Chinese investors in series B round. Along with PalmPay…
Uber CEO termed Jamal Khashoggi murder ‘a mistake’
Senior Uber Executive made these remarks to the “Axios on HBO” TV series but then backtracks.
Dara Khosrowshahi , the Iranian born entrepreneur who became CEO of Uber in August 2017 succeeding founder Travis Kalanick , told the audience at the show that he believes the…
WeWork’s Chairman Marcelo Claure terminates 13 people for abusing vendor policies
Former Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure became the Executive Chairman after SoftBank takeover over 80% of WeWork.
WeWork’s Marcelo Claure – the chairman, has sent a memo to employees that states the company has investigated policy abuse and fired 13 employees. Mr. Laure has further mentioned that…
Google to start the accelerator program for climate change startups 🚀
Google will be take two cohorts in its accelerator program of startups working on UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Google is planning to launch an accelerator program to support the startups working to measure climate change, environment, sustainability, and similar projects. Kate Brandt, Chief Sustainability Officer at Google, while…