Celonis, a software startup located in Munich and New York, raised an additional $1 billion in funding. A raise of $400 million, which was an extension of the Series D round, was led by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and includes new blue-chip investors Activant Capital, a fund advised by Neuberger Berman, Alta Park Capital and Commonfund Capital.
Fanatics, the giant sports platform that has merchandise deals with NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB and colleges and universities, has raised $1.5 billion in a funding round led by the NFL, other major sports leagues, players unions and team owners. With a reported valuation of $27 billion, Fanatics now ranks 12th in the list of the world’s most valuable private companies as compiled by CB Insights.
Infarm’s vertical farming technology uses 95% less water, 90% less transport and zero chemical pesticide. Infarm, the fast-growing Dutch vertical farming startup, raised a $200 million Series D round that …
Trendyol is Turkey’s largest e-commerce company, serving more than 30 million shoppers and delivering more than 1 million packages per day. Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) backed Trendyol announced Monday it had …
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Indian food delivery startup Swiggy, announced the close of a $1.25 billion Series J funding that valued it at $5.5 billion post-money. Evidently encouraged by rival Zomato’s bumper IPO which closed earlier this week being subscribed over 40 times, SoftBank itself took up $450 million out of the “heavily oversubscribed” Swiggy round. The round includes $800 million disclosed by Swiggy in April that saw participation from new investors such as Qatar Investment Authority, Falcon Edge Capital, Amansa Capital, Goldman Sachs, besides Prosus and Accel.