Pre-IPO Sector News

June 14, 2021

  • Last week, Attentive acquired Tone, a conversational texting platform.

  • Byju’s raised $350 million at a $16.50 billion valuation.

  • Course Hero acquired LitCharts, a suite that simplifies literatures for students.

  • Didi Chuxing filed its S1 for its upcoming IPO.

  • Faire raised $260 million at a $7 billion valuation.

  • Klarna raised $639 million at a $45.6 billion valuation.

  • Marqeta raised $1.2 billion in its IPO at a $15.2 billion valuation.

  • NuBank raised an additional $750 million as an extension of its Series G funding round thereby valuing the company at $30 billion.

  • Relatively Space raised $650 million at a $4.2 billion valuation.

The news articles and links presented below are available for your reference.

ATTENTIVE

“Attentive Acquires Conversational B2C Text Messaging Firm Tone”

BYJU’S

“UBS Investment Makes Byju’s the Most Valuable Startup in India”

COURSE HERO

“Course Hero Acquires LitCharts, Founded by the Creators of SparkNotes”

DIDI CHUXING

“Didi Chuxing, China’s Ride-Hailing Giant, Unveils U.S. IPO Filing”

FAIRE

“Online Wholesale Marketplace Faire Raises $260 Mln, Valued at $7 Bln”

KLARNA

“Klarna Raises USD 639M in Funding; Valued at USD45.6 Billion”

MARQETA

“Marqeta Closes up 13%, Topping $16 Billion Market Cap in Wall Street Debut”

NUBANK

“Fintech All-star Nubank Raises a $750M Mega Round”

RELATIVELY SPACE

“Relativity Space Launches its Valuation to $4.2B with $650M in New Funding”

Kirat Lall