Pre-IPO Sector News

July 26, 2021

  • Last week, Byju’s acquired Epic, a children’s online reading platform, for $500 million.

  • Couchbase raised $200 million in its IPO at roughly $960 million valuation.

  • Currencycloud was acquired by Visa for £700 million ($962 million).

  • Epic Games acquired Sketchfab, a 3D publishing platform.

  • Ethos Life raised $100 million at $2.7 billion valuation.

  • GoPuff was raising $1 billion at a $15 billion valuation.

  • Rivian raised $2.5 billion in a new funding round.

  • Scopely invested $50 million into three European mobile game studios (Omnidrone, Tag Games and Pixel Toys) to develop mobile games.

  • Zomato raised $1.26 billion in its IPO at roughly $8 billion valuation.

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

BYJU’S

“Byju’s Acquires Kids Online Reading Platform Epic For $500M”

COUCHBASE

“Database Software Company Couchbase Valued at Nearly $1.2 Bln in Nasdaq Debut”

CURRENCYCLOUD

“Visa Makes Another Big Bet on Fintech, Buying UK Payments Start-up Currencycloud”

EPIC GAMES

“Sketchfab is Now Part of Epic Games”

ETHOS Life

“Ethos Picks Up $100M at a $2.7B+ Valuation for a Big Data Platform to Improve Life Insurance Accessibility”

GOPUFF

“Delivery Startup Gopuff to Raise Funds at $15 Billion Valuation”

RIVIAN

“Rivian Raises Another $2.5B, Pushing its EV War Chest up to $10.5B”

SCOPELY

“Scopely Invests $50M in 3 European Mobile Game Studios”

ZOMATO

“India's Zomato raises $1.26 bln in IPO – sources”

Kirat Lall