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.

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July 19, 2021

• Last week, Amplitude confidentially filed documents for its IPO.

• Blend Labs raised $360 million in its IPO at roughly a $4 billon valuation.

• Carta was raising between $500 million and $600 million at a $7.4 billon valuation.

• Cybereason raised $275 million at a $3.1 billion valuation.

• Discord acquired Sentropy, a software that detects and removes online harassment.

• Revolut raised $800 million at a $33 billion valuation.

• In its latest regulatory filing, Robinhood planned to sell its shares at a range of $38 per share to $42 per share, raising roughly $2.3 billion at the top end of the range which translates to a $35 billion valuation.

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July 12, 2021

• Last week, Circle Internet Financial planned to be acquired by Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC, in a deal that values the company at $4.5 billion.

• Dataminr acquired WatchKeeper, a security visualization software.

• Flipkart raised $3.6 billion at a $37.6 billion valuation.

• Instacart appointed Fidji Simo as its new CEO. Simo previously worked as the Head of Facebook’s App division.

• Klarna acquired Hero, a software that connects online shoppers to retail workers.

• Kurly raised $200M at a $2.2 billion valuation.

• Netskope raised $300 million at a $7.5 billion valuation.

• Nextdoor planned to be acquired by Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II, a SPAC, in a deal that values the company at $4.3 billion.

• Ola was raising $500 million in a new funding round.

• Planet Labs planned to be acquired by dMY Technology Group Inc IV, a SPAC, in a deal that values the company at $2.8 billion.

• Wise (formerly TransferWise) went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $11 billion.

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June 21, 2021

• Last week, Addepar raised $150 million at a $2 billion pre-money valuation.

• Anduril raised $450 million at a $4.6 billion valuation.

• Automattic acquired Day One, a journaling application.

• Gusto acquired Ardius, a tax automation compliance suite.

• Keeptruckin raised $190 million at a $2.3 billion valuation.

• Revolut disclosed some key statistics related to its 2020 financials. The company generated $361 million in revenue which represents a 57% increase compared to its 2019 revenue. Gross profit was roughly $170 million and total non-adjusted operating loss was approximately $277 million in FY 2020.

• In its latest regulatory filing, SentinelOne planned to sell its shares at a range of $26 per share to $29 per share, raising $928 million at the top end of the range which translates to $7.36 billion valuation.

• Two weeks ago, Amplitude raised $150 million at a $4 billion pre-money valuation.

• BlockFi was raising a new funding round at a $5 billion valuation.

• Datarobot was raising a new funding round at a valuation greater than $7 billion.

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