Its Southeast Asia team includes talent from around the region with a robust mix of operating and investing experience in regional unicorns and multinational firms. Based out of the firm’s new regional headquarters in Singapore, Lightspeed…

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It targets seed to Series B stage companies in commerce, fintech, edtech, SaaS and other sectors with ticket sizes between $500,000 and $20 million. These tailwinds are enabling strong founders to create new categories and business models. Payments infrastructure company Finix has extended its Series B round to reach $75m, after closing an additional $30m to the round. More than 70% of its investments have been in firms at early stages, often being the first institutional capital partner.


Magic, a passwordless authentication platform, has come out of stealth mode after closing a $4m seed round.

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Other commitments to the round came from...Join the exclusive webinar with McKinsey and Akur8 to find out moreData and an analytics platform ThoughtSpot has collected $248m in a funding round which has valued the enterprise at $1.95bn.A delegation of early-stage UK startups and venture capital firms headed by Lord Mayor of London is going to California to champion British FinTech innovation.AI-powered analytics business ThoughtSpot has closed a $145m Series D funding round. We’re seeing vertical software companies and marketplaces becoming FinTech … Written by Ruby Hinchliffe 1st September 2020 Finix, a San Francisco-based payments infrastructure-as-a-service provider, has landed $30 million funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends in the Enterprise and Consumer sectors.

By continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.Webinar: Compliance in Remote Communication WebinarDon't miss our news & research. All rights reserved.Banking API company Teller announce new $4m seed round to take...Global PropTech investment declined in 2020 due to economic hardships caused...Magic, a passwordless authentication platform, has come out of stealth mode after closing a $4m seed round.Cyber insurance startup At-Bay collects $34m in its Series BProperty management platform Mynd has closed its Series B round on $20m, with Lightspeed Ventures as lead investor. Lightspeed has been investing in Southeast Asia, with investments such as Grab, Chilibeli, Ula, Shipper and NextBillion, and is looking to accelerate further Lightspeed will deploy capital across the region from the US$4 billion raised recently across global funds; Singapore and Indonesia are key focus countries Additionally, many of the firm’s portfolio companies are scaling up business in Southeast Asia and have regional headquarters in Singapore – including Snap, OYO Rooms, Yellow Messenger and Darwinbox among others. He added that Lightspeed does not have plans to raise a Southeast Asian-focused fund yet, but will continue deploying from its $890 million Lightspeed Venture Partners XIII (US fund) and $275 million Lightspeed India Partners …