Lightspeed Venture Partners

The selected startups get a chance to get candid Masterclasses by global startup leaders

The business training series will run for six “Testy Tuesdays” starting September 3

Selected startups include GroMo, Bakbuck etc

Alsthom Industries and Pawan Munjal Family Trust also participated in the round

Freight Tiger plans to connect with more customers, expand its product and technology

Freight Tiger claims to have over 170 customers

Snapdeal cofounders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal also participated in the round

The fresh funds will be used towards research and development of the AI bot platform

Yellow Messenger is also looking to expand beyond India

Setu develops low cost API infrastructure for fintech startups

It will use the funds to develop a technology layer over the banking system

Bharat Inclusion Seed Fund had also participated in this round

The company issued Series B1 compulsorily convertible participative preference shares

FreshMenu was reportedly in talks to raise $75 Mn in Series C

The company faced social media uproar due to a data breach of 2016

OYO has already raised $800 Mn and confirmed a further commitment of $200 Mn in financing in its latest round of funding

The strategic investment in OYO is being made by SoftBank Vision Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia, and Greenoaks Capital

The new financing will boost OYO’s efforts to further strengthen its market position in its home markets, India and China, and support its international expansion plans

Udaan was launched 26 months back by three ex-Flipkart executives

The $225 Mn funding round came on the heels of its $50 Mn Series B round of funding raised in February 2018

Udaan runs a web platform connecting SMBs, manufacturers, wholesalers, traders, and retailers

'Extreme Entrepreneurs' is an eight-week entrepreneurial training programme

It is a community initiative to help Indian founders build iconic companies

The startups will not be provided with any funding as part of the programme

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