The Briefing: Adverity Raises $120M, Rapido Lands $52M, And More

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Summary

Vienna-based Adverity, provider of a data and analytics platform for marketing, sales and e-commerce teams, raised $120 million in a new financing round backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and joined by existing investor Sapphire Ventures. Rapido, a bike taxi aggregator in India, raised $52 million in a Series C round backed by Shell Ventures, Yamaha, and others. The company promotes its app-based service for bike taxis as a way to dodge the traffic during peak hours. Guilded competes with the likes of Discord, which is popular among gamers who want to communicate while they play. Guilded has raised at least $10.2 million in funding from investors including Susa Ventures and Initialized Capital, according to Crunchbase.

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Amount $52.0M Total raised
Date August 16, 2021 Announcement date
Investors - Lead investors
Company https://www.rapido.bike Funded company

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