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Sendbird, A Messaging Platform with Chat, Voice & Video APIs for Developers Raises $100M in Series C

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Sendbird, a San Francisco based company, Y Combinator W16 batch graduate and one of our portfolio startups allowing developers to integrate chat, audio and video features with their applications using its APIs has raised $100M in Series C with …

Zillionize Invests in Alba Orbital – PocketQube Satellite Maker with Affordable Space Services

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Coincidently, after Albedo and STOKE, it’s our 3rd investment in a Space technology startup in the same month. Space technology is getting more popular now and we see more startups working hard to make it in the reach of …

Zillionize Invests in STOKE – Space Technology to Build Reusable Second Stage Rockets

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Adam Skelton

All of us know about rockets that are launched to release the payload (satellite or spacecraft) in the space. These rockets have multiple stages (two or more stages) where each stage has its own engine and propellant which is used …

Zillionize Invests in Outfit – Complete DIY Kit for Home Renovation

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Whether you have experienced renovating your home before or planning to do so, you would have an idea that how much costly it may get considering the costs of materials and the contractors. For example, according to HomeGuide, remodeling …

UpCodes – Building-code Compliance Management Service Raises $3.36M in Pre-Series A

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Added to our portfolio in 2017, UpCodes, a San Francisco based startup founded in 2016 by Garrett Reynolds and Scott Reynolds that provides online tools for AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry to search & manage building-codes and stay …

Zillionize Invests in Albedo – Affordable High Resolution Satellite Imagery Technology

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Whenever we talk about Earth imagery (think of Google Earth), we mostly come up with two options: Satellite and Aerial imagery. In both options, Earth images are taken from above by cameras installed in either satellites or aircrafts. Most of …

Zillionize Invests in H3X – Maker of Ultra High Power Density Motor Drive for Electric Aircrafts

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

When we talk about EV (Electric Vehicle), we mostly refer to electric cars which are quite common these days. You might already be driving an electric car by Tesla, Audi, Honda, Kia, BMW, Volkswagen, Renault, Jaguar, Peugeot or Porsche etc. …

Flutterwave – African Fintech Platform for Online & Offline Business Payments Raises $170M

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

It’s been just an year since we shared about Series B of Flutterwave, our portfolio startup and one of the few African fintech companies reaching the $1B valuation and now Flutterwave has raised another $170M in Series C.

The …

Zapier – Apps Integration & Automation Service Valued at $5B and Acquires No-Code Focused Education Service, Makerpad

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

We are glad to share exciting news about one of our earliest portfolio startups from San Francisco, Zapier. We didn’t share much about financials of Zapier after our investment announcement in 2012 because Zapier did great even with its …

Deepgram – Enterprise-grade Automated Speech Recognition Platform Raises $25M

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Salman Sarfraz

Deepgram

Founded by Dr. Scott Stephenson in 2015 , the fastest and most accurate enterprise-grade speech recognition platform powered with deep learning model, Deepgram has raised $25M in Series B round. Here is the quick funding history of Deepgram:

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