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Drone Startup Airbound Raises USD 8.65 Mn to Revolutionise Autonomous Logistics

The seed funding round was led by Lachy Groom, co-founder of Physical Intelligence, with participation from Humba Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and senior executives from Tesla, Anduril, and Ather Energy.

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PhysicsWallah's Hybrid Model Drives INR 3,000 Cr Growth Before IPO

PhysicsWallah (PW) has also expanded its offerings beyond school entrance preparation to postgraduate exams, civil services coaching, and skill development programmes.

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Seekho Raises USD 28 Mn in Series B Led by Bessemer

The round also saw participation from Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Elevation Capital.

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Composio Raises USD 25 Mn from Lightspeed to Advance Learning Infrastructure for AI Agents

Existing backers Elevation Capital and Together Fund also participated in the round, along with several notable angel investors. These include Gokul Rajaram, Rubrik cofounder Soham Mazumdar, Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot, and Guillermo Rauch of Vercel.

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Money Moves: Top Indian Startups That Raised Big This Week (May 31–June 06)

Diverse Sectors See Fresh Capital Inflows

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Udaan Raises USD 114 Mn in Series G Round Led by M&G and Lightspeed

The Bengaluru-based firm aims to deploy the fresh funds in expanding its presence in the FMCG and HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, and catering) sectors, boosting its private-label staples offerings, and strengthening its balance sheet to support its ongoing transformation.

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Three Investor Directors Exit GlobalBees Board Amid Leadership Changes

Representatives from Chiratae Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Premji Invest have stepped down from GlobalBees' board, according to the YourStory media sources.

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Tessell Raises USD 60 Mn Series B to Drive AI-Led Multi-Cloud Data Revolution

The capital will be used to accelerate Tessell's global go-to-market strategy and enhance R&D efforts focused on building AI-powered capabilities that simplify, optimise, and scale enterprise data management across cloud ecosystems.

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Udaan Raises USD 75 Mn in Series G Round

The funds will be utilised to enhance Udaan's customer experience, deepen market penetration, and strengthen strategic vendor partnerships.

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Lightspeed and Alpha Wave Lead USD 40 Mn Investment in Mstack to Transform Specialty Chemical Sourcing

With the raised funds, Mstack aims to boost R&D, expand global operations, scale leadership across sectors, and grow its talent base in the US, Middle East, South America, and Asia.

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Physics Wallah Raises USD 210 Mn in Series B, Boosting Valuation to USD 2.8 Bn

With this fresh round of funding, Physics Wallah plans to aggressively scale its operations. It also aims for inorganic expansion, entry into the K-12 segment, enhanced content offerings, and potential mergers with community-driven education platforms.

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Skild AI Raises USD 300 Mn in Series A Led by Lightspeed and Others

The funds will scale the company's model and training datasets for future commercial deployment of its technology, and expand hiring across AI, robotics, engineering, operations, and security.

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South Korean-Based Fintech Startup Travel Wallet Raises $10M From Lightspeed

Travel Wallet, a South Korea-based fintech company, has raised $10 million from Lightspeed, a global venture capital firm.

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Abhishek Nag and Vaibhav Agrawal Quit Lightspeed Venture Partners

Vaibhav Agrawal is going to start his own venture firm. To oversee early-stage investments, Abhishek Nag has joined Mumbai-based 360 One (previously IIFL Wealth & Asset Management).

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Lightspeed Raises Over 7 Billion To Fund Growth-Stage Entrepreneurs

The company claims that it currently manages $18 billion across the Lightspeed platform, with investment professionals and advisors in the US, China, Europe, India, Israel and Southeast Asia