Eight Roads Ventures led a $26.4 million series B round for the EV rapid charging startup Exponent Energy.

Leading B2B fruit marketplace in India, Vegrow, revealed it has raised US$46 million in primary and secondary finance. GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, is leading the fresh funding round. Prosus Ventures, an existing investor, is also heavily involved, and Matrix Partners India, Elevation Capital, and Lightspeed are continuing to support the venture.

Sarvam AI, an Indian startup in Generative AI founded by Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar, has announced that it is raising $41 million in Series A round. This funding, led by Lightspeed and supported by Peak XV Partners and Khosla Ventures, represents the largest raise at this stage for an Indian AI startup.

A seed fundraising round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners secured $18 million for Keychain, the manufacturing network for the packaged products market.

Zluri secured $20 million in its Series B round, which was led by Lightspeed. Existing investors, including MassMutual Ventures, Endiya Partners, and Kalaari Capital, also took part in the investment round.

Lightspeed and First Round Capital have invested $5 million in Thena, a platform for customer analytics and communication.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and leading venture capital firm Lightspeed today announced AccelerateHer 2023, a program designed to enable

Bluelearn, a social learning platform, disclosed that it has raised USD 3.5 million in a seed round headed by Elevation Capital and Lightspeed.