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“Flat $2.6B Valuation: Cyber Asset Management Leader Axonius Secures $200M Investment”

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As an extension round, the valuation is also remaining flat, at $2.6 billion. (Prior to that, the company raised a $100 million round in 2021 at a $1.2 billion valuation.) “I didn’t feel the need to increase the valuation from the last round,” CEO and founder Dean Sysman, answered when asked about the decision. Axonius is one of a group of specialist firms building platforms to help manage this. “We’ve been a longstanding partner of Axonius, and we like to double down into our best performing companies.

Status of Investment Ventures in India

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State of venture investments in India, according to Lightspeed Lightspeed partners examine right-sizing VC funds in India, spectrum of startup investing and the country's prospects in the global AI race. Over 150 investors, including Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek and Malaysia’s Khazanah, gathered at Mumbai’s five-star Trident Oberoi hotel on a recent Friday for venture firm Lightspeed India Partners’ “Lift Off” summit. In 2021, $33 billion of venture capital (early and late stage) was invested in India. So 2023 is also not necessarily reflective of the venture market opportunity in India,” he added. “We had a lot of funds not based in India but investing in India because of the opportunity the country offered to them outside their own.

First-Stage Companies and Their Backers Respond to Raised Obstacles for Series A Financing

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Seed-stage startups — and their investors — react to higher hurdles for Series A funding Lightspeed Venture Partners is formalizing its scale-up efforts, as other outfits make similar movesThe hurdle for Series A funding is a lot higher than it was a year ago — and investors in seed-stage companies are having to respond. When the market abruptly turned in the spring of 2022, late-stage companies were the first to feel the pain. The European venture firm Breega touts its “scaling squad” to help support its many seed bets. Pear VC, a Bay Area-based seed-stage venture firm, is constantly rolling out new programming aimed at supporting and educating the nascent teams that it backs. VC heavyweight Lightspeed Venture Partners is also stepping up its game.