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SentinelOne’s Acquisition of PingSafe, Backed by Peak XV, Surpasses $100 Million

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SentinelOne’s deal to acquire PingSafe valued the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in one of the strongest and fastest deals emerging from India. The New York Stock Exchange-listed AI security firm disclosed the cash and equity deal last week, but didn’t reveal the financial terms. Founded in 2021, PingSafe is a relatively new and small security company with <100 employees and ~50+ customers, mostly in India. The British bank also estimated the size of the deal to be about $100 million. PingSafe is “among the fastest ‘seed to significant exits’ Indian ecosystem has ever seen,” Rajan Anandan, who leads Surge at Peak XV, tweeted last week.

India’s MobiKwik Eyes $84 Million with Peak XV’s Support in Upcoming IPO

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Indian financial services startup MobiKwik seeks to raise about $84.2 million through issue of new shares in an initial public offering in the home market, it said in a draft prospectus filed with the local markets regulator Friday. This is the second time MobiKwik has filed the paperwork for an IPO. It does plan to raise about $16 million in a pre-IPO round, it said. SBI Capital and DAM Capital are the lead book running managers for the IPO process, the prospectus said. MobiKwik is the latest Indian startup that is looking to go public this year.