The corporate-backed operator of multilingual news portal Dailyhunt and short video app Josh secured its latest funding in a round that valued it at almost $3bn.
VerSe Innovation, the India-based news aggregator owner backed by corporates ByteDance, Google and Microsoft, has raised more than $450m in series I funding, Inc42 reported today.
Baillie Gifford, B Capital Group, Qatar Investment Authority, Siguler Guff, Sofina and Carlyle Asia Partners Growth II also took part in the round, which boosted the company’s valuation to nearly $3bn, a source privy to the development told TechCrunch.
Founded in 2007, Verse runs Dailyhunt, the news platform formerly known as Newshunt, which curates…
