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| Jun 3, 2025 | Scots Startup Wordsmith AI Raises $25M Series A | Edinburgh-based startup Wordsmith AI has secured a $25 million (£18.5m~) Series A, led by venture capital firm Index Ventures.
The Series A funding, which also comes from the likes of Scottish Enterprise, will be used to scale the startup’s... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | The Furniture Delivery Revolution: Man and Van Services in Bristol | Bristol is a city of charm and character. Its narrow streets and vibrant neighborhoods are alive with the hustle and bustle of daily life. But when it comes to moving furniture, the city presents unique challenges. Heavy lifting, tight corn... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Creatopy's New CFO: A Strategic Move for Growth | In the fast-paced world of technology, every decision can feel like a high-stakes game of chess. Creatopy, an AI-powered ad campaign platform, has made a bold move by appointing Maikao Grare as its new Chief Financial Officer. This decision... |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Secondhand retailers poised to benefit if tariffs drive up new clothing costs | Please subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
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| Feb 11, 2025 | Libeen secures €25 million in funding to facilitate housing access in Spain | Libeen, a Madrid-based startup focused on Smarthousing, has announced the successful closure of a €25 million funding round to accelerate its national expansion, incorporate AI-driven technology, and acquire strategic assets in Spain’s majo... |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Libeen secures €25M to help Gen Z buy a home | Libeen, a Madrid-based "Smarthousing" startup, has closed a €25M funding round.
The round was led by Andbank, through MyInvestor and Actyus (Andbank Group companies), with Cusp Capital reinvesting. Angels Íñigo Juantegui (co-found... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | Prosus to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 Billion | Congratulations to Stack Overflow, founders Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and team on the company's acquisition by Prosus for $1.8bn.
A top 50 website globally, Stack Overflow is the go-to destination for de... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | OfferUp and letgo combine marketplaces, post-acquisition | Earlier this year, online marketplace OfferUp raised $120 million and acquired a top competitor, letgo, as a part of the fundraise led by letgo’s majority investor, OLX Group. As a part of the deal, OfferUp said it planned to eventually com... |
| Mar 30, 2020 | OfferUp and letgo Merge; Raises $120M | OfferUp and letgo, two providers of apps to buy and sell locally, are to combine their US businesses.
The agreement includes a new $120m investment round led by OLX Group, the classifieds business of Prosus and letgo’s majority investor, al... |
| Mar 25, 2020 | Online marketplace OfferUp raises $120M, acquires top competitor letgo | OfferUp, a top online and mobile marketplace app, announced this morning it’s raising $120 million in a new round of funding led by competing marketplace letgo’s majority investor, OLX Group, and others. As a part of the deal, OfferUp will ... |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Craigslist turns 25 — a reminder that a more democratic version of the internet can still thrive | Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms.
It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a time when being online felt less commercial and more democratic. But there was a period when websites di... |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk on SoftBank comparisons: ‘They’re broad, we’re focused; we invest in what we know’ | Naspers, a South African internet company that has become a major investor in a wide range of digital commerce companies, has in recent years drawn comparisons to the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. For one thing, Naspers, like SoftBank, is... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Letgo cierra una ronda de €431M ($500M) a la que acude Naspers Limited | 09/08/2018
LETGO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €431 MILLONES ($500 MILLONES) A LA QUE ACUDE NASPERS LIMITED.
Letgo ha cerrado una ronda de €431 millones ($500 millones) a la que ha acudido el grupo multinacional sudafricano Naspers Limited. La oper... |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, August 9 | NO DEAL
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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| Aug 8, 2018 | letgo Receives $500M New Funding Commitment from Naspers | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--letgo, the biggest and fastest growing app to buy and sell locally, announced today that Naspers has committed to invest $500M of new capital into the company, $150M of which was transferred earlier this summer. N... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Letgo Receives $500M New Funding |
NEW YORK, NY, Biggest and fastest growing app to buy and sell locally, announced today that Naspers has committed to invest $500M of new capital.
>> Click here for more funding data on LetGo
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| Aug 8, 2018 | LetGo, the 2nd-hand shopping app, raises another $500M at over a $1.5B valuation | LetGo, the app-based marketplace for people to sell each other second-hand goods, has nabbed a great deal of its own. Today, the startup announced that it has picked up an extra $500 million in funding from Naspers, the South African e-comm... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | letgo Receives $500M Commitment from Naspers | letgo, a New York and Barcelona, Spain-based provider of an app to buy and sell locally, received a $500M commitment from Naspers.
Naspers has invested in letgo through OLX Group.
The company intends to use the new financing, $150M of which... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | NEA Joins $500M Financing for letgo | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--letgo, the biggest and fastest growing app to buy and sell locally, announced today that Naspers has committed to invest $500M of new capital into the company, $150M of which was transferred earlier this summer. N... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Secondhand Marketplace startup Letgo raises $500 million to accelerate growth and expand into new verticals | letgo, a mobile app that helps users buy and sell locally, has received $500 million in new funding commitment from Naspers to accelerate growth, product evolution, expansion into new verticals and monetization efforts as it continues to ma... |
| Jul 24, 2018 | Letgo adds video attachments and an auto-listing feature powered by AI | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If you need to get rid of something in a jiffy, you can’t go wrong with Letgo. It’s one of the largest digital marketplaces for used go... |
| Jun 28, 2018 | 12 Stunning Tech, Research & Innovation Hubs In Barcelona | Not only does Barcelona host leading European universities such EADA, ESADE and IESE, but it’s also becoming one of the biggest tech hubs in Europe – bringing together successful researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all over the w... |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Letgo takes on Craigslist with addition of housing listings | Everyone wants to be the Craigslist killer. In November, Facebook expanded its Marketplace section to include partners’ housing rentals alongside secondhand merchandise, and today the No. 3 three shopping app letgo is doing the same. The co... |
| Oct 3, 2017 | Letgo cierra una ronda de $100 millones a la que habrían acudido inversores existentes | 03/10/2017
LETGO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $100 MILLONES A LA QUE HABRÍAN ACUDIDO INVERSORES EXISTENTES.
Letgo ha cerrado una ronda de $100 millones a la que habrían acudido inversores existentes. Los fondos captados en la ronda, que valora la ... |
| Oct 2, 2017 | LetGo Raises $100M in Funding | LetGo, a marketplace for people to buy and sell used goods, raised $100m in funding.
The round reportedly brught the company valuation to over $1 billion.
Existing backers participated in the round. To date, the company has raised $375m fro... |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, September 29 | ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
THE NIKE OF SLEEP: Casper struck a partnership with American Airlines to make flights slightly more comfortable. On Thursday, the mattress startup announced that it will design eight new bedding products, including a mattr... |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Used goods marketplace LetGo quietly raised $100M more at a $1B+ valuation | LetGo, a startup that has built a marketplace for people to buy and sell used goods, is one of the fastest growing apps in the U.S. at the moment according to comScore, with some 75 million downloads, “tens of millions” of active users, and... |
| Sep 17, 2017 | Proxytel wants to help business owners mask their phone numbers | Every once in a while, an app comes along aiming to provide users with disposable number. Shuffle emerged a couple of years go do this; Burner has existed even longer.
Now, software engineers Chakshu Ahuja and Siddhant Sanyam think they’e c... |
| Aug 20, 2017 | Beyond Amazon and Alibaba: what’s next for e-commerce? | Hans Tung Contributor
Hans Tung is a managing partner at GGV Capital, focusing on early-stage investments in internet and e-commerce ecosystems globally. He has been named to the Forbes Midas list eight times, most recently at #10, and coun... |
| Jul 18, 2017 | 17 Ways To Help Raise More Money For Your Financial Goals | A Millennial snapping photos to sell online. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock |
| Jun 21, 2017 | Mercari hires John Lagerling from Facebook’s management team to guide its U.S. strategy | When Mercari became Japan’s first startup unicorn with a $75 million round last year, the funding was earmarked to fuel its goal of becoming the top secondhand marketplace app in the U.S. Now Mercari is doubling down on its efforts to succe... |
| Mar 17, 2017 | 6 Money Saving Apps for Your Smart Shopping Lifestyle | Finding ways to save time and money is always a good thing. And when you can find deals on travel sites, designer brands, and entertainment, it help your dollars stretch a little bit farther and saves you search time along the way.
Now, you... |
| Jan 18, 2017 | Is US-based Letgo Likely to Pay Off for Africa’s Internet Giant Naspers? | wp_booster error:
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| Jan 18, 2017 | Letgo cierra una ronda de $175 millones liderada por Naspers Limited | 18/01/2017
LETGO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $175 MILLONES LIDERADA POR NASPERS LIMITED.
Letgo ha cerrado una ronda de $175 millones liderada su propietario el grupo sudafricano Naspers Limited en una operación que podría estar valorada en torno ... |
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| Jan 17, 2017 | letgo Raises $175M in Funding | letgo, a New York City and Barcelona-based mobile marketplace to buy and sell locally, raised $175M in funding.
Backers included Naspers, Accel, Insight Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, 14W and others.
The company intends to use... |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 17 | ALL THE DEALS
Welcome back from the long weekend. Some quick deal notes…
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| Jan 17, 2017 | letgo Raises $175M from NEA and Others | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--letgo, the fastest growing mobile marketplace to buy and sell locally, today announced $175M in new funding from Naspers, Accel, Insight Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, 14W and other investors. letgo ... |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Letgo raises $175 million for its used goods marketplace | With a pitch for its users to just let go of the things they no longer need, the online used goods marketplace letgo has managed to grab on to $175 million in new financing.
Since its launch in 2015, the would-be Craigslist killer has raise... |
| Jan 17, 2017 | LetGo Secures $175M |
NEW YORK, NY, letgo, the fastest growing mobile marketplace to buy and sell locally, today announced $175M in new funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on LetGo
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| Jun 21, 2016 | Follow the Leader: Alec Oxenford, founder of OLX and letgo | |
| May 13, 2016 | LetGo and Wallapop merge to tackle the US market, raise an additional R1.5 billion | |
| May 12, 2016 | LetGo Lands $100M |
NEW YORK, NY, letgo, a mobile marketplace for secondhand goods, has agreed to acquire the U.S. operations of Wallapop. As part of the deal, existing will invest another $100 million into the combined business.
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| May 12, 2016 | letgo Merges with Wallapop; Raises $100M | letgo, a Netherlands-based mobile marketplace for secondhand goods, has merged U.S. operations with Wallapop, a mobile classifieds company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Wallapop’s U.S. operations will be absorbed into letgo. The combin... |
| May 11, 2016 | Naspers Plants a Flag in U.S., with New Venture Group | Naspers, the 101-year-old, internet and entertainment group, is finally planting a flag in the U.S., establishing a Naspers Ventures unit that will operate largely out of San Francisco.
The 30,000-person company, which is based in Cape Town... |
| May 11, 2016 | Wallapop y Letgo negocian la fusión de sus operaciones en Estados Unidos | 11/05/2016
WALLAPOP Y LETGO NEGOCIAN LA FUSIÓN DE SUS OPERACIONES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Las plataformas Wallapop y Letgo negocian la fusión de sus operaciones en el mercado de EE.UU en un intento de concentración para crecer en el mercado de... |
| May 10, 2016 | Wallapop and LetGo, two Craigslist rivals, merge to take on the U.S. market, raise $100M more | Consolidation is afoot in the online classifieds space as two popular startups born in Barcelona are in advanced talks to merge operations in the U.S.. Wallapop and LetGo — which both provide platforms for consumers to post used items for s... |
| Sep 8, 2015 | LetGo cierra una ronda de $100 millones, acude el grupo sudafricano Naspers Limited | 08/09/2015
LETGO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $100 MILLONES, ACUDE EL GRUPO SUDAFRICANO NASPERS LIMITED.
La app de compraventa de artículos a nivel local LetGo, ha cerrado una ronda de $100 millones a la que ha acudido el grupo multinacional sudaf... |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Naspers R1.4bn bet on letgo to tackle US classified | |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 4, 2015 | Letgo raised $100M; 500 Startups bagged $85M; PTC Group Holdings Corp received $75M
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| Sep 4, 2015 | Wallapop clone and Barcelona-based Letgo raises $100 million from Naspers | If this continues, Barcelona might soon become one of the main cities in the world when it comes to housing startups that are trying to disrupt the classifieds industry from a mobile point of view.
The new kid on the block is Letgo, a start... |
| Sep 3, 2015 | letgo Raises $100M in Series A Funding | letgo, a New York and Barcelona-based visual mobile app for buying and selling items locally, raised $100m in Series A funding.
Naspers Limited (JSE:NPN, LSE:NPSN), an Internet and media company made the investment.
The comapny will use the... |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Mobile App Letgo Raises $100 Million From Naspers To Take Over Classifieds In The U.S. | Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? A company called letgo aims to find out. Its app, which lets users buy and sell items locally, has quietly grown to over 2 million downloads since its launch earlier this y... |
