Crypto firm CoinSwitch Kuber joins India’s unicorn bandwagon
The Hindu
Raises $260 mn from a16z, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, others
CoinSwitch Kuber, a crypto asset platform, said it closed a $260 million Series C funding round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures and existing investors Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global.
The fresh infusion made CoinSwitch Kuber a unicorn, valued at 1.9 billion, in just over 14 months of starting its operations in India, claimed the company in a statement.
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