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February 10, 2026

Lightspeed leads $70m round for events platform Naboo

After launching in the US last year, cofounder Maxime Eduardo says the company has seen “spectacular growth”

Naboo, a French startup aiming to streamline the planning of corporate events, has raised a $70m Series B round led by US-based VC firm Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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