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September 21, 2021

Tiger makes its 27th European investment this year — and it’s coming for smaller startup cities

The US VC giant has led a $15m round into Belfast-based Cloudsmith.


Freya Pratty

3 min read

Cloudsmith, a Belfast-based software supply chain management company, has raised a $15m Series A round led by Tiger Global.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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