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Zomato secures Rs 8,500 Cr via QIP

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Zomato secures Rs 8,500 Cr via QIP
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Zomato Limited announced on Friday that it has raised Rs 8,500 crore through a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) of equity shares. Last week, the foodtech firm received shareholders’ approval for the fundraise. The issuance involved 33,64,73,755 equity shares at Rs 252.62 each, including a premium of Rs 251.62 per share. This issuance price represents a 5% discount on the determined floor price of Rs 265.91 per share, the company informed in its stock exchange filings. This capital infusion is expected to bolster Zomato's financial position, facilitating business expansion and strategic initiatives, especially in the quick commerce space via Blinkit. The offering, which opened on November 25 and closed on November 28, received approval from Zomato’s Fund Raising Committee during its meeting held earlier today. Prominent mutual funds, such as ICICI Prudential and Motilal Oswal, were among the significant allottees, with the latter acquiring a total of 6.92 crore shares, accounting for 20.81% of the issue size. After the transaction, Zomato’s paid-up equity share capital has risen to Rs 917.28 crore. For the fiscal year ending in, Zomato achieved a remarkable 68.5% quarter-on-quarter growth in operating revenue, reaching Rs 4,799 crore in Q2 FY25 from Rs 2,848 crore in Q2 FY24. The company also recorded a 4.8x increase in net profit to Rs 176 crore in the September quarter. A recent report by Motilal Oswal highlights that Blinkit, owned by Zomato, dominates the quick commerce market with a 46% share. Zepto holds the second position with a 29% share, while Swiggy Instamart follows in third place with a 25% market share. Compared to the closing price of last Friday (November 22), Zomato saw a 6.8% rise to Rs 282 per share at 11:30 AM on November 29, 2024. The company’s market cap currently stands at around Rs 2,35,481 crore or $28 billion, while its closest rival, Swiggy, is trading at Rs 470 per share with a market cap of Rs 90,712 crore or $10.7 billion.

PayPal Ventures-backed Mintoak secures Rs 71 Cr in secondary funding

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PayPal Ventures-backed Mintoak secures Rs 71 Cr in secondary funding
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PayPal Ventures-backed Mintoak secures Rs 71 Cr in secondary funding Mintoak, a merchant SaaS platform catering to banks and merchant acquirers, has raised Rs 71 crore (around $8.2 million) in a secondary funding round led by Z3Partners. As part of this transaction, Z3Partners will acquire a minority stake from some of Mintoak’s early institutional investors. However, the company did not disclose the names of the investors involved in the secondary transaction. In February 2023, the Mumbai-based startup raised $20 million in its Series A funding round led by PayPal Ventures and others. In December 2022, HDFC Bank acquired a minority stake in the Mumbai-based fintech startup Mintoak for a cash consideration of $3.7 million. It then increased its stake to 7.75% from the current 5.20%. The Mumbai-based firm has raised Rs 192 crore (nearly $25 million) to date. Founded by Raman Khanduja, Rama Tadepalli, and Sanjay Nazareth, the company’s product suite includes a range of SaaS offerings that help banks and merchant acquirers connect with their small and medium enterprise (SME) customers and drive the cross-sell of financial products. The seven-year-old firm claims to serve over 1.5 million merchants across leading banks, including HDFC Bank, SBI, and YES Bank in India and international markets such as Africa and the Middle East. The startup enables merchant acquirers to deploy and rapidly scale their SME base through payments, cross-selling, service, and gamified loyalty campaigns. Mintoak claims to have empowered 3 million merchants across 6 countries in South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Mintoak registered Rs 72.59 crore in revenue from operations in FY24 against Rs 42.3 crore in FY23. During the period, its losses jumped twofold to Rs 21.45 crore. Z3Partners invests in high-growth, tech-driven companies across India, focusing on sectors such as consumer tech, fintech, healthtech, SaaS, and tech-enabled businesses. The firm’s portfolio includes companies like Altum Credo, Bhanzu, DealShare, Shipsy, TrueFan, among others. Some of its prior investments have been Bigbasket, OfBusiness, and others.

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