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VC firm Z47 eyes $150-180 million from portfolio companies stake sale

Economic Times · 2m

- Venture capital fund Z47 is planning to sell some of its stakes in portfolio companies, including Ola, OfBusiness, Razorpay, and Dailyhunt, which could fetch around $150-180 million. - Z47 is exploring the option of a portfolio sale transaction as the demand for secondaries has been increasing among late-stage companies. - The move comes after Matrix Partners India rebranded itself as Z47 and split from its US partnership. - Z47 had recently closed its latest Fund IV at $550 million and may consider raising a new fund next year. - In recent years, there has been a significant increase in private secondary market transactions, driven by the need for venture funds to demonstrate better distributed to paid-in capital (DPI). - With liquidity pressures impacting the Indian VC industry, secondary portfolio sales are being explored as a means to distribute cash to limited partners (LPs) or sponsors in funds.