Zomato, which is in talks to raise almost $600 million, as part of its ongoing funding round, has added $52 million (almost Rs 380 crores) to its coffered from US-based Kora Investments. Kora is expected to make another large investment in Zomato in the coming months.
Zomato Pvt. Ltd. has allotted a total of 12,656 Class J5 preferential dividend shares to Kora Investment I LLC, at an issue price of Rs 3,00,235, for more than 1% stake in the food tech major, according to regulatory filings accessed through Tofler. This comes in the backdrop of the company shoring up capital, as it looks to go public by mid-2021, in what could be a turning point for Indian unicorns.
However, Zomato has collected more than $270 million in funding, just this year. In September, it had closed its $62 million funding from MacRitchie Investments, a unit of Singapore state investment arm, Temasek, and also raised $103 million from US-based hedge fund Tiger Global. In January, the company had announced a funding of $150 million from China’s ANT Financial, of which it has only received $50 million, while in March it had raised $5 million from Pacific Horizon Investment Trust, which is managed by UK-based Baillie Gifford & Co. Ltd.
The Gurugram-based startup is currently valued at $3.3 billion. Zomato doubled its revenue to $394 million in 2019-20, even as its losses rose marginally to $293 million from $277 million in 2018-19.