Top India family offices and ultra-HNIs will be a part of the financing, multiple sources said. The latest funding will come on the back of the company having raised $1 billion over the past few months amid an intensifying quick commerce battle with rivals Zomato’s Blinkit and recently listed Swiggy’s Instamart.
Post this round, Indian shareholding in Zepto will go to around 35% including the stakes held by the company founders–Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. Both the founders have been granted an additional 1% stock based on meeting performance goals, people who know told ET. Celebrities like Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will also be joining the round underscoring the bullishness around the sector.
Family offices of Ravi Jaipuria of RJ Corp, Harsh Goenka of RPG group are also in talks to join the round along with the Motilal Oswal group which has increased its investment cheque of $40 million cheque to over $60 million in the round.
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“The round was oversubscribed which is why they (Zepto) have increased the total offering. They will sell about 6% stake at the $5 billion valuation,” a person aware of the matter said.
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Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha declined to comment.As first reported by ET on October 21, Manipal group chief Ranjan Pai, Mankind Pharma brothers Ramesh Juneja and Rajeev Juneja are investing in this round. Zepto, which has now hit the 1 million daily order milestone, remains the only large private player as Swiggy Instamart and Blinkit are listed.
“We are doing this fundraise to start building Indian ownership in the company and deepen our relationships with high quality domestic investors before we kick off an IPO process,” Zepto’s funding presentation, reviewed by ET, had said earlier.