Foodtech unicorn Zomato has raised $100 million in funding from Internet Fund VI Pte Holdings, Tiger Global's Singapore investment arm, according to filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) accessed by YourStory.
With the latest fundraise, Zomato is now reported to be valued at $3.4 billion, close to its rival Swiggy which is presently valued at $3.6 billion, according to media reports.
The RoC documents also revealed that the investment made into the Gurugram-headquartered foodtech startup will be used to expand the unicorn's business, and support overall corporate purposes.
The current round comes immediately after a week Zomato raised $62 million from Singapore-based Temasek. Earlier, in January, it had raised $150 million as a part of a fresh fundraise from its existing investor Ant Financial. Further, in April, it raised around $5 million (or about Rs 38 crore) from Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC in its Series J round.
Deepinder Goyal, Co-founder and CEO, Zomato
Despite the pandemic, the foodtech unicorn has been seeing an improved financial performance. While announcing its annual performance report on the unicorn's 12th anniversary last month, Zomato said, "While COVID-19 has impacted the size of our business, it has accelerated our journey to profitability."
In July, Zomato estimated its burn-rate to be under $1 million, and revenue at close to 60 percent of pre-COVID-19 peaks of $23 million per month. “We expect to make a complete recovery over the next three to six months while continuing to maintain tight control on costs/profitability,” it said in its report.
It also added that Zomato’s FY20 India food delivery GMV grew by 108 percent over FY19. However, when the rise of COVID-19 cases started in March, Zomato’s food delivery business GMV was down by 80 percent as compared to its peak in February. It also acquired UberEats’ India vertical in January.
“We expect a sharp recovery in our order volumes as lockdowns continue to ease and the operating environment continues to improve. The unit economics of our food delivery business has improved consistently over the last 18 months. In Q1 FY20, we used to make a contribution margin of negative Rs 47 per order; in Q1 FY21, we made a contribution margin of positive Rs 27 per order,” said Deepinder Goyal, Co-founder and CEO, Zomato, in the report.
Edited by Suman Singh
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September 10, 2020 at 04:12PM
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