India paid company Paytm intends to raise $ 300 million, vote in Alibaba Alibaba, mediatek, MTK, Paytm-IT information
People familiar with the matter said, India Paytm digital payment and e-commerce startups will raise $ 300 million. This round of funding from Taiwan mediatek and others lead investor, Paytm valuations increased 1 time more than double to $ 5 billion.
People familiar with the matter said, Paytm existing investors Alibaba group, Ali financial affiliates Ant gold suits and Saif in Asian investment fund management companies will also participate in the Paytm this round of investment. Paytm this financing round to raise funds that will flow to the parent companies One97 Communications, its digital subsidiary company Paytm Commerce, Paytm Payment Bank. In addition, comprehensive business and investment company fosun international, China is also in-depth talks with Paytm, hoping to become Paytm investors within weeks.
India venture capital industry, Paytm is a bright spot in this round of financing. According to research firm Preqin, since set in 2015 after a record high of $ 8.9 billion, India's VC industry growth is slowing. The first two quarters of this year, India received venture reduced the amount to $ 2.7 billion.
One97 representatives declined to comment, and the company's recent restructuring according to regulatory requirements, its digital banking separated from the e-commerce platform. One97 digital Bank started operations in the next few months.
Paytm is headquartered in India Noida, by entrepreneur weiguyi·xiaerma (Vijay Shekhar Sharma) created because its Flipkart Online Services and e-commerce platform, is famous for the Snapdeal competition. Flipkart, Snapdeal won VC in Silicon Valley Accel Partners, SOFTBANK and Russia billionaire Yuri Milner (Yuri Milner) of its GST global investors Global support. Paytm will now focus on travel, movie tickets and other services, its e-commerce platform and the Bank will focus on their business.
People familiar with the matter said, the financing is completed, Sharma Paytm Payment Bank 51% shares were held by Ali, Ant gold suits and dilution of existing investors.
印度支付公司Paytm拟融资3亿美元，阿里巴巴、联发科参投 - 阿里巴巴,联发科,Paytm - IT资讯
知情人士称，印度数字支付和电商创业公司Paytm将融资3亿美元。这轮融资由台湾联发科和其他投资者领投，对Paytm的估值增长了一倍以上至50亿美元。
知情人士称，Paytm现有投资者阿里巴巴集团、阿里金融关联公司蚂蚁金服以及赛富亚洲投资基金管理公司也将参与Paytm这一轮投资。Paytm此轮融资筹集来的资金将流向母公司One97 Communications、其数字支付公司Paytm Commerce、子公司Paytm Payment Bank。另外，中国综合企业和投资公司复星国际也正在与Paytm展开深入谈判，希望在几周内成为Paytm投资者。
对于印度的风险投资行业来说，Paytm的这轮融资是一个亮点。研究公司Preqin的数据显示，自从2015年创下89亿美元的创纪录高位后，印度的风投行业增长正在放缓。今年前两个季度，印度获得的风投金额降低至27亿美元。
One97代表不予置评，该公司近期根据监管部门的要求进行了改组，将其数字支付银行业务从电商平台分离。One97的数字银行将于未来几个月开始运营。
Paytm总部位于印度诺伊达，由企业家维贾伊·夏尔马(Vijay Shekhar Sharma)创建，因为其电商平台与Flipkart Online Services、Snapdeal竞争而出名。Flipkart、Snapdeal获得了硅谷风投Accel Partners、软银以及俄罗斯亿万富翁尤里·米尔纳(Yuri Milner)旗下GST Global等全球投资者的支持。Paytm现在将专注于旅游、电影票等服务，旗下电商平台和支付银行将专注于各自的业务。
知情人士称，在这笔融资完成后，夏尔马持有的Paytm Payment Bank 51%股份将遭到阿里、蚂蚁金服等现有投资者的稀释。