MobiKwik to raise $50-100 million to drive expansion
BY PTI26 Oct 2015 11:29 PM GMT
PTI26 Oct 2015 11:29 PM GMT
Mobile wallet company Mobikwik plans to raise $50-100 million (about Rs 325-650 crore) in the next few months to fund its expansion across online and offline platforms.
MobiKwik has, so far, raised close to $30 million (about Rs 195 crore) in funding from Sequoia Capital, American Express, Tree Line Asia and Cisco Investments.
“The company plans to raise another $50-100 million in the next 3-6 months. We are disrupting the payments space by creating an offline retail network of more than one lakh merchants across India,” MobiKwik Founder and CEO Bipin Preet Singh said.
The funds will be used for both online and offline expansion, he added. The company aims to take the monthly total worth of transactions on its platform (monthly gross merchandise value) to touch Rs 700-800 crore over the next 12 months.
“Overall, we expect the monthly gross merchandise value (GMV) to be about Rs 700-800 crore in the next 12 months. Of this, about Rs 400 crore with five million transactions a month,” he said.
MobiKwik has partnered merchants like Big Bazaar, WHSmith India, Cafe Coffee Day and Store King in the offline space.
In the online space, it has partnered firms like Uber, OYO Rooms, BookMyShow, Grofers, Big Basket, eBay, ShopClues, Myntra, Jabong, Pepperfry and MakeMyTrip among others.
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