A social-commerce platform called CityMall has received Rs 574 crore or $75 million, led by Norwest Venture Partners and participated by other investors, both existing and new investors. This is the third round of funding for the firm based in Gurugram in the past year.
CityMall has granted the allotment of one equity share and 11771 preferential shares at the price of 458,716 to raise $574 crore (or $75m), the regulatory reports indicate. Norwest Capital and Citius Fund are the two biggest participants in the round, with an investment of Rs 142.52 crore and the sum of Rs 112.52 crore, respectively. Jungle Venture, Elevation Capital, AM Holding, General Catalysts, Waterbridge Ventures, and Accel have a total of Rs 90 crore, 60 crores, and the sum of Rs 56.2 crore as well as the sum of Rs 30 crore and 22.5 crores, respectively.
Entrackr was exclusive information regarding this particular round back in October. CityMall raised $11 million in Series A in March and $22.5 million Series B by June. As per Financial Tracker's estimations, the company is valued at 320 million dollars in its Series C round.
Additionally, the company has also expanded its ESOP option pool from 1381 to 2912 options, and it is now worth 135 crores, equivalent to $17.5 million.
CityMall offers the categories of lifestyle, grocery, and other categories by establishing an extensive network of community-based resellers in tier II as well as III towns. The company claims to have 200K customers and 20,000 resellers in eight cities within Haryana. Haryana.
CityMall has earned money at the beginning of the year during the year-end of March 2021. The operating revenue was the sum of Rs 14.95 crore for FY21. However, it suffered a loss of the equivalent of 10.4 crores over the same time.
CityMall's rival that is closed, DealShare, recently added to the Series E funding round with 45 million dollars. The Tiger Global-backed business was the second unicorn to emerge from the world of social commerce, following Meesho. CityMall is also in competition against Farmio by Meesho and a couple of others.
The Angad Kikla and Naisheel Vardhan-led company joined a few startups which have raised three capital rounds over the past twelve months. On Monday, the B2B animal protein market Captain Fresh announced its $50 million Series C round. The Bengaluru-based business's previous two rounds took place in July and December this year.Get all the latest startup news and upcoming IPO news on Entrackr.
