BENGALURU, July 12 — Walmart Inc-owned Indian online retailer Flipkart said today it has raised US$3.6 billion in a round of funding, after which it will be valued at US$37.6 billion.
The funding was led by investors GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Walmart. It also attracted investments from sovereign funds DisruptAD, Qatar Investment Authority, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc-backed Antara Capital among others.
Japan’s SoftBank, which sold its roughly 20 per cent stake in the e-commerce firm to Walmart in 2018, has returned as a shareholder. — Reuters
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