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Rocket Internet to delist itself from stock market
Market

Rocket Internet to delist itself from stock market

Berlin, 1st Sept 2020: Germany based tech investment firm Rocket Internet plans to delist itself from the Frankfurt and Luxembourg stock exchanges. The company said it has sufficient access to capital outside the stock exchange and can better pursue a long-term approach to investing. Rocket Internet, with a market capitalisation of 2.6 billion euros ($3.12 billion), would be better off going private again since it successfully listed all the major firms it helped found, including Delivery Hero , HelloFresh and Home24 . Listed on stock market in 2014, Rocket’s shares have mostly traded well below their issue price of 42.50 euros and below the combined value of the cash on its balance sheet and its own valuation of its remaining investments. In its latest financial results, publish...
Alibaba Acquires Pakistan’s Leading E-Commerce Company Daraz
ACQUISITION

Alibaba Acquires Pakistan’s Leading E-Commerce Company Daraz

Chinese Internet giant Alibaba has bought Pakistani e-commerce firm Daraz in an undisclosed deal in order to expand its operations in South  Asia. The deal marks Alibaba's second wave of international expansion aiming to enter South Asia. Daraz was founded in 2012 and is backed by European Tech Incubator Rocket Internet. It operates in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan. This is the second time when Alibaba has bought a Rocket company, the first being Lazada in South East Asia in 2016. The official announcement for the deal is awaited but has been confirmed by a company spokesperson, according to the sources. Alibaba had initially focused on India backed by Paytm but now it aims to spread its wings into lower profiles which are hugely populated in South Asia. Pakis...
FUNDING

Life For One More Year “Jabong” Raises $20 million Fresh Funding

Jabong, India's one of the leading Fashion ecommerce company has raised additional funds by Global Fashion Group (GFG), so that it can stay afloat for one more year. "The board has agreed to put more than $20 million in Jabong," a person who participated in the meeting held in Luxembourg told ET.GFG was founded in 2011 by Swedish Investment AB Kinnevik and German Rocket Internet SE, and operates ecommerce ventures Dafiti in Latin America, Lamoda in Russia and the CIS, Namshi in the Middle East, Zalora in Southeast Asia and Australia while operating Jabong in India. However, Oliver Samwer, CEO of Rocket Internet and deputy chairman at GFG, was not in favour of continuing in India venture, it was Kinnevik that insisted on staying put, leading to which the board eventually agreed to b...