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1 Choose any new firm; by default, take Flipkart
2 Check out the financing history of the firm. Identify point(s) at which the
financing could have gone on a different path and say how the various
stakeholders would have been differently impacted
3 As of now, how is the firm placed? Is it likely to raise more funds? What are
its stated plans, if any? What could be other options and how would it
affect the various stakeholders?
June 2012
Founded by 12 students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay as
housing.co.in
2012

Type: Angel
Value: Undisclosed
Lead Investor: Zishaan Hayath
Valuation: NA

June 2013

Type: Seed
Value: $2.5 million
Lead Investor: Nexus Venture Partners
Valuation: 65 Crores

April 2014

Type: Series A
Value: $18 million/ ~110 Cr
Lead Investor: Helion Venture Partners

June 2014

Type: Series B
Value: $19 million/ 115 Cr
Lead Investor: Helion Venture Partners ($8 million), Nexus Venture
Partners ($7 Million), Qualcomm Ventures ($4 Million)
Investment until now: 138 Cr
Valuation: 300 Cr

November 2014

Type: Series C
Value: $90 million
Lead Investor: SoftBank Capital ($70 million for 30% stake)
Valuation: $250 Million/ 1400 Cr
January 2016

Value: $14.7 million/ 100 Cr

Lead Investor: SoftBank with Jonathan (aka 'JB') Bullock
Valuation: Increase in Stake of Softbank not disclosed

November 2016

Value: $5 million
Lead Investor: SoftBank with Jonathan (aka 'JB') Bullock