Zomato raises ₹8,500 crore via QIP at ₹252.62 per share to bulk up cash reserves
Live MintBengaluru: Food and grocery delivery player Zomato has raised ₹8,500 crore through its qualified institutional placement, allocating 33.64 crore shares at ₹252.62 apiece, it said in a filing with the stock exchanges on Friday. The Gurugram-based company’s cash balance fell to ₹10,800 crore in the September quarter of FY25 from ₹14,400 crore when it launched an initial public offering in 2021, mainly on account of funding past quick-commerce losses and some equity investments and acquisitions. Motilal Oswal’s private wealth arm led a $350 million funding round in Zepto last week. Another competitor, Zepto, bagged $350 million in funding from Motilal Oswal’s private wealth arm last week, aiming to strengthen its dark store operations as it gears up for a public-market listing in FY25.