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Alibaba, Ant Group Exit Paytm E-commerce – Mint

Paytm E-commerce bought back a combined stake of 43.32% for 42 crore rupees ($5.4 million), valuing the company at just around 100 crore rupees ($10.2 million)


Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Paytm Mall, inspired by Alibaba’s T-mall in China, raised $200 million in its first funding from Alibaba in 2017. Photo: Niharika Kulkarni, Reuters.

 

Jack Ma-led Alibaba and its affiliate Ant Group have exited Paytm E-commerce Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Paytm Mall, Mint reported, citing company filings.

Paytm E-commerce bought back a combined stake of 43.32% for 42 crore rupees ($5.4 million), valuing the company at just around 100 crore rupees ($10.2 million), which is a massive decline from the $3 billion valuation when the firm last raised funding in 2020, the report added.

Read the full report: Mint.

 

 

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.