Alibaba deepens India push with BigBasket investment


  • TECH
  • Monday, 05 Feb 2018

An employee scans a package for an order at a Big Basket warehouse on the outskirts of Mumbai November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

MUMBAI: China's Alibaba became the biggest shareholder in India's leading online grocer BigBasket after a US$300mil (RM1.16bil) funding round, stepping up its rivalry with Amazon in the country. 

Alibaba invested US$146mil (RM568.88mil) in the grocer, subscribing to compulsorily convertible preference shares, BigBasket said in a filing to Indian regulators. 

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