Zepto raises new funds at US$900mil valuation


Booming business: A customer is seen buying vegetables at a wholesale market in Bengaluru. Zepto is capitalising on India’s overall grocery retailing industry which is worth an estimated US$600bil (RM2.6 trillion). — Bloomberg

MUMBAI: Indian grocery startup Zepto says it has raised US$200mil (RM870.8mil) in fresh funding that values the company around US$900mil (RM3.9bil), signalling growing investor interest in a sector where companies are luring customers with quick 10-minute deliveries.

Zepto was started last year by two 19-year-old Stanford dropouts. Its latest funding round was led by an existing investor Y Combinator, a prominent Silicon Valley fund.

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