Flipkart has raised $1.4 billion from Chinese investment holdings firm Tencent, global e-commerce player eBay and technology company Microsoft. Following this, the Flipkart Group is valued at $11.6 billion down significantly from the previous valuation of $15 billion. With the investment by eBay, the global e-commerce company is selling its India unit, eBay.in to Flipkart in exchange for equity in the Flipkart Group. eBay.in continue to operate as an independent entity. As a result of the deal, Indian customers of will gain access to the global inventory on eBay, while eBay’s customers will have access to Indian inventory provided by Flipkart sellers. Note that rival Snapdeal had earlier sold a minority stake to eBay for an undisclosed amount in 2013. And in August 2015, eBay sold a partial stake in Snapdeal to focus on its India operations. The Economic Times' Madhav Chanchani reports that eBay's contribution to the funding round was $500 million. eBay says to invest $500 million in Flipkart and sell its India business to the company @ETtech — Madhav Chanchani (@madhav_ET) April 10, 2017 Meanwhile, Tencent will join as a strategic investor and the Flipkart said that they will bring experience in linking social networking and e-commerce. Other prominent investors in include Tiger Global Management, Naspers Group, Accel Partners and DST Global. This takes the funding in the Group to a total of $4.65 billion in over 13 rounds of funding. In its previous round in September 2015, it raised $700 million from a clutch of investors which include Steadview…
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