沃尔玛旗下印度电商融资36亿美元 估值升至376亿美元

　　原文发表于美国时间2021-7-12

　　沃尔玛（WMT）旗下的印度电商公司Flipkart在周一表示，其从包括日本软银集团在内的投资者财团融资36亿美元，软银集团作为财务支持者。

　　发生了什么事情：

　　这家网络电商在新一轮融资中的估值为376亿美元，这家总部位于印度班加罗尔的初创公司正试图赴美上市。

　　沃尔玛在3年前以160亿美元的价格买下Flipkart公司的控股权。

　　Flipkart公司表示，除软银集团外，投资者还包括加拿大养老金计划投资委员会和沃尔玛。

　　为什么值得关注：

　　Flipkart公司的注册用户超过3.5亿，并且该公司计划在聚焦于时尚、旅游和百货等产品类别同时增加对技术、供应链和基础设施的投资。

　　沃尔玛国际总裁兼首席执行官朱迪思·麦肯纳在一份声明中表示，“Flipkart公司是一项很棒的业务，其增长速度和潜力反映了印度的整体发展，这也是为何我们在2018年投资（该公司）并且今天继续跟投的原因”。

　　Flipkart公司在印度的主要竞争对手是亚马逊公司，亚马逊印度公司已经投资了数十亿美元，并且凭借产品的广泛类别在印度电商领域取得飞速的发展。

　　价格走势：

　　沃尔玛公司的股价在周五收盘上涨0.51%，升至每股140.30美元。

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