Bengaluru: Online grocer Grofers has raised $220 million in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund as part of its series F, which also saw participation from south Korean investment firm KTB Ventures and existing investors Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital. This investment, which will be used to expand the company’s supply chain operations, is one of the biggest rounds of financing to take place in the Indian online grocery sector. This comes just a few weeks after Grofer’s biggest rival Alibaba-backed Big Basket received $150 million in funding, giving enough firepower to both companies to battle it out for market leadership in the online grocery sector. “We are clear about our target audience," said Albinder Dhindsa, chief executive of Grofers. Dhindsa claims that the Gurugram-based company is profitable in Delhi and the overall business is expected to hit profitability by end of 2021.

Source: Mint May 15, 2019 10:18 UTC