Third-celebration logistics company Xpressbees has raised $forty million from Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia. This funding could be made thru a secondary buy from an early investor withinside the employer, Xpressbees stated in a release.
Xpressbees counts buyers which include Blackstone Growth, TPG Growth, ChrysCapital, Alibaba Group, Elevation Capital, Investcorp, Norwest Venture Partners and Gaja Capital amongst its present set of buyers.
According to 2 human beings with expertise of the deal, Elevation Capital has bought 4% stake withinside the employer to Khazanah, valuing the new-age logistics company at $1.2 billion pre-cash.
“There is a massive possibility for tech-led disruption in logistics. We have set up a main logo however are nonetheless early in our increase story. We maintain on our direction to turn out to be a dominant cease-to-cease logistics participant and appearance to leverage any strategic opportunities. Khazanah`s disciplined long-time period funding method makes the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund an ideal associate for us on this journey,” stated Amitava Saha, Founder & CEO Xpressbees.
This is the second one time Elevation Capital has taken cash off the desk in Expressbees. Last yr in August, Avendus Future Leaders Fund had bought a stake in Xpressbees from Elevation Capital for ₹195 crore. Before that during February 2022, the employer had raised $three hundred million in number one capital in a spherical led with the aid of using personal fairness price range Blackstone Growth, TPG Growth and ChrysCapital, valuing it at $1.1 billion.
Founded in 2012 with the aid of using serial marketers Amitava Saha and Supam Maheshwari, Xpressbees is an e-trade targeted cease-to-cease deliver chain answers company. In addition to the e-trade (B2C) division, Xpressbees has now brought new strains of groups which include B2B Express, Warehousing and Cross-border operations. The employer these days is gift throughout 5,000 cities, serving over 20,000 pin codes, and offers over 2 million applications according to day, the discharge stated.
According to the discharge, Xpressbees now has over a hundred hubs throughout India, greater than three million sq. ft. of warehouse capacity, and operates throughout fifty two airports withinside the country.