Alibaba to split into six groups, chases IPOs
CFO Dive
MARCH 29, 2023
The Chinese ecommerce giant will be splitting into six separate groups in a move that follows declining tech valuations and a regulatory crackdown on the country’s tech sector.
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CFO Dive
MARCH 29, 2023
The Chinese ecommerce giant will be splitting into six separate groups in a move that follows declining tech valuations and a regulatory crackdown on the country’s tech sector.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 30, 2020
With trade shows canceled and enterprise digitization accelerated, 2020 was a big year for the adoption of B2B eCommerce. Even before the pandemic hit, the B2B eCommerce landscape was heating up as businesses sought greater efficiency. “The The Rise of the Marketplace.
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NOVEMBER 24, 2020
According to people familiar with the discussions, the new valuation could hit as much as $70 billion or maybe as much as $100 billion, Bloomberg said. Bloomberg noted that the company has been taking advantage of the eCommerce interest, starting its own card-issuing service for U.S.
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JANUARY 15, 2021
Poshmark saw its valuation more than double following its Nasdaq debut, with shares closing at $101.50, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Jan. Poshmark’s valuation is now over $3 billion, up from $1.25 Poshmark joins a slew of digital startups filing IPOs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel eCommerce sales.
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JANUARY 11, 2021
At $44 per share price, Affirm would have a valuation in excess of $10 billion, Reuters reported. Affirm partnered with the travel industry eCommerce platform Inntopia in November to extend BNPL options to the hotel industry. The Silicon Valley startup is planning to offer 24.6
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 21, 2020
The round saw the company's valuation hit over $215 million. There has been a surge in eCommerce this year because of the pandemic, at the expense of in-person shopping as people tried to stay clear of the coronavirus. Bolt was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and works on tools to streamline web transactions. Data from the IBM U.S.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 27, 2020
eCommerce mattress merchant Casper Sleep Inc. forecasts that its initial public offering (IPO) valuation will be far under the approximate $1 billion it had for its most recent funding. The IPO would provide the company with a valuation of $768 million and would bring in $182.4 The eCommerce mattress merchant said it lost $92.1
PYMNTS
JUNE 11, 2019
Brex, the credit card startup, announced Tuesday (June 11) it raised $100 million in venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $2.6 The funding comes a few months after Brex raised $125 million, giving it a valuation of $1.1 For its eCommerce credit card, it underwrites based on sales. “At billion back then.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
In other published reports , Krim brushed aside the lower valuations, calling them “moments in time.”. billion valuation implied by its latest fundraising round. Not bad, but perhaps not the growth demanded by the investors who get excited about eCommerce. Casper had said in the filing that the proceeds generated from the 8.3
PYMNTS
JANUARY 10, 2020
Chinese eCommerce and social media startup Xiaohongshu , also known as “Little Red Book,” wants to raise funds at a $6 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. It was started in 2013 as a community online that would recommend eCommerce sites outside of China. Tencent and Alibaba both invested in that round.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 12, 2020
To that end, as reported earlier this week, BigCommerce , the software as a service (SaaS) firm that focuses on eCommerce, went public, surging more than 200 percent on its first day of trading. That implies that the public valuation of BigCommerce is quite a bit more than the offer from the private markets.
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Norwest Venture Partners, WestBridge Capital are among entities said to be in talks to pick up stake in ecommerce firm Meesho. The development underscores the growing trend of secondary share sales in late-stage firms.
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JUNE 9, 2020
eCommerce marketplace Bids.com notched more than $1.7 million in funding, exceeding its initial funding goal of $1 million for a first-round valuation of $10 million, according to an announcement. The firm provides small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with eCommerce technologies and allows them to create a digital storefront.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 31, 2020
Led by General Atlantic, a New York growth equity firm, the round boosted Wish’s valuation to $11.2 Today, Wish boasts customers in more than 100 countries and sells 3 million products daily on its eCommerce platform, according to the company’s website.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2020
And though valuations may be stretched, fundamentals are indeed sound. And as Hudson Executive Capital’s Bergeron said, valuations are high. Bergeron noted that such investments and markets are “hot until they’re not” and there could be an exogenous event that shocks public and private markets and reset valuations.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 30, 2020
There were several notable rounds, including high-value deals for supply chain management, B2B eCommerce and small business banking. Brightpearl offers a range of products, from supplier management to logistics to financial management, for eCommerce firms and retailers via its platform.
PYMNTS
JUNE 19, 2020
Ranchere said that’s most observable in the world of challenger banks, as investors reevaluate the core value such firms offer — and their sky-high valuations. For example, Monzo raised funds at a lower valuation level after recently announcing some layoffs. There was no shortage of news in the challenger-banking space this week.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Instead, a dialogue with Lopez, head of Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), spans multitudes of topics, from neuroscience to movies to books to chess and, yes, retail. This eCommerce trend was happening well before COVID. But that's not the case. Because in his expansive vision, they all touch each other. It paid $3.6
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Payments, finance and eCommerce marketplace startup Kaspi.kz The company is anticipated to reach a $5 billion valuation with an offering of at least $500 million worth of GDRs, a source told FT. is predicted to sell existing shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
B2B eCommerce platform Udaan has caught the attention of investors to the tune of $225 million , marking what reports on Tuesday (Sept. According to The Economic Times , Udaan hit the $1 billion valuation mark after 26 months. Reports said a $225 million fund raise would increase its valuation fivefold.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 1, 2020
billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, and DoorDash could see a valuation of $28 billion from its IPO. DoorDash Valuation Could Hit $28 Billion, Says It Has Only 3 Pct of US Market. DoorDash is reportedly seeing good demand for its IPO, boosting its estimated valuation rise to some $28 billion.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 31, 2020
Led by General Atlantic, a New York growth equity firm, the round boosted Wish’s valuation to $11.2 Today, Wish boasts customers in more than 100 countries and sells 3 million products daily on its eCommerce platform, according to the company’s website.
PYMNTS
APRIL 24, 2019
The RealReal , an online retailer for authenticated luxury consignment, has authorized the sale of up to $70 million in new shares that could put its valuation at $1.06 The San Francisco-based retailer has also recently expanded its brick-and-mortar presence, as well as launched additional eCommerce fulfillment centers.
PYMNTS
MARCH 29, 2019
Daniel Lipinski, founder and CEO of POS financing firm CreditDigital , explained to PYMNTS how the consumer eCommerce arena has influenced eProcurement’s own evolution in payments and buyer financing. As such, Lipinski noted, cart abandonment rates in the B2B eCommerce market can be as high as 67 percent.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Instacart saw its valuation double to just over $17 billion, Kroger made its move on the prepared food market, Amazon brought its grocery business into the Prime Day fold while Whole Foods reports struggling to keep up with the post-pandemic boom town in grocery sales. Instacart's $200M Pick-Up and New $17.7B
PYMNTS
JULY 15, 2020
CommerceHub , which makes eCommerce software, is preparing an initial public offering (IPO) that may value the firm at over $2 billion, according a report in Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 1, 2019
The round, which was led by General Atlantic, gives the San Francisco-based app a post-money valuation of $11.2 ” According to analysts, Amazon will cite Wish as a competitor to help protect it against claims of having a monopoly in the eCommerce sphere. Wish was launched in 2010 by Danny Zhang, a former Yahoo!
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 7, 2018
The company, which is said to have enlisted the help of Morgan Stanley, is looking for a valuation north of $600 million, CNBC reported. The brand has already taken in $30 million through a Kleiner Perkins investment, which is said to have given it a valuation over $200 million. Rowe Price and Tiger Global.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The shift to eCommerce has prompted a shift in logistics , with even the biggest companies looking for new, efficient ways to move products and take advantage of the latest technology. The program was implemented in Houston and used both the R2 and autonomous Toyota Priuses, which were powered via Nuro's proprietary software and hardware.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
German eCommerce software company commercetools has raised $145 million in a funding round led by Insight Partners, at a valuation of $300 million. The eCommerce field that commercetools works in is fairly crowded, with companies like Oracle, IBM and SAP being regular competitors. Shopify is also backed by Insight Partners. “We
PYMNTS
JANUARY 5, 2017
Open-source eCommerce platform provider Magento Commerce recently snagged a whopping $250 million in new funding from one of China’s largest investment firms, Hillhouse. This latest fundraising puts Magento Commerce’s valuation at more than $700 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2019
Pan-African eCommerce company Jumia filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Tuesday (March 12). The company’s valuation, share price and timeline have yet to be determined, but if all goes well, Jumia will be the first African tech startup to list on a major global exchange.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
The valuation was not disclosed. Their goal was to offer an eCommerce site with “easy access to a high-quality selection of unique, hard-to-find homewares, hand-picked by the world’s best curators,” its website indicated. Unlike eCommerce giant Amazon , which sells a lot of everything, Trouva focuses on small, unique specialists. “We
PYMNTS
MAY 29, 2018
Whenever it happens, it’s safe to say that a $150 billion valuation would make Ant’s IPO one of the biggest ever, putting it ahead of Facebook ’s $104 billion IPO in 2012 and behind Alibaba’s $168 billion IPO in 2014. The company was initially only looking to raise $5 billion, half of what investors ended up wanting to contribute.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Recently, Affirm raised $300 million in a Series F round led by Thrive, at a valuation of $3 billion. Affirm is getting the capital mostly from a line of credit coming from a large financial institution. Because of the nature of its business, companies like Affirm need huge amounts of capital. So far, Affirm has raised $1.03
PYMNTS
JUNE 14, 2019
As had been noted in The Wall Street Journal , the IPO market has offered a cash conduit to retailers selling at least partial ownership of eCommerce operations. Sales are growing at an impressive rate, up 68 percent year on year to $3.5 The financial publication said half of the proceeds are to be used to pay down debt.
PYMNTS
APRIL 25, 2019
Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) has placed Chinese eCommerce site Pinduoduo.com on a blacklist, along with other sites the organization says are involved in copyright infringement and counterfeiting, according to a report from Reuters. At the time, Pinduoduo had a valuation of $23.8 billion in the second biggest U.S. billion.
PYMNTS
JULY 14, 2020
billion, the eCommerce marketplace announced on Tuesday (July 14). “We’re Arvind first partnered with the eCommerce marketplace six years ago, and this investment gives Flipkart a “significant minority stake” in the denim brand. Flipkart Group raised $1.2 The investment values Flipkart at $24.9 The company recently invested $34.6
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
New data shows a projected 14 percent increase in fraud attempts during the upcoming 2018 holiday season, with fraud likely to peak on Thanksgiving Day. Instacart Raises $271M on $7.8B
PYMNTS
MAY 17, 2018
Grocery And eCommerce Push Walmart’s Earnings Win. In particular, the big-box retailer reported strength in sales, consumer spend, inventory reduction, eCommerce activity and growth in its grocery business. billion valuation. percent in pre-market trading. Sky News said the acquisition price is thought to be above the $1.1
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
The firm is cruising toward a $1 billion valuation and unicorn status as it is in the final stages of negotiating a $100 million funding round, according to reports in Recode that were confirmed by TechCrunch. But it is a straightforward idea that has built up a lot of momentum — and very fast.
PYMNTS
MARCH 28, 2017
B2B eCommerce platform Mbiz has raised Series A financing, reports Monday (March 27) said. While the company did not disclose how much it raised, COO and cofounder Ryn Hermawan told e27 that he estimates the company’s valuation to be about $75 million. Tokyo Century Corporation led the funding, reports added. “But
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 4, 2019
million in the B2B eCommerce startup, MENAbytes reports said. Citing unnamed sources, the publication said the new investment would add to the previous $800 million the Vision Fund provided earlier this year, which pushed Greensill’s valuation to an estimated $3.5 Both Greensill and SoftBank declined to comment.
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