Naukri.com-parent Info Edge named Indias most successful venture investor
New Delhi, September 27 (PTI) Naukri.com-parent Info Edge gave long-term bets to Indian initiatives from Zomato to Politication, and he gave long-term Bettings box office records, called the country’s most successful venture investor, and determined his fame as a prominent player in India’s initial ecosystem.
Managed by Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the company – usually called the Warren Buffett of India – has invested total capital La3,959.16 Crore on platforms for the last one and a half years. Fair market value of these investments (FMV) is several times of this amount.
In a report, Economic Times puts Info Edge as the most successful initiative investor in the country. Investments in Zomato and Politication Between 2011-2015 are currently La53,000 crore.
Bikchandani’s chances of encountering the Internet at a Delhi Trade Fair 28 years ago not only led to the creation of Job Portal Naukri.com, but also marked the beginning of his journey as a serial investor.
Investment in Zomato (eternal 12.40 percent – the name of the food distribution company) and Politication (19.63 percent) have been as Provent as much as the public offering of both companies.
In this process, they made Info Edge, the country’s most successful venture investor and the biggest beneficiary of the starting list.
In his annual letter to the shareholders at the end of the FY25, Bikhchandani, Founder and Vice President of Info Edge, said that the company, which recently started financial investment activities in 2007, has achieved 36 percent gross IRR in all vintages.
Info Edge was one of the first supporters of companies trained at home, including Zomato and Politicism. Made total investment La483.78 Crore and La591.40 Crore in the two companies, respectively. The value of the shareholder in eternal (zomato) LaValue in 38,350 Crore and Policybazaar La15,133 CRORE.
United Market Value of Zomato and Politication La3.8 Lakh Crore.
After that, Info Edge, Men Care Brand Ustra, B2B E-Commerce Platform Shopkirana, Edtech platform AdDA247, Omni-Kanallar Bus Travel Platform Zingbus, travel technology platform Ixigo has invested in many initiatives.
It has supported 111 companies so far.
In 1995, Bikhchandani founded Info Edge, one of India’s oldest internet -based companies. Recruitment (Naukri), Real Estate (99acres), Matrimon (Jeevansati) and Education (Shiksha) are active.
Info Edge’s journey as a finance investor played at a stage of more than four different stages starting from its oldest bets between 2007-2012 – this laid the foundation of two of its biggest gains.
“The first stage was from 2007 to 2012. Zomato and Politicism had achieved successes from more than half a dozen investment company.” He said.
He continued: “The second stage was from 2012 to 2015. We were carefully strengthened in this period because the winners from Phase 1 have not yet emerged.”
The third stage was from 2016 to 2019 after it was understood that Zomato and Politication will be the winner.
“Among the companies we invest in this period, Adda247 and Shipsy, all of them are optimistic about companies in different maturity, but some of them will emerge as a lottery for us.” He said.
Many of these companies, Westbridge Capital, Google, Peak XV Partners, A91 partners, etc. Continued to invest with higher values than well -known investors. Most of these winners have been well activated with the runway for years to perform in public markets and hopefully list.
“The fourth stage of our early-stage investment journey started in 2019 and we have invested through a Sebı-Kayıt AIF vehicle (IE, IEVF, IE, IE, IEVF, IE, IEEVF, Capital and Capital 2B),” he said. “He said.
