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Tiger Global continues run of Just Dial share sales

  • Andrew Woodman
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Tiger Global continues to exit India-listed online business directory Just Dial, selling a 5.37% stake - half of its remaining 9.18% holding - for INR4.08 billion ($64 million) via an open market transaction.

The sale, which is estimated to have generated a 18x return, comes days after Tiger Global sold a 2.1% stake for INR1.62 billion. Prior to that it sold 3.4% for INR3 billion in March. Nearly half of the this latest sell down was acquired by two funds managed by Fidelity for INR1.6 billion. Tiger Global now holds a 3.81% interest in the company.

The part-exit comes as JustDial is expanding its business into the e-commerce space by launching its own product marketplace. Tiger Global is one of the biggest investors in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, which has raised $1.9 billion to date.

JustDial was set up in 1994 as a local search firm offering both B2C and B2B listings of small and medium businesses across the country. Tiger Global was one of several early-stage investors in the company prior to it going public in 2013. Others included Sequoia Capital, SAIF Partners, ECGS and SAP Ventures.

Just Dial's IPO was subscribed 11.6 times and saw the company raise INR2 billion after selling 3.9 million shares at INR530 apiece. Shares in Just Dial opened at INR1,150 on May 20, down nearly 25% from the previous peak in January of INR1,551.

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