
Joint Venture2 Dec 2024, 12:46 am
MapmyIndia to Continue Focusing on Core B2B, B2B2C Businesses; To Acquire 10% Stake in Rohan Verma's New B2C Venture
AI Summary
MapmyIndia, a leading deep-tech digital map data company, will continue to focus on its core B2B and B2B2C businesses. The company will acquire a 10% stake in a new B2C venture floated by Rohan Verma, who will relinquish his executive responsibilities in MapmyIndia and continue as a non-executive director. The new venture will complement MapmyIndia's core market strength in B2B and B2B2C, focusing exclusively on the B2C segment. MapmyIndia will provide additional funding of Rs 35 crores via CCD in the new company. The new company will operate as an independent entity, using MapmyIndia’s retail brand Mappls, while MapmyIndia will continue to have access to anonymized data collected by the Mappls app to improve its map data.
Key Highlights
- MapmyIndia to continue focusing on its core B2B and B2B2C businesses.
- Rohan Verma to float a new B2C venture and continue on the MapmyIndia board as a Non-executive Director.
- MapmyIndia to acquire 10% stake and provide additional funding of Rs 35 crores via CCD in the new company.
- The new company will operate as an independent entity and bear all expenses related to its business.
- MapmyIndia founders to have no part in the new entity and will continue guiding the company towards new growth trajectories.