Dream11 Likely to Raise $500 Million in a Funding Round Led by Tiger Global
𒁃Dream11, India’s first gaming unicorn, is round that is likely to be led by Tiger Glo🍷bal Management, a New York-based startup investor that is actively investing in India. Tiger Global Management is likely to lead the funding round for Dream11 at a valuation of $2.5 billion, as reported by LiveMint.
The ace investment fund, which has invested in other Indian unicorns ꦐlike Flipkart and Byju’s, is expected to invest $200 million in Dream11 through purchase of new shares and in a secondary market transaction by purchasing shares from the fantasy sport platform’s previous investors Kalaari Capital, Think Investment and Multiples.
As per an anonymous investor, who spoke with LiveMint, Dream11 has caught the eyes of a lot of investors, as it has no major compet🦋itors while having a lot of avenues of growth.
Apart from fantasy gaming, Dream11’s parent company Sporta Technologies Private Limited is expected to foray into𝓀 other sports💜 related business ventures, including live-streaming of sp﷽orts matches and a platform for sale of sports-related merchandise.
For the said funding round, Dream11 isಞ said to be working wit🐽h the investment bank Credit Suisse.
In April 2019, Dream11 was valued at $1.1 billion, making it thefirst Inꦑdian gaming company to join the U🧜nicorn club, afte🐻r London-based Steadview Capital invested $60 million in the company🌱 through a secondary market transaction.
Dream11 is the o🐓fficial fantasy gaming partner 💞of various leagues and tournaments like ICC, IPL, ISL, Pro Kabaddi league, and Big Bash league.
In April 2019, Bombay High Court passed an order stating that the company’s gaming format is skill-based and it even approved the company’s manner of payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST), relying on a 2017 Punjab and Haryana Hig🥀h Court decision and other Supreme Court precedents.
Various Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) were filed in Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order, out of which the one filed by lawyer Varun Gumber was dismissed by the apex court through an order dated 4th October, 2019 and the others were dismissed in December 2019 by a division ✅bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justices Rohinton Narim🧸an and S. Ravindra Bhat.
Ano🌠ther PIL aga💧inst Dream11 has been pending in the Bombay High Court, since April 2019, alleging 𓆏that Dream11 has indulged in tax evasion. The PIL is yet to be listed and heard by the court.
