Jabong’s parent company Global Fashion Group secures EUR 300 million from Rocket Internet

Jabong - LogoGlobal Fashion Group, which is the parent company of India’s leading online fashion portal Jabong, has successfully secured a funding of EUR 300 m from Rocket Internet. While Rocket Internet will underwrite around EUR 100 million of the financing, it will invest around EUR 85 million including the conversion of an existing investment at the terms of the Financing. This comes as great news for Jabong, especially at a time when the e-commerce landscape in the country is constantly evolving.

Speaking about the funding, Sanjeev Mohanty, MD & CEO, Jabong said, “This is excellent news as the funding will help us enhance our business operations. We have had success over the past few months, with Jabong recently recording its best month in terms of revenue. GFG sees good progress with Jabong in India and this trust will help us strengthen our operations in the country.”

The funding will greatly help Jabong, which is on a path of transformation from a start-up to a professionally run, profit oriented company. Jabong has also revamped its entire top leadership ever since Sanjeev Mohanty took charge of the company as MD & CEO in December 2015.

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