IPL 2020: Dream11 in talks with several PE\, VC firms to raise $50 million

IPL 2020: Dream11 in talks with several PE, VC firms to raise $50 million

Upcoming funding round may dilute Tencent's stake

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IPL 2020 | Dream11 | VC Firms

Arnab Dutta & Surajeet Das Gupta  |  New Delhi 

Online gaming company Dream11, which is the IPL’s new title sponsor, is in talks with several PE and VC firms to raise $50 million (Rs 375 crore), according to its communication to its investors. The latest funding round will further reduce the stake of existing investors like China’s Tencent.

According to people privy to the development, the funding round will pave the way for new investors, with existing ones such as Multiples Alternate Asset Management expected to dilute their holdings further. While Tencent’s exact holding in Dream11 is unclear, the ...

First Published: Sat, August 22 2020. 06:05 IST