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Private equity firm WestBridge Capital on Friday offloaded a 1.2 per cent stake in IndiaMART InterMESH for Rs 190 crore through open market transactions. WestBridge Capital, through its affiliate WestBridge Crossover Fund LLC, sold shares of IndiaMART InterMESH, an online B2B marketplace, through two separate block deals on BSE. As per the data available with BSE, WestBridge Crossover Fund LLC disposed of 7.3 lakh shares or a 1.2 per cent stake in IndiaMART InterMESH in two tranches. The shares were offloaded at an average price of Rs 2,601 apiece, taking the deal size to Rs 189.87 crore. These shares were purchased by SBI Mutual Fund and Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) at the same price. Shares of IndiaMART InterMESH gained 1.25 per cent to close at Rs 2,648.80 apiece on the BSE. In another block deal on the BSE, Rajat Agrawal, one of the promoters' of Gravita India, pared a 2 per cent stake in the company for Rs 191 crore. As per the block deal data available, Agrawal sold 14
Online B2B marketplace and discovery platform IndiaMART InterMESH on Friday reported Rs 56 crore consolidated net profit for the March 2023 quarter. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 57 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, IndiaMART said in a statement. Its consolidated revenue from operations, however, grew 33 per cent to Rs 269 crore against Rs 201 crore in the year-ago quarter. The consolidated cash flow from operations stood at Rs 209 crore during the quarter under review, the company said. IndiaMART collected a total of Rs 418 crore from its customers during the fourth quarter of FY23, 31 per cent higher than Rs 318 crore mopped up in the same quarter of FY22. During the entire 2022-23, the company's net profit fell 5 per cent to Rs 284 crore compared to Rs 298 crore recorded in the preceding fiscal. However, the consolidated revenue from operations increased 31 per cent by Rs 985 crore in FY23 from Rs 753 crore in FY22. The cash flow generation rose 18 per
IndiaMART, one of the largest Indian e-commerce websites, along with four physical marketplaces in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai have figured in the latest annual edition of the Notorious Markets List of the US. Released by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday, the 2022 Notorious Markets List identifies 39 online and 33 physical markets that are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy. The Indian markets in the list are IndiaMART, Heera Panna in Mumbai, Kidderpore in Kolkata, Sadar Patrappa Road Market in Bengaluru, and Tank Road in Delhi. "The widespread trade in counterfeit and pirated goods harms the economic security of American workers and undermines our work to craft equitable and inclusive trade policy," USTR Katherine Tai said. "The Notorious Markets List is an important tool that urges the private sector and our trading partners to take action against these harmful practices," she added. According to the