Ola Electric Mobility (Ola Electric), the ride-hailing firm’s electric vehicle arm, has raised $250 million from Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank, according to regulatory documents. The investment has made the company a “unicorn”, or a start-up valued at more than $1 billion, according to sources.
Ola Electric issued 4,326 fully and compulsorily convertible Series-B preference shares of a face value of Rs 10 each and premium of Rs 40 lakh each to SB Topaz (Cayman), a SoftBank-led entity, according to the regulatory documents filed by the company. These were sourced by business intelligence platform Paper.vc.
The board of directors at Ola Electric passed the