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Case Study: How Early Investors in Zomato's Seed Round Made Returns

A worked case study on Info Edge's early bet on Zomato, from its 2010 seed round through to the 2021 IPO. Built for retail and HNI investors curious about startup investing: how seed rounds actually work, how ownership and returns evolve across funding rounds, what the numbers looked like by the time Zomato listed, and what routes exist for Indian investors who want exposure to deals like this one.

Startup InvestingSeed FundingInfo Edge and ZomatoCap Tables and DilutionAlternative Investments
MODULES
4
DURATION
4 Hours
TRACK
Alternative Investing

What You'll Master

How Zomato's early story unfolded and why Info Edge chose to back it at the seed stage
What a seed round actually is, and where it sits on the startup funding ladder
How ownership, valuation and dilution work across multiple funding rounds
How to work out what an early investor's stake was actually worth by IPO, using real numbers
The routes Indian retail and HNI investors have today to access early-stage and pre-IPO deals, and the risks that come with them
Access Level
LEARNER
Everything included
Full Text Playbooks
Actionable Exercises
Mobile Reading Mode
Lifetime Updates

Curriculum Breakdown