Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 08:22 IST
The Tata Group is expected to buy the entire shareholding of two of Big-Basket’s biggest investors—Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba and private equity firm Abraaj Group.
Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran (File photo).  |  Photo Credit: BCCL
New Delhi: The Tata Group is reportedly all set to pump in $200-250 million primary cash in BigBasket to acquire a controlling stake in India’s biggest online grocery startup that will put the coffee-to-cars conglomerate in direct competition with billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious online grocery shopping venture JioMart, Amazon India and Walmart-owned Flipkart. Plus, the closing of the deal is likely to speed up the Mumbai-based conglomerate's efforts to acquire online pharmacy 1mg.