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How private equity major SoftBank's investment into Zeta made it India's newest unicorn startup.


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Two days after signing a $250 million deal with SoftBank, the 41-year-old Bhavin Turakhia is busy planning his expansion moves, sitting in Dubai. The investment by Japanese private equity behemoth has more than tripled the valuation of his banking technology startup firm Zeta and made it a unicorn, the 14th in India so far in 2021.
“We are truly excited,” Turakhia, CEO and co-founder, tells
Fortune India.
Turakhia, a serial entrepreneur from Mumbai who made his fortune through exits, is excited about the journey because he has never raised any kind of venture capital, angel investment, growth fund, or private investment in the past, for any of the four companies he founded. “This is the first time ever in my lifetime that I have gone for institutionalised fundraising. And it is the one of the largest single funding raises by a banking tech start-up globally,” he says. ....

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Bhavin Turakhia-founded Zeta enters unicorn club with $1.4 bn valuation


Banking technology startup Zeta is the latest entrant to the unicorn club after raising $250 million in its Series C round from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Sodexo participated as an additional minority investor in the round.
Founded by serial entrepreneur and billionaire Bhavin Thurakia, the startup is now valued at $1.4 billion. It is the 14th company this year to cross the $1 billion valuation mark after Meesho, Cred, Pharmeasy, ShareChat, Moglix and others.
The proceeds of this funding round will be used to accelerate Zeta’s growth in the United States, Europe and India, including scaling its operations, team, and platform to meet the demands of its expanding customer base. ....

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