BlackBuck raises $67 mn, enters unicorn's club from India
Online trucking platform BlackBuck on Thursday announced it has closed a $67 million round of equity financing led by Tribe Capital, IFC Emerging Asia Fund and VEF, taking its valuation to $1 billion and becoming another unicorn from the country.
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Bengaluru: Online trucking platform BlackBuck on Thursday announced it has closed a $67 million round of equity financing led by Tribe Capital, IFC Emerging Asia Fund and VEF, taking its valuation to $1 billion and becoming another unicorn from the country.
BlackBuck has close to more than 700,000 truckers and more than 1.2 million trucks on its platform, seeing over 15 million in monthly transactions and currently driving more than 90 per cent market share of all online trucking activity. "BlackBuck started with a dream to re-imagine trucking, to make it 10X simple and 10X efficient. It has been six years and we are just getting started to make a difference," said Rajesh Yabaji, Co-Founder and CEO of BlackBuck.
Existing investors Wellington Management, Sands Capital, and International Finance Corporation also participated in the round. The company has over 10,000 customers including SMEs and large corporates such as Hindustan Unilever, Reliance, Coca Cola, Asian Paints, Tata, Vedanta, L&T and Jindal.
