With the proceeds from the fresh issuance, Meesho said it plans to scale its existing technology and cloud infrastructure, hire engineering and AI talent, alongside expand its marketing efforts.
Elevation Capital and Peak XV will lead the secondary sale, offering 5.54 crore and 3 crore shares respectively, while investors like Prosus and SoftBank, which hold 12.34% and 9.31% stakes, will retain their shares.
Previously, Elevation had also sold INR 100 crore worth of shares in a pre-IPO deal, and another INR 181 crore during the IPO through an offer-for-sale.
Meesho clocked 3.7 million orders per day, generating INR 197 crore in free cash flow. The platform featured 110 million daily active listings and have created 85,000 jobs so far, the company said.
During his tenure, Thakur played a crucial role in investments and served as a board member and observer for prominent startups, including Atlys, Meesho, Cars24, Unacademy, and Zetwerk.
Flipkart recorded 330 million visits during early access and day 1, Amazon recorded 110 million customer visits within the first 48 hours of its sale, Meesho stated 65 million visitors and Myntra enjoyed 120 million visitors during the same period.
Meesho Founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey said that a 43% surge in order volumes and 54% increase in revenue in the last 12 month contributed to the profitability of the company