Kinnevik welcomes Holtzbrinck Ventures as a Rocket shareholder

Investment AB Kinnevik (publ) ("Kinnevik") today announced that Holtzbrinck Ventures ("HV"), a long-term, early-stage investor in companies started by Rocket, is contributing its entire stakes in seven of Rocket's most developed e-commerce businesses directly into Rocket, in exchange for equity in Rocket Internet AG.

The contribution includes HV's stakes in the emerging markets fashion businesses Lamoda, Dafiti, Jabong and Namshi, held through the holding companies BigFoot and BigCommerce; it also includes direct stakes in home & living businesses Home24 and Westwing, as well as in HelloFresh, a leading home food delivery company.
In return for this contribution, HV receives a 2.5% stake in Rocket. All contributed stakes were valued on the basis of the last external funding round of the respective companies.  Post-closing, Kinnevik will own an 18.1% interest in Rocket Internet.
"Following the recent investments by PLDT and United Internet, we are delighted to welcome Holtzbrinck Ventures, one of Europe's most successful venture capital firms, as a new shareholder in Rocket Internet. This acquisition allows Rocket to progress on its strategic objective of owning larger stakes in the most established companies it has founded over the last five years" says Lorenzo Grabau, CEO of Kinnevik.

For further information, see the attached press release from Rocket Internet.
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