A(nand) P(rasad) Partners acts on $100m Cars24 fundraise with ex-Themis Algo, JMP, Themis, Indus, Linklaters, etc

Online used car marketplace Cars24 has closed a $100 million (about Rs 714 crore) equity financing round from a clutch of new and existing investors, including Unbound, the London-based investment firm founded by Bharti Airtel scion Shravin Mittal. A second new investor, New York-based investment firm Moore Strategic Ventures, has also joined the Singapore and Gurugram-based company’s cap table.

The Economic Times

The round involved fresh funding from existing investors KCK Group, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, Exor Seeds and Kingsway Capital. The Series D round saw new investors Unbound and Moore Capital joining the funding round as well.

AP & Partners advised Cars24 and its promoters. AP & Partners was led by a team of partner Moksha Bhat, associate Gaganjyot Singh and associate Suchita Vyas. The firm had been founded recently by ex-senior partner Trilegal Anand Prasad;; and three others, to focus primarily on complex work.

Cars24 was led by its general counsel, and was also advised by Singaporean law firm Shook Lin & Bok.

Linklaters acted for new investor Moore Capital.

Algo Legal acted for new investor Unbound, led by partner Siddharth Manchanda, senior associate Priya Makhijani and associate Rohit Jain.

For existing investors:

Themis Associates represented Sequoia, led by a team including principal associate Vijay Santosh.

Update 11 December 2020: IndusLaw also advised Sequoia (SCI Investments V) and Unbound Partners led by a team of partner Siddharth Manchanda and associate Rohit Jain.

Jerome Merchant & Partners advised Venture Highway led by a team including partner Sameer Sibal, associate Rishabh Gupta and associate Nirav Bakshi.

Gunderson Dettmer for Exor Seeds.

Withersworldwide for Kingsway FCI Fund.

2019-10-17

Deal value: USD 100 million

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Comments

Lipton 24 Oct 2019, 05:55
+24 -4
Doesn't sound very complex:-)
Jhintaac 12 Nov 2019, 12:23
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Most complex transaction of 2019
Guest 24 Oct 2019, 06:07
+5 -0
You deal with the angel investors of Cars, fir dekh lena.
Pound 11 Dec 2020, 12:38
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May be you'll don't know how to deal with them
Algae 24 Oct 2019, 06:10
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Who is left at Themis to do this deal or any for that matter? News is - Algo and Themis is the same firm.
Special 26 24 Oct 2019, 06:52
+3 -3
Very complex it has been
Storyteller 24 Oct 2019, 07:29
+2 -2
Person to go to for Complex Matters
Special 21 24 Oct 2019, 16:46
+2 -12
Yes. Ap and partners will soon displace many tier 1s. Wait and watch. Godspeed to AP
AP Fan 24 Oct 2019, 14:58
+12 -9
Well done Anand. First deal within such a short duration of setting up. Trilegal’s loss so very many ways. Your maturity and leadership are missed. Delhi office Diwali lunch today and the light was missing.
LackOfOxygen 24 Oct 2019, 23:09
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Maybe you guys did not pay the electricity bill of Dilli Office. Pay the bill and there will be light.
TL 24 Oct 2019, 17:23
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Go MZB!!
Ta-Al 25 Oct 2019, 05:23
+3 -1
Themis? Algo? Seems even walls are being imported from China.
Random 25 Oct 2019, 11:16
+2 -1
How can Themis represent Sequoia and Algo representing another investor. Themis has transformed into Algo Legal. Kian, do you know the team from Themis on this deal? most likely will be same people reported under Algo.. :)
ALGAE 2.0 30 Oct 2019, 07:02
+3 -0
Ofc it is the same team. These Chinese walls are sham.
Well-wisher 29 Oct 2019, 06:50
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Way to go guys, and Moksha, congratulations. In line with one of the firms focus areas -- representing promoters with the sell/investee side of corporate deals
Guest 5 Nov 2019, 05:29
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Trilegal has recently done a big deal for Blackstone, why not report on that?
Banyan Chamber 6 Nov 2019, 16:47
+0 -1
Oh my god!! Never knew that a deal as simple as this can be categorised as complex!
chee chee 16 Dec 2020, 03:15
+1 -0
so much for his fancy policy work. doing a mid-level deal for a startup of used cars.
@APP 11 Jun 2021, 20:16
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Suchita was a rockstar!
Ditto 26 Aug 2021, 08:48
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Couldn't agree more.