Khaitan, Algo, JSA, foreigns act on $60m Series B for Khatabook from Facebook co-founder’s B Cap

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Digital credit ledger Khatabook has raised $60 million (about Rs 454 crore) in a fresh equity financing round led by B Capital Group, the investment firm founded by Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin. This takes the total funding raised by the twoyear old firm to $87 million.

The Economic Times

Khaitan & Co advised Adj Utility Apps Private Limited, operating as Khatabook led by a team of partner Vinay Joy, partner Arun Scaria, associate Kamna Kumar.

Algo Legal advised Sequoia Capital led by a team of associate partner Prateek Mohapatra, with associate Mayank Jhunjhunwala.

A second Algo Legal team also acted for Unilever Ventures led by partner Siddharth Manchanda, with associate Rohit Jain.

Gunderson Dettmer acted for Khatabook, led by partners David He and Greg Volkmar, with associates Zahrah Devji and Lauren Fleming.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) acted for B Capital led by partner Manvinder Singh, senior associates Anant Mishra and Divyam Sharma, and associates Aman Parnami and Vishakha Singh.

Ropes & Gray acted for B Capital as US counsel, led by partner Bradford Flint with associate Benjamin DiCamillo.

2020-05-20

Deal value: USD 60 million

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Comments

Dealer 25 Jun 2020, 05:14
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Is David He a partner? His profile on Gunderson says he's an associate! https://www.gunder.com/david-he/

Though I wouldn't be surprised if he is. He's good.
KCO Khata 25 Jun 2020, 08:42
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Why is it ALWAYS that KCO is advising the Indian promoter? And that too at a fraction of the fee earned by the opposite counsel!

Do they really they feel that are not yet in a position to charge market standard rates for the work they do?
Dealer 25 Jun 2020, 10:31
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@KCO Khata - Why have to responded to my query, with a query which is completely unrelated (and bordering on senseless)?
Who is Algo? 26 Jun 2020, 09:31
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I was forced to take note of this law firm after two adjacent deal reporting posts on LI wall...one a USD 44M, and the other, a USD 60 M. In both the reportings, multiple Algo teams represented different parties..I then searched them up on LI and found that this firm is involved in a lot of large deals..and they are just 9-10 months old. I am curious to now find out more about this firm..impressive deal list to begin with.