Social commerce startup Meesho has raised $125 million, led by South African media and internet group Naspers, with participation from US technology company Facebook and existing investors SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital, Shunwei Capital, RPS and Venture Highway. Former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin also participated in the round.

— The Economic Times

J Sagar Associates advised Naspers Ventures BV led by a team of partners Sidharrth Shankar and Prakriti Jaiswal, senior associate Hema Priyadarshini Patnaik and associate Shivam Arora.

Goodwin Procter was the overseas counsel of Naspers.

Update 15 January 2020: AZB & Partners advised Arun Sarin led by a team of senior partner Anil Kasturi, partner Jaishree Tolani & Siddharth Khanna, associates Paulose Abraham.

Inventus Law was also advising.

2019-08-13

Deal value: USD 125 million

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