Edge of Investment: Info Edge Pumps Rs 250 Cr into SIHL’s Startup Engine

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Info Edge (India) Ltd. has invested a new Rs 250 crore into its wholly owned subsidiary, Startup Investments (Holding) Ltd. (SIHL), reaffirming its intent to foster India's digital and techenabled ecosystem. The investment will be made through acquisition of compulsorily convertible debentures (CCDs), as a continuation of Info Edge's longterm value creation philosophy through diversified holdings.

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Rs 250 crore will be invested in CCDs at Rs 214.6 per unit at a premium of Rs 114.6 per unit. This structure allows room for potential future conversion to equity with SIHL remaining a wholly owned subsidiary.
SIHL, established in 2015, is the Info Edge venture arm that makes investments in earlystage and growthstage technology, legaltech, agritech, and digital service enterprises.
The money would be put in place to invest in new ventures, for example, in Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), and in existing portfolio firms.
Info Edge has made previous bets in highgrowth businesses such as Zomato,

Policybazaar, Gramophone, and Legitquest through SIHL and therefore is among the leading venture investing players in India. The move follows a series of strategic investments, including Rs 90 crore in January 2025 and Rs 50 crore in October 2024, which depict a sustained upward trajectory in terms of capital deployment.

With this fresh investment, Info Edge intends to dig deeper roots in India's innovation economy by leveraging SIHL's platform to find and scale highgrowth startups in emerging sectors.

Sources: Business Standard, Moneycontrol, CNBCTV18, Business Upturn, Value Broking