Snapdeal’s board
Jasper Infotech has agreed to sell
FreeCharge to
Axis Bank, ending its hunt of two years.
However, Jasper Infotech has agreed to a deal of Rs 385 crore-Rs 390 crore, which is a steep markdown as it bought FreeCharge for Rs 2,400 crore in 2015.
People aware of the ongoing developments within Jasper Infotech told ET, the board of the Delhi-based company is also expected to approve the sale of its troubled online marketplace Snapdeal, to rival
Flipkart, over the course of the next 2-3 days.
Flipkart made a revised offer of $950 million to Snapdeal.
Snapdeal founders
Kunal Bahl and
Rohit Bansal have been arguing that they are prepared to run and operate, what has been described as a stripped-down version of the company, sources told ET.
Meanwhile, FreeCharge’s sale will come as a breather for Snapdeal as it requires capital at the moment.
The company is estimated to have recorded Rs 300 crore in transaction revenue on about 12 million transactions in April.