Shinhan acquires 10 pct stake in Tiki
South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group said it has reached an agreement to acquire a 10 percent stake in Vietnam-based e-commerce company Tiki.
The South Korean group said its two units, Shinhan Bank and Shinhan Card, will pick up 7.44 and 2.56 percent stakes in Tiki, respectively. It has invested $90 million in the e-commerce player.
“Based on Shinhan’s financial expertise and Tiki’s database in a broad range of areas, we are expecting to build a new converged digital ecosystem in Vietnam,” a Shinhan representative said in a statement.
The deal was first reported by DealStreetAsia in January, with initial investment of around $40 million.
Founded in 2010, Tiki is the fifth most popular e-commerce site in Vietnam with 17.9 million monthly visitors last year, according to data portal Statista.
It closed the Series E round last November with $258 million, which was led by insurance group AIA. The company has raised about $450.5 million in total, according to Crunchbase.
The round brought Tiki closer to unicorn status, with a valuation of around $832 million.
Shinhan Bank, the largest foreign lender in Vietnam in terms of assets, has around 650,000 users of its online platform, which was launched in 2018.