Line Man Wongnai competes with Grab Holdings Ltd. and SCB X Pcl on food delivery services as the pandemic boosts demand for home dining. The startup also offers business solutions for shops and restaurants with a database of more than 1 million merchants and 100,000 riders nationwide, according to the statement.
Thai food and parcel delivery app Line Man Wongnai raised $265 million in a round led by Singaporean sovereign fund GIC Pte, becoming the nation’s latest startup unicorn.
The company’s value topped $1 billion after a Series B round of funding, according to a statement on its website. Other investors in the latest funding include Taiwan Mobile Co., BRV Capital Management and PTT Oil & Retail Business Pcl.
