Masoud Tabatabaei, the CEO of Digikala, stated that changes in shareholding within the Digikala Group will not affect the operations of the Digikala store.
According to the Iran Digital Economy Annotation, the acquisition of 40% of Digikala Group’s shares has raised questions among users about potential changes in the store’s management and investment strategies. In response, the CEO of Digikala told reporters: “No changes will occur, but if there is an opportunity for synergy between Digikala and MCI (Mobile Communication Company of Iran), we will definitely take advantage of it.”
Given that MCI paid approximately 8,400 billion Tomans for the Digikala shares, there was speculation about whether this influx of capital would alter Digikala’s service model. Tabatabaei clarified: “This money was not injected into Digikala; it was paid to the shareholders. No new capital was injected into Digikala, and the only change that occurred was a shift in the shareholders.”
In essence, no new funds have entered Digikala; rather, some of the shareholders have exited, and a new shareholder has joined the company. The primary investor that has exited is Sarava, and while the co-founders’ share has decreased from 32.36% to 22%, they remain shareholders.
Tabatabaei emphasized that changes in the upper layers of Digikala’s shareholding structure will not impact its daily operations or its employees. To support his statement, he pointed to Irancell’s shareholding in Snapp, noting that Irancell’s entry as a shareholder had no effect on Snapp’s employees.
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