 "SoftBank's FY17 losses from Indian startups such as Snapdeal, Ola at Rs 9,000 crore")
New Delhi: Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group on Wednesday said it has recorded a loss from investments to the tune of $1.4 billion, or over Rs9,000 crore, for 2016-17 in Indian start-ups like Snapdeal and Ola. [caption id=“attachment_2593386” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] SoftBank Group Corp (SBG) registered a loss from financial instruments at FVTPL (fair value through profit or loss) of Japanese yen 160,419 million in consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 2017, SoftBank said in a statement. The financial instruments at FVTPL include preferred shares of Jasper Infotech (Snapdeal) and ANI Technologies (Ola), it added. SoftBank has also written off over $1 billion on valuation of its investment in Snapdeal. “This (SBG’s loss at FVTPL) mainly resulted from recording a loss as the amount of changes in the fair value of the financial instruments at FVTPL from 31 March 2016 to 31 March 2017,” SoftBank said. The Japanese firm has multi-billion investments in Indian firms, including Ola, Snapdeal and Elara Technologies, which owns PropTiger, Housing and Makaan.com.
The Japanese firm has multi-billion investments in Indian firms, including Ola, Snapdeal and Elara Technologies, which owns PropTiger, Housing and Makaan.com.
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