Dubai-based provider of mass transit and shared mobility solutions Swvl has completed a $35.5m pre-funding of the aggregate PIPE subscription.
The transaction was pre-funding by several investors including Agility and Chimera Abu Dhabi. The subscription is being raised in connection with Swvl’s proposed business combination with Queens Gambit Growth Capital.
SWVL is executing a comprehensive growth strategy with the goal of realizing approximately $1 billion of annual gross revenue and expansion to more than 30 cities in more than 20 countries by 2025. The proceeds raised through the pre-funding transaction are expected to accelerate those expansion efforts and to further SWVL’s investment in its proprietary technology platform.
“We greatly appreciate that many highly regarded global investors have clear confidence in our growth strategy. With this immediate infusion of growth capital, we are even better positioned to bring our transformative daily commuting, inter-city retail travel and TaaS offerings to new markets. Each and every day we are advancing our mission to reinvent the $1 trillion mass transit industry with tech-enabled solutions.” Mostafa Kandil, Swvl Founder and CEO, said.
Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman of Agility, added, “We have already witnessed the disruptive power of SWVL’s parallel mass transit platform in many of our largest markets. After getting to know their team better over the past few months, we have full confidence in their ability to solve complex mobility challenges. We are excited to accelerate SWVL’s global expansion with this funding, and look forward to exploring compelling opportunities for strategic and operational collaboration moving forward.”
In accordance with the executed subscription agreements, the investors that pre-funded the PIPE have purchased exchangeable notes of SWVL. At the closing of SWVL’s business combination with Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, each exchangeable note will be automatically exchanged for shares of the combined company at an exchange price of $8.50 per share. Upon the issuance of the exchangeable notes, the amount of each note investor’s subscription in the PIPE was reduced by the purchase price of such investor’s exchangeable note.
Youssef Salem, Swvl CFO, said, “This pre-funding creates significant value for all SWVL’s shareholders as SWVL deploys this capital into strategic and accretive expansions with high return on capital and upside to SWVL’s current business plan.”
SWVL’s recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Shotl, a Barcelona-based mass transit platform that partners with municipalities and corporations to provide on-demand bus and van services across Europe, APAC, and LATAM. The acquisition will facilitate SWVL’s entry into Europe more than one year ahead of schedule. Further, SWVL intends to utilize the pre-funded PIPE proceeds to expedite the availability of its transformative mass transit solutions in other emerging market cities across Africa, Asia and the Middle East
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