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Abu Dhabi state fund may invest USD 1 billion in Jio Platforms

AbuDhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company is in talks to invest about $1billion in Reliance Industries’ digital unit Jio platforms, three sources said on Thursday.

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New Delhi

Jio Platforms, which houses music and movie apps as well a Reliance’s telecoms venture Jio Infocomm, has secured a massive $10 billion from investors including Facebook Inc within a month. Reliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment

“Clearly Jio’s platform is attracting a wide range of world-class investors, given its enormous potential to serve one of the world’s largest marketplaces,” Mubadala said in an email.

Last week, Reliance Industries had announced sale of a 2.32 per cent stake in its digital unit to the US-based private equity giant KKR for Rs 11,367 crore, the fifth marquee deal over the past few weeks that will inject a combined Rs 78,562 crore in the oil-to-telecom conglomerate to help it pare debt.

The source said talks are on with Mubadala Investment Company for a possible stake sale in Jio Platforms, but did not divulge details.

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