Spinny, an Indian on-line market for used automobiles, is elevating round $160 million because it strikes to amass automobile providers startup GoMechanic, TechCrunch has discovered.

The Sequence G spherical, which incorporates a mixture of major and secondary transactions, would worth the 10-year-old startup at about $1.8 billion post-money, three individuals acquainted with the matter mentioned, broadly according to its earlier valuation.

Almost $90 million of the spherical is major, individuals mentioned; Current investor Accel has already wired about $44 million of that quantity, with some particulars of the funding showing in regulatory filings in India this week, which Indian outlet Entrackr first reported. A brand new investor is taking part within the remaining portion of the first, however TechCrunch couldn’t verify its specifics.

WestBridge Capital is doubling down within the new spherical with a examine of an analogous measurement to its earlier funding, the individuals mentioned. The agency invested about $35 million to $40 million in Spinny’s Sequence F spherical earlier this 12 months.

A lot of the secondary portion of the transaction is being bought by Indian VC agency Fundamentum, in line with the individuals, whereas Blume Ventures can also be anticipated to pare a part of its stake.

Accel, Fundamentum, and Blume Ventures didn’t reply to requests for feedback. WestBridge Capital declined to remark.

In March, Spinny raised $131 million within the first a part of its Sequence F spherical led by Accel, with participation from Fundamentum, earlier than increasing the increase to about $170 million in June to incorporate WestBridge Capital. These funds have been earmarked to scale Spinny’s core used-car enterprise.

Nonetheless, the brand new spherical is being raised particularly to finance the acquisition of GoMechanic and put money into its platform, with out drawing on the startup’s present money reserves, the individuals mentioned. Earlier studies urged Spinny might purchase GoMechanic for around ₹4.5 billion (roughly $49.70 million) in a cash-and-stock deal.

A consortium led by Lifelong Group acquired GoMechanic in 2023 after the startup admitted to “grave errors” in its financial reporting. The startup had beforehand been backed by high-profile buyers, together with Sequoia Capital, Tiger World, and SoftBank.

For Spinny, buying GoMechanic would deepen its management throughout the used-car worth chain. The Gurugram-based startup has constructed a big consumer-facing enterprise, promoting about 13,000 used automobiles a month, primarily on to consumers and, to a lesser extent, to sellers by means of its public sale platform. Spinny operates its personal giant reconditioning facilities to refurbish autos earlier than sale and depends on third-party service retailers for after-sales servicing of buyer automobiles — a niche GoMechanic might deliver in-house.

GoMechanic would additionally act as a “two-way” funnel for Spinny, an individual acquainted with the matter mentioned. The platform would service autos purchased or bought by means of Spinny, and assist entice automobile homeowners who could not but be prospects. That might assist develop Spinny’s car provide with out considerably rising buyer acquisition prices.

The acquisition comes as India’s used-car market is projected to develop at a compound annual growth rate of about 10% to roughly 9.5 million models by 2030, from almost 6 million models at present, per a current report by Mahindra First Selection and Volkswagen Pre-owned Licensed.

The GoMechanic deal would mark Spinny’s newest transfer to broaden its footprint in India’s automotive market. In current months, the startup has expanded past used-car gross sales by acquiring auto publications Autocar India, Autocar Skilled and What Automotive? India from London-based media group Haymarket, and by launching a non-banking finance company, Spinny Capital, to supply car loans to prospects.

Spinny co-founder and CEO Niraj Singh declined to remark.