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As of July 2023, the company is developing a digital platform of the same name. logistics Monopoly.Online

History

2025: Preparing for IPO

On April 8, 2025, it became known that the logistics online cargo transportation platform Monopoly plans to conduct an additional issue of shares in the amount of ₽3-5 billion in preparation for the initial offering of shares on the Moscow Exchange. The company was valued at ₽28 billion, and the deal will close in the second quarter of 2025 after agreeing on all formal procedures with regulators.

According to RBC, a 10-15% stake in Monopoly will be acquired by the VIM Investments investment fund, created on the basis of a company that VTB transferred to third parties in 2022, as well as individuals who own highly liquid assets worth more than $1 million (HNWI - High Net Worth Individuals).

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According to the publication, the transaction will be structured through closed mutual investment funds "VIM Investments." The raised funds are planned to be directed to the development of the technological component of the platform, including the expansion of the IT team, the development of new products based on big data, as well as to reduce the debt burden that the company has formed during the implementation of the merger and acquisition strategy.

According to RBC sources close to the deal, the purpose of the investment round is to complete the transformation of Monopoly into an asset light model, which assumes higher multipliers compared to traditional capital-intensive business models, before the planned public offering on the Moscow Exchange. Investors expect Monopoly to repeat the success of projects such as Yandex Taxi and Uber, but in the b2b freight segment.

According to Arikapital investment strategist Sergei Suverov, the estimate is in the region of 28 billion rubles. for Monopoly "looks quite reasonable," since the company has a reserve for growth in a large market. According to the results of 2024, Kept estimated the volume of the online road freight market at 183 billion rubles. According to the forecast of consultants, the market will grow by an average of 30% per year and by 2030 will reach 868 billion rubles.^[1]

2024: Purchase of the Perm developer of services for cargo transportation "Smart Logistics"

The Monopoly group of companies in mid-June 2024 acquired the Perm developer of services for cargo transportation "Smart Logistics." The deal is aimed at consolidating efforts to digitalize and optimize logistics processes. Read more here.

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