not on the cards for flipkart at least in the near term bansal said the world is slightly different now as compared to ten years ago today private investors have enough long term appetite and thats what we have seen across the world whether its alibaba airbnb or uber in fact a lot of facebook investors are still invested even after their ipo he told toi deepak srinath director digital practice at bangalorebased investment bank allegro capital said the new round of financing puts flipkart in the league of chinese internet companies with this kind of war chest it makes flipkart even more competitive and gives it the ammunition to take on amazon while the promoters may make a public stance that they are not keen on a listing over the next twothree years a listing would be on the cards flipkart is now pretty much an investorled company he said amazon announced on monday that it will open five more fulfillment centres in addition to the ones in bangalore and mumbai as it works on the india market amid investor pressure in the us due to its inability to clock consistent profits flipkart which is expected to have crossed a run rate of 2 billion in gross merchandise sale has halved its monthly losses from 5 million one year ago helping it attract investor interest the online retailer may raise another 2 billion in the next three years a timeline by when the investors hope for a possible us listing at a valuation in excess of 20 billion a source directly familiar with the developments told toiread also for flipkart sexual wellness is big business