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Exclusive: Decoding Ather’s unicorn round, Q1 FY25 numbers

EntrackrEntrackr · 10m ago
Exclusive: Decoding Ather’s unicorn round, Q1 FY25 numbers
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Electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy has entered into a coveted unicorn club with $71 million in funding from existing investor National Investment and Infrastructure Fund last month. Entrackr has gone through its regulatory filings to decode round break up, shareholding pattern, and current valuation. The board at Ather Energy has passed a special resolution to issue 1,65,28,925 Series G compulsory cumulative preference shares at an issue price of Rs 363 each to raise Rs 600 crore or $72 million, its regulatory filing accessed from RoC shows. According to the data intelligence platform TheKredible, Hero MotoCorp remains the largest external stakeholder with 38.11% after this round, followed by Caladium Investment which holds 16.3%. NIIF, Tiger Global, and Zerodha brothers are other notable investors in Ather Energy. See TheKredible for the complete shareholding. The electric two-wheeler manufacturer was valued at $1.25 billion post-allotment, as per Fintrackr’s estimates. Ather posted Rs 339 crore of revenue during the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year with a net loss of Rs 183 crore in the same period, according to its internal document seen by Entrackr. In FY24, the firm reported a modest decline in its revenue which stood at Rs 1754 crore. Ather’s rival Ola Electric, which went public last month, posted Rs 1,644 crore in revenue during the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, marking its net loss down by 17% to Rs 347 crore. According to Ather, its market share in the electric two-wheeler segment was 9% in the first quarter of FY25, down from 11% in FY24. Meanwhile, Ola Electric’s market share increased to 42% in Q1 FY25, and TVS Electric secured the second position with a 19% share during the same period. Notably, Ola Electric’s market share declined in the first two months of Q2 FY25 (July and August).

Ather files DRHP to raise Rs 3,100 Cr via IPO; Hero MotoCorp won’t sell shares

EntrackrEntrackr · 10m ago
Ather files DRHP to raise Rs 3,100 Cr via IPO; Hero MotoCorp won’t sell shares
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Electric two-wheeler firm Ather Energy has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday. Ather will be the second two-wheeler EV maker to make its debut on the stock exchange. Ola Electric went public last month. The firm has proposed to raise funds through a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 3,100 crore (approximately $370 million) and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 2.2 crore equity shares, according to the DRHP. GIC Ventures through its subsidiary Caladium Investment will divest 47.8% of the total offer for sale (OFS) while Tiger Global and 3 States Ventures will offload 18.1% and 2.18% of the offer for sale. Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain will also participate by offering 10 lakh shares each. The fresh issue and OFS will be allotted at a face value of Re 1 while the company will decide the price band and minimum lot band in consultation with the book-running lead managers shortly. According to the DRHP, Hero MotoCorp is the largest external shareholder with 37.2% followed by GIC (Caladium Investment) and NIIF which hold 15.04% and 10.29% respectively. However, Hero MotoCorp won’t participate in the OFS, which is a bit surprising for the observers. Its co-founders Tarun Sanjay Mehta and Swapnil Babanlal Jain cumulatively hold 13.26% of the company. Axis Capital, HSBC Securities, Nomura Financial, and JM Financial are the book-running lead managers of the issue. The company will use the proceeds from the fresh issue of shares on capital expenditure to establish their E2W factory, repayment of borrowing, research and development, and expenditures towards marketing, the DRHP further added. Ather recently turned unicorn after $71 million in funding from existing investor National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. The Bengaluru-based firm became the second unicorn from the electric vehicle space after Softbank-backed Ola Electric. Ather has raised over $500 million out of which $125 million came in the last three months for the Mehta-led company. The company also disclosed its Q1 FY25 numbers and it recorded Rs 339 crore in revenue in the first quarter of FY25 with a net loss of Rs 183 crore in the same period. In FY24, the firm reported a modest decline in its revenue which stood at Rs 1754 crore. Ather’s customer base increased by 34% to 1,14,000 in FY24. During FY23, the firm posted 270% customer growth, as per the DRHP. Notably, during the previous fiscal (FY24), Ather imported 28% of the raw materials from China where the figures stood at 10% in FY23. Ather competitor Ola Electric posted Rs 1,644 crore in revenue in Q1 FY25, marking its net loss down by 17%. Among two-wheeler EVs, Ather had 9% market share as of Q1 FY25 while Ola was at the top with 49%.

IPO-bound Ather converts itself into public entity

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
IPO-bound Ather converts itself into public entity
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Electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy has converted itself into a public company. This marks the company’s concrete step towards a definitive initial public offering (IPO) plan. The board at Ather has approved the resolution to change the company’s status from private to public. Its name has now changed from Ather Energy Private Limited to Ather Energy Limited. The company recently raised Rs 286 crore ($34 million) in a mix of debt and equity through venture debt and co-founders. As per the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Hero Moto Corp is an associate company of Ather and controls around 38% stake with its recent investment of Rs 124 crore ($15 million) which materialized early this month. It has raised over $550 million to date and was valued at $750 million during its Series E round. According to Vahan data, Ather was the fourth largest two-wheeler EV manufacturer which controlled 9.45% market share in May. Ola Electric maintained the top position followed by TVS and Bajaj. Ather sold 6,024 units in the last month, up from 4,000 units in April. In March, its total sales stood at 17,000 units. Ather reported a flat scale during the fiscal year ending March 2024. Its revenue from operations decreased by a modest 1.5% decrease to Rs 1,754 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,781 crore in FY23. It competes with Ola Electric which got SEBI’s nod for its $660 million initial public offering this month. Ola Electric grew at an exponential rate in FY23 as its revenue from operations spiked seven-fold to Rs 2,631 crore in FY23. TVS, Hero Electric, River, and Okinawa are some other competitors of Ather.

Decoding Mswipe’s latest funding round, valuation and cap table

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Decoding Mswipe’s latest funding round, valuation and cap table
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Digital payments company Mswipe Technologies recently announced $20 million in a new round led by existing backers. Apart from the name of investors, the company did not disclose further details. Entrackr has gone through its regulatory filings to decode details such as round break up, shareholding and current valuation. The board at Mswipe has passed a special resolution to allot 7,47,000 compulsory convertible debentures (CCD) at an issue price of Rs 2,000 each to raise Rs 149.4 crore or $18 million, its regulatory filing sourced from the Registrar of Companies shows. Alpha Wave has pumped in Rs 83 crore while B capital participated with Rs 66.4 crore in the fresh funding round. As per the filings, the company’s pre-money valuation stood at $290 million. This is a major slump in its valuation from $450 million during the last equity fundraise in 2019. Mswipe Technologies will use these funds to meet the working capital requirement and support the expansion of the business and for general corporate purposes, the filings added. Following the proceeds, Matrix Partners remains the largest external stakeholder with 21.46% while Alpha Wave and B Capital hold 10.43% and 11.4%, respectively. Its co-founder Manish Patel along with Sheetal Patel commands 14.21%of the company. Head to TheKredible for the complete shareholding pattern. In February, the Mumbai-based company received a payment aggregator (PA) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which enables Mswipe to offer full-stack payments to businesses. Mswipe provides point-of-sale devices, UPI, quick response codes and payment links. While the company is yet to file its financial statements for FY24, according to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Mswipe’s revenue from operations increased 13.69% to Rs 274 crore in FY23 compared to Rs 241 crore in FY22. Its losses contracted by 45.36% to Rs 49 crore in FY23 from Rs 90 crore in FY22.

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