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Treebo crosses Rs 100 Cr revenue in FY24, outstanding losses climb to Rs 488 Cr

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Treebo crosses Rs 100 Cr revenue in FY24, outstanding losses climb to Rs 488 Cr
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Treebo crosses Rs 100 Cr revenue in FY24, outstanding losses climb to Rs 488 Cr Treebo Hotels, a premium-budget hotel chain, crossed the Rs 100 crore revenue milestone in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Despite this growth, the Bengaluru-based company saw its losses rise by 17%, bringing total outstanding losses to Rs 488 crore. Treebo Hotels’s revenue from operations grew 22.5% to Rs 109 crore in FY24 from Rs 89 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies show. Income from accommodation services (taken on lease and managed properties) formed 95% of the total operating revenue which increased by 22.3% to Rs 104 crore in FY24 from Rs 85 crore in FY23. The rest of the income comes from the sale of products, and subscription services. The company also added Rs 7.22 crore as other income (non-operating) which tallied its overall revenue to Rs 116 crore in FY24 from Rs 94 crore in FY23. Treebo spent 41% of its overall expenditure on employee benefits which increased marginally by 7% to Rs 59 crore in FY24. Its cost and commission surged 70% and 48% to Rs 17 crore and Rs 43 crore in the previous fiscal year. Its cost of materials, legal, technology, traveling, and other overheads took the overall cost up by 22% to Rs 144 crore in FY24 from Rs 118 crore in FY23. The increased advertising and commission costs led Treebo to raise its losses by 16.7% to Rs 28 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 24 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -540% and -18.1% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.32 to earn a rupee in FY24. The company’s total current assets stood at Rs 34 crore with cash and bank balances of Rs 7 crore in the previous fiscal. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, decade-old Treebo has secured Rs 566 crore (approximately $70 million) in funding from investors including Accor, Elevation Capital, Matrix Partners, and Bertelsmann. The company’s most recent major funding, amounting to $16 million, was raised in June 2021. Treebo competes directly with Bloom Hotels and FabHotels. In FY24, Bloom Hotels saw its operational revenue rise by 73.6% to Rs 250 crore, with a profit of Rs 14 crore. FabHotels recorded Rs 224 crore in operating revenue for FY23 but has not yet filed its FY24 annual report.

Chingari crosses Rs 100 Cr revenue in FY23; losses decline 70%

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Chingari crosses Rs 100 Cr revenue in FY23; losses decline 70%
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Short-video-making app Chingari made a pivot to become a paid but private live streaming app which connects users and creators in the beginning of the ongoing fiscal year. While the impact of the pivot on its top and bottom lines will be evaluated when it reports FY24 numbers, the company’s revenue soared over two-fold in FY23. Chingari’s revenue from operations spiked 2.3X to Rs 113 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023, its annual financial statement sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Significantly, the company’s losses nosedived 70% during the last fiscal year. Founded in November 2018, Chingari used to be a TikTok clone until FY23 where it allowed users to create and post short-videos. The sale of services was the only source of revenue for Chingari in the last fiscal. In August 2022, Chingari launched its crypto token called $GARI and was set to make a debut on six global exchange platforms – FTX, Huobi, Kucoin, OKEX, Gate.IO, MEXC Global. The firm also roped in Bollywood actor Salman Khan to launch the NFT marketplace and reward platform. Caveat: Chingari didn’t provide revenue break-up for FY23 but it looks like most of its collection came via advertising and crypto activities. Moving to the cost side, application development formed 32% of the overall expenditure which increased by 16.3% to Rs 50 crore in FY23. Chingari’s employee benefits cost surged 3.8X to Rs 46 crore in FY23. It’s worth noting that Chingari fired around 60% of its employees in the current calendar year and is only left with 50-60 people in the team as per media reports. Chingari’s advertising cum promotional cost declined significantly to Rs 29 crore in FY23 from Rs 113 crore in FY22. The legal professional, subscription membership, rent, traveling, and other expenditures took the company’s overall cost to Rs 156 crore in the previous fiscal year. The decent scale and effective control on advertising helped Chingari to reduce its losses by 70% to Rs 42 crore in FY23 from Rs 139 crore in FY22. Meanwhile, its EBITDA margin improved to -36.3%. On a unit level, the Mumbai-based firm spent Rs 1.38 to earn a rupee in FY23. FY22-FY23 FY22 FY23 EBITDA Margin -284% -36.3% Expense/Rupee of ops revenue ₹3.86 ₹1.38 ROCE -376% N/A Chingari has raised a total of Rs 360 crore across rounds while its total outstanding losses stood at Rs 223 crore until March 2023. Importantly, it had a total current assets of only Rs 24 crore at the end of FY23. Between short videos and crypto, it’s a tough call to pick the least promising option in hand for Chingari. While FY24 figures will reflect the impact of the Crypto winter, even as FY23 probably derived some momentum from there, it certainly makes one pessimistic about the story for FY24. On the cost front, one beauty of the Crypto business (the only one, some would argue ), is that the business no longer counts on high sales and marketing costs. In many cases, the model has moved to a revenue share with its beneficiaries , a slightly evolved version of multi level marketing schemes in fact. That might have explain the lower costs as well for FY23. Now that the firm has moved to a desi version of OnlyFans, it is anyone’s guess what kind of insights it will offer about India ‘s online audiences in due course. We are betting not many would be waiting with baited breath.

Advantage Club crosses Rs 300 Cr revenue in FY23; profitability in sight

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Advantage Club crosses Rs 300 Cr revenue in FY23; profitability in sight
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Employee engagement platform Advantage Club has maintained its growth streak in FY23 with the firm’s operating revenue skyrocketing by 93.4%. Simultaneously, the firm also managed to control its losses in the fiscal year ending March 2023 and is likely to turn profitable in FY24. Advantage Club’s revenue from operations grew to Rs 323 crore in FY23 from Rs 167 crore in FY22, its annual financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies show. The company provides employee engagement and experience solutions, which includes rewards, recognition, flexible benefits, wellness, onboarding, and more. It claims to work with 1,000 clients with a presence across 100 countries. The company has doubled its user base to 4 million in less than 15 months. Voucher sale was the primary source of revenue for Advantage Club forming 91.5% of the total operating earning which surged 92% to Rs 297 crore in FY23. The rest of the income came from the sale of services, discount income without product margin, and brand breakage. For the reward and recognition provider firm, the procurement of vouchers naturally became the largest cost center accounting for 92% of the overall expenditure. In line with the scale, this cost grew 92.3% to Rs 299 crore in FY23. The firm’s burn on employee benefits, advertising cum promotional, information technology, legal, and other overheads took its overall expenditure to Rs 324 crore in FY23 from Rs 171 crore in FY22. See TheKredible for the detailed expense breakup. The high procurement cost (vouchers) overshadowed the revenue growth, making it challenging for the company to achieve profitability in the last fiscal year. As a result, the company has been flirting around breakeven for the last three fiscal years. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin recorded at -20% and -0.3% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Re 1 to earn a rupee in FY23.

Falca crosses Rs 350 Cr revenue in FY24, losses soar 3X

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Falca crosses Rs 350 Cr revenue in FY24, losses soar 3X
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Falca crosses Rs 350 Cr revenue in FY24, losses soar 3X Full-stack agritech supply chain company Falca has demonstrated consistent growth in its gross merchandise value (GMV). The firm recorded a 65X increase in GMV over the past five fiscal years, with gross revenue rising to Rs 368 crore in FY25 from Rs 5.6 crore in FY20. On a year-on-year basis, Falca’s GMV increased by 27% to Rs 368 crore in FY24 from Rs 289 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statement sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Falca offers four key products catering to different aspects of the agricultural supply chain. Suggi supplies agricultural inputs such as seeds and pesticides through a network of physical stores. Samrat is a full-stack solution that provides advisory services, inputs, and market linkage. Siri functions as a trading platform, connecting large farmers, traders, and FPOs with buyers. Lastly, Sampoorna offers mobile and web applications to enhance farm yield and operational efficiency. The sale of these products and services was the sole source of revenue for Falca in the last fiscal year. Outpacing its year-on-year revenue growth, Falca's total expenses rose 30.2% to Rs 384 crore in FY24. The cost of materials remained the largest expense, making up 94% of total expenses. In line with the company's scale, material costs increased by 27%, reaching Rs 362 crore in FY24, up from Rs 284 crore in FY23. Falca’s employee benefit costs doubled to Rs 10 crore, and finance expenses spiked 50% to Rs 3 crore. Other expenses added another Rs 9 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024. In the end, Falca’s net loss widened threefold to Rs 15 crore in FY24, compared to a Rs 5 crore loss in FY23. The company’s EBITDA margin further declined from -1% in FY23 to -3.14% in FY24. On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 1.04 to earn a single rupee in FY24. Falca’s cash and bank balances dropped by 50% to Rs 4 crore, while current assets declined significantly from Rs 53.5 crore to Rs 24.5 crore. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, it has raised a total of approx $3 million of funding to date, having Kingston Smiler and Inflection Point Ventures as its lead investors.

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