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Okinawa’s revenue nosedives 87% to Rs 182 Cr in FY24

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Okinawa’s revenue nosedives 87% to Rs 182 Cr in FY24
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Okinawa’s revenue nosedives 87% to Rs 182 Cr in FY24 Okinawa Autotech, once a prominent player in India’s electric two-wheeler space, saw its revenue plunge by nearly 87% in FY24, posting a loss of Rs 50 crore, which signaled a major setback for the homegrown EV brand. Okinawa’s revenue from operations decreased to Rs 182 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,144 crore in FY23, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Founded in 2015, Okinawa Autotech is an electric two-wheeler manufacturer known for models like the PraisePro, iPraise+, Okhi-90, Ridge+, Lite, and R3. The sale of electric two-wheelers was the sole source of revenue for the Gurugram-based firm. Okinawa's sales declined significantly from 95,931 units in FY23 to 20,873 units in FY24. The company's market share also dropped from 13.17% to 2.20% during the same period. In the current fiscal year (FY25), it has managed to sell only 3,548 units, translating to a market share of just 0.31%. For the electric vehicle manufacturer, the cost of procurement accounted for 68% of the overall expenditure. To the tune of scale, this cost was reduced by 80% to Rs 171 crore in FY24 and Rs 859 crore in FY23. Its employee benefits shrank by 16% to Rs 26 crore in FY24. Okinawa’s advertising cost diminished by 88% to Rs 4 crore in FY24. Its rent, warranty claims, freight, and other overheads took the overall cost to Rs 251 crore in FY24 from Rs 991 crore in FY23. The sharp contraction in scale led Okinawa to report a Rs 52 crore loss in FY24. For context, the company posted Rs 166 crore of EBITDA in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margins worsened to -102% and -25.8% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.38 to earn a rupee in FY24. By the close of FY24, Okinawa’s total current assets were valued at Rs 276 crore. Okinawa competes with Ola Electric, which reported Rs 1,045 crore in revenue for Q3 FY25, and Ather, which filed its DRHP to raise Rs 3,100 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). In the traditional two-wheeler market, it faces competition from established players like Bajaj, Hero, and TVS Electric. Okinawa’s decline is the result of several challenges, including fire safety issues, stricter regulations, a loss of consumer trust, and growing competition from better-equipped rivals. Once seen as a leader in the EV space, the company now faces the tough realities of a maturing market, where success depends on innovation, compliance, and consistency.

Exclusive: Okinawa secures $7 Mn from existing investor

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Exclusive: Okinawa secures $7 Mn from existing investor
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Exclusive: Okinawa secures $7 Mn from existing investor Electric two-wheeler company Okinawa Autotech has secured Rs 60 crore (around $7 million) from existing investor Dhruv Khush Business Ventures. This funding comes at a critical time for Okinawa Electric, as the company grapples with declining revenues and a sharp drop in market share. The Okinawa’s board allotted 23,51,000 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 255.21 each per share to raise the aforementioned amount, according to its filing from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). According to Entrackr’s estimates, the company is currently valued at Rs 325 crore (around $38 million) post-allotment. Founded in 2015, Okinawa Autotech is an electric two-wheeler manufacturer that has launched eight models to date, including the PraisePro, iPraise+, Okhi-90, Ridge+, Lite, R30, and others. As per Vahan data, Okinawa has sold only 1,266 electric scooters so far in 2025, capturing a mere 0.23% market share. In contrast, industry leaders TVS Motor and Bajaj Auto dominate the electric two-wheeler (E2W) segment with market shares of 24% (1,33,227 units) and 23.8% (1,32,168 units), respectively. In the fiscal year ended March 2024, Okinawa’s revenue nosedived 87% to Rs 182 crore as compared to Rs 1,144 crore in FY23 while incurring a loss of Rs 52 crore during the same period. Once a prominent player in the market, Okinawa's sales saw a steep decline from 95,931 units in FY23 to just 20,873 units in FY24. Its market share also fell sharply from 13.17% to 2.20% over the same period. Okinawa has yet to disclose its FY25 financials. It competes with Ola Electric, which reported an operating revenue of Rs 4,514 crore in FY25, while another listed rival Ather Energy posted Rs 2,255 crore, marking a nearly 30% increase over the previous fiscal.

Euler Motors raises Rs 638 Cr in Series D funding round

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Euler Motors raises Rs 638 Cr in Series D funding round
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Euler Motors raises Rs 638 Cr in Series D funding round Commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Euler Motors has raised Rs 638 crore (approximately $75 million) in its Series D round, led by Hero MotoCorp, along with participation from existing investor British International Investment (BII). This latest infusion will be instrumental in expanding the company’s sales and service network, while advancing new product development to accelerate India’s commercial EV adoption. Last month, the company announced a $60 million investment from Hero MotoCorp. Entrackr also reported that British International Investment and Caladium Investment (GIC) contributed Rs 96 crore ($11.3 million) and Rs 32 crore ($3.76 million), respectively, in the Series D round. According to Entrackr’s estimates, Euler Motors' valuation remains flat at $176 million. Euler Motors has secured investments from prominent backers such as Blume Ventures, Athera Partners, Asian Development Bank Ventures, and the Piramal Alternatives India Access Fund. With the latest funding round, the company's total capital raised stands at approximately Rs 1,420 crore. Launched in 2018, Euler Motors specializes in the production of EV three-wheelers. The company has seen strong adoption across the e-commerce, retail, and logistics segments, backed by a growing portfolio of electric vehicles, including the HiLoad EV and the StormEV. “This is a strong vote of confidence both in India’s commercial electric mobility future and in Euler Motors’ execution and products. With this fresh capital and strategic backing from new and existing investors, we are poised to accelerate our scale, continue innovating to deliver superior products, and come a few steps closer towards becoming India’s No. 1 commercial EV brand,” said Saurav Kumar, founder and CEO of Euler Motors. Euler Motors reported a more than threefold increase in operating revenue year-on-year to Rs 189 crore in FY24 from Rs 62 crore in FY23. Despite this growth, the company posted a loss of Rs 227 crore during the same period. Euler competes with players like Altigreen, Mahindra Electric, Piaggio, Kinetic Green, Tata, and others.

BlackSoil NBFC raises over Rs 200 Cr debt

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BlackSoil NBFC raises over Rs 200 Cr debt
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BlackSoil NBFC, the flagship arm of BlackSoil Group, has raised Rs 208 crore debt. The round witnessed participation from HNIs, UHNIs, Family Offices, banks, and NBFCs. According to BlackSoil, 60% of this funding came from new debt investors and its total debt raised to over Rs 1,570 crore as of June 30, 2024. The company had recently raised Rs 100 crore through a rights issue where all its investors participated in this round. BlackSoil is backed by investors and family offices of Allcargo Logistics, Navneet Education, Mahavir Agency and Mathew Cyriac-led Florintree Advisors. The company has expanded its lender network, including several banks and NBFCs, enhancing its borrowing capabilities. Co-founded in 2016 by Mohinder Pal Bansal & Ankur Bansal, it offers customized credit solutions to emerging corporates, financial institutions, NBFCs, and MSMEs across sectors. The group claims that it has solidified its position as a preferred lender for new-age economy businesses, employing a sector-agnostic approach and cash flow-focused underwriting methodology BlackSoil has 5 unicorns in its portfolio including Spinny, Upstox, MobiKwik and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Spinny which became a billion dollar valued company in 2021. BlackSoil maintains a diversified portfolio spanning a wide range of sectors, including fintech, agri-tech, B2B, consumer, healthcare, SaaS, and IoT. It has also expanded into emerging sectors like EV, quick commerce, hospitality, and online travel aggregators (OTA). Its noteworthy investments include ideaForge, Upstox, Bluestone, OYO, Udaan, Zetwerk, Spinny, Yatra, Purplle, Curefoods, Celbal Technologies and JCB Salons. The Mumbai-based company says that it saw over 30% year-on-year growth in debt fundraise, having a network of nine banks & five NBFCs, and more than 250 HNI families.

Flipkart receives another $262 Mn from Singapore-based parent

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Flipkart receives another $262 Mn from Singapore-based parent
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Flipkart receives another $262 Mn from Singapore-based parent Flipkart Internet (India), the marketplace arm of the Walmart-owned firm, has received another $262 million (Rs 2,225 crore) in internal funding from its Singapore-based parent entity. This comes nearly two months after Flipkart Internet received $382 million from its Singapore-based parent company. The board at Flipkart has allotted equity shares worth Rs 2,225 crore to Flipkart Marketplace Private Limited (Singapore), its multiple filings accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. This follows around the same time Flipkart’s fashion platform Myntra India received $125 million from its Singapore-based parent, FK Myntra Holdings. Media reports indicate the firm plans to launch its IPO with a valuation of $60-$70 billion. It is shifting its Domicile from Singapore to India, joining Pine Labs, Zepto, Meesho, and Razorpay in relocating their headquarters back to their home country. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Walmart owns 85% of Flipkart Internet, which includes its affiliates PhonePe and Myntra. Other shareholders include Tencent, CPP Investments, GIC, SoftBank, and Microsoft. Flipkart is currently valued at $36 billion. For the fiscal year ended 2024, Flipkart reported a 20% growth in operating revenue to Rs 17,907 crore, while reducing its losses by over 41% to Rs 2,359 crore during the same period.

Exclusive: IPO-bound Ather Energy raises Rs 60 Cr debt

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Exclusive: IPO-bound Ather Energy raises Rs 60 Cr debt
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Ather Energy has continued to raise debt funding before its potential public listing. The Bengaluru-based company has raised Rs 60 crore (over $7 million) in debt from Stride Ventures through its trustee Vistra ITCL. This is the second debt infusion in the electric scooter manufacturer in the past two months. Stride Ventures invested Rs 200 crore via debentures in May. Entrackr had exclusively reported the fundraise which also had equity investment from co-founders. While Ather IPO timeline is yet to be known, it took a definitive step towards public listing by converting itself into a public company in June. Ather has raised around $450 million to date from the likes of Tiger Global and Hero MotoCorp. As per the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Hero Moto Corp is an associate company of Ather and controls around 38% stake. Following a four-fold growth during FY23, Ather’s revenue from operations decreased slightly to Rs 1,754 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,781 crore in FY23, as per disclosure made by Hero Moto Corp. The sale of scooters was the primary source of revenue for Ather while after-sale and subscription services were other income channels. Ather maintained its position as the fourth largest two-wheeler EV manufacturer with 6,097 units sold in June 2024 and a market share of 7.66%, according to Vahan data. Its arch rival Ola Electric stayed on top with sales of 36,716 units, controlling a market share of 44%. The company recently said that it will set up its third manufacturing plant in Maharashtra with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. The new facility will produce electric two-wheelers as well as battery packs.

Flipkart receives $382 Mn from parent entity

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Flipkart receives $382 Mn from parent entity
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Flipkart Internet, the marketplace arm of Walmart-backed Flipkart, has received Rs 3,249 crore (approximately $382 million) in internal funding from its Singapore-based parent entity. Earlier, in April 2024, the company had secured Rs 1,421 crore from the same parent organization. The board at Flipkart has issued 470,773 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 69,014.7 each on a right issue basis to raise Rs 3,249 crore from Flipkart Marketplace Private Limited (Singapore), its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. In May last year, Flipkart raised $350 million from Google at a valuation of $36 billion. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Walmart is the largest stakeholder in the e-commerce company holding 85% stake, followed by Tencent and other minority shareholders including CPP Investments, GIC, SoftBank and Microsoft. Apart from horizontal e-commerce offerings, Flipkart also entered the quick commerce space with Minutes, promising deliveries within 10-15 minutes to compete with players like Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart. For the fiscal year ended 2024, Flipkart reported a 20% increase in operating revenue to Rs 17,907 crore, while reducing its losses by over 41% to Rs 2,359 crore during the same period.

CredAble raises Rs 30 Cr from SIDBI

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CredAble raises Rs 30 Cr from SIDBI
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Fintech startup CredAble has raised Rs 30 crore ($3.6 million) in debt funding from SIDBI. The fund will be used to scale up its operations and extend affordable financing solutions to MSMEs and women-led businesses in India, CredAble said in a press release. Founded in 2017 by Nirav Choksi and Ram Kewalramani, CredAble provides working capital to large, mid, and emerging corporates, as well as micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and financial institutions. Beyond traditional banking and loan products, the company has built a comprehensive working capital infrastructure for digitising corporate-led financing and underwriting needs. CredAble’s platform hosts over 125 corporate customers, over 3,50,000 small business borrowers, and more than 35 large financial institutions and banks. The company recently had dedicated Rs 200 crore to back women-led enterprises and has supported more than 50 such businesses across India over the course of 10 months. In March, CredAble raised $10 million in a new round from Singapore-based Equentia Natural Resources. It has raised nearly $60 million to date. CredAble’s revenue from operations grew 2.78X to Rs 13.94 crore in FY23 from Rs 4.92 crore in FY22. In pursuit of growth, the losses of the company surged 3.37X to Rs 22.40 crore in FY23 from Rs 6.53 crore in FY22.

Exclusive: BharatPe receives $10 Mn debt from Trifecta and InnoVen

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Exclusive: BharatPe receives $10 Mn debt from Trifecta and InnoVen
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Fintech firm BharatPe has raised Rs 85 crore (approximately $10 million) in debt through non-convertible debentures. This is the second debt infusion in the Peak XV and Coatue-backed company in 2024. The board at BharatPe has issued 500 Series E1 debentures at Rs 10,00,000 each and 3,500 Series F1 debentures at Rs 1,00,00 each to raise Rs 85 crore, its regulatory filing with the Registrar of Companies shows. Trifecta Venture debt pumped in Rs 50 crore while Innoven Capital participated with Rs 35 crore, shows filing. As per Entrackr’s sources, BharatPe completed its $100 million debt round early this year. InnoVen Capital was expected to pump in $60-70 million in BharatPe whereas Credit Saison invested the remaining capital in the Delhi-based company’s NBFC arm Trillion Loans. Debt from Innoven could be a part of the above amount. We have reached out to BharatPe to confirm if their investment is new or existing. Sources close to the fintech firm added that BharatPe chose debt as it is close to break-even and didn’t want to dilute equity. BharatPe raised its last equity round in August 2021 when it also checked into the unicorn club. It has raised over $650 million in equity and debt from the likes of Tiger Global, Dragoneer Investment Group, Steadfast Capital, Coatue Management, Ribbit Capital and others. According to TheArch report, BharatPe’s operating revenue increased by 16%, reaching Rs 1,370 crore in FY24, up from Rs 1,029 crore in FY23. The six-year-old company also reported a 70% reduction in losses, bringing them down to Rs 270 crore in the last fiscal year.

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