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Yubi Group raises Rs 411 Cr in new round

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Yubi Group raises Rs 411 Cr in new round
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Yubi Group raises Rs 411 Cr in new round Fintech platform Yubi Group has raised Rs 411 crore (around $46.3 million) in a new funding round which includes a long-term structured debt facility and Rs 336 crore (around $37.9 million) in equity from EvolutionX Debt Capital. Founder and CEO Gaurav Kumar has also invested Rs 75 crore, taking his total equity investment in the company to more than Rs 330 crore ($37.2 million). The proceeds will be used to expand operations in Southeast Asia and the US, strengthen Yubiโ€™s presence in the Middle East, and increase investment in its AI products. It will also support global expansion and the scaling of Yubiโ€™s operating system for financial services. Yubi claims to have facilitated more than Rs 3.2 lakh crore in debt and enabled over 48 lakh transactions. The company works with more than 17,000 enterprises and over 6,200 lenders and investors. Yubi Group is an AI-powered operating system for financial services founded in 2020. Its core AI suite, YuVerse, powers Yubi, Accumn, Spocto X, and YuCollect, which together offer lending, underwriting, and collections solutions. To date, Yubi has raised over $296 million, including a $135 million Series B round that brought it to unicorn status. The company counts Vivitri Capital, Peak XV Partners, TVS Capital, Lightspeed, B Capital, Lightrock, Insight Luxembourg, and others among its investors. As per TheKredible, Yubiโ€™s revenue from operations rose to Rs 660 crore in FY25 from Rs 484 crore in FY24. Consequently, Yubi reported a net loss of Rs 416 crore for the fiscal year.

Yubi records Rs 660 Cr revenue in FY25; adjusted EBITDA improves 55%

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Yubi records Rs 660 Cr revenue in FY25; adjusted EBITDA improves 55%
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Yubi records Rs 660 Cr revenue in FY25; adjusted EBITDA improves 55% Fintech company Yubi (formerly CredAvenue) saw a 36% year-on-year growth in operating revenue in FY25 and improved its profitability metrics. Significantly, the Chennai-based company reduced its adjusted EBITDA losses by 55% in the fiscal year ended March 2025. According to its consolidated annual financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Yubiโ€™s revenue from operations rose to Rs 660 crore in FY25 from Rs 484 crore in FY24. Yubi operates as a debt marketplace and infrastructure platform, connecting enterprises with banks and NBFCs for term loans, working capital, and other debt products. Transaction fees from successful loan closures remained the major revenue driver, contributing 48% of total operating revenue, which surged 55% to Rs 318 crore in FY25. Other income streams included platform services of Rs 98 crore, collection services of Rs 181 crore, and corporate database services of Rs 66 crore. The Peak XV Partners-backed company also earned Rs 53 crore from bank deposits and interest income, taking its total income to Rs 713 crore in FY25, up from Rs 562 crore in FY24. With respect to expenses, employee benefits continued to be the largest cost component, forming around 40% of total expenditure, and rose to Rs 439 crore in FY25. This includes a non-cash ESOP expense of Rs 160 crore. Yubiโ€™s information technology costs and sales & marketing expenses stood at Rs 103 crore and Rs 32 crore, respectively. The debt marketplaceโ€™s total expenditure increased to Rs 1,116 crore in FY25, compared to Rs 939 crore in FY24. Consequently, Yubi reported a net loss of Rs 416 crore for the fiscal year. However, after excluding non-cash items such as ESOP costs, depreciation, and loss of net fair value changes, its adjusted EBITDA improved by 55%, narrowing to Rs 68.83 crore in FY25 from Rs 155 crore in FY24. Operationally, Yubi claims its lending platform facilitates nearly 80,000 loan transactions daily. The companyโ€™s MENA regionโ€™s business grew 200% during the year, and it is now expanding into Southeast Asia while preparing to enter the U.S. market in the coming year. To date, Yubi has raised over $250 million, including a $135 million Series B round that brought it to unicorn status. The company counts Vivitri Capital, Peak XV Partners, TVS Capital, Lightspeed, B Capital, Lightrock, Insight Luxembourg, and others among its investors.

Exclusive: Slice raises $8.6 Mn from CEO Rajan Bajaj

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Exclusive: Slice raises $8.6 Mn from CEO Rajan Bajaj
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Consumer lending and payments startup Slice has raised Rs 71.7 crore (approximately $8.6 million) from its founder and CEO, Rajan Bajaj, via partly paid-up shares. This follows the companyโ€™s recent Rs 300 crore debt funding round, raised through convertible debentures co-led by Taneja Family Trust, Anju Family Personal Trust, UK2 Family Trust, and MN Family Trust. According to a special resolution passed by Sliceโ€™s board, 22,000 equity shares will be issued at an issue price of Rs 32,606 each, as per the companyโ€™s regulatory filing with the Registrar of Companies. Bajajโ€™s investment will be completed in one or more tranches and is designated for general business purposes. Slice offers a physical and virtual card aimed at millennials, allowing students and salaried professionals to purchase products and services online with collateral-free EMIs through its app, while also helping users build credit scores. The Bengaluru-based company has raised nearly $400 million in funding, including a $220 million Series B round led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners. According to TheKredible, Tiger Global is the largest stakeholder, followed closely by Insight Partners. See TheKredible for the complete shareholding pattern. While FY24 numbers are yet to be disclosed, Slice saw threefold growth in FY23, with revenue climbing to Rs 847 crore from Rs 283 crore in FY22. However, in pursuit of growth, Sliceโ€™s losses up by 59.8%, to Rs 406 crore in FY23 compared to Rs 254 crore in FY22. In 2024, several startup founders and executives have reinvested in their companies. Recently, Yubi founder and CEO Gaurav Kumar invested $30 million in his startup, while Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal contributed $100 million through his Singapore-based entity, Patient Capital. Co-founders of EV firm Ather Energy, Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain, also invested $10 million in their company. Omnichannel jewelry startup Giva also raised an undisclosed sum from its senior management.

Yubi posts Rs 328 Cr revenue and Rs 482 Cr loss in FY23

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Yubi posts Rs 328 Cr revenue and Rs 482 Cr loss in FY23
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Yubi (formerly CredAvenue) grabbed wide attention when Vivriti Capital sold a part of its stake in the digital lending company at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Even as Vivitri made a fortune after the secondary transaction, the firmโ€™s bottom line worsened, by 8X in the fiscal year ending March 2023. We will dive deeper into the companyโ€™s expenses pattern, which is responsible for its steep losses later in our analysis. For now, letโ€™s review its collection streams. Yubiโ€™s revenue from operations surged 98% to Rs 328 crore in FY23 from Rs 166 crore in FY22, its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies show. Yubi is a debt platform that connects businesses with banks and NBFCs. The company offers six distinct products including a lending marketplace, a supply chain financing marketplace, and dedicated real estate and infrastructure financing solutions. With 6,200 investors and over 17,000 active enterprises on board, Yubi claims to have facilitated credit worth Rs 1.4 lakh crore. Income from merchant banking and other allied services provided to corporate borrowers and debt investors formed 54% of the total revenue. Commissions on debt facilitation, collection solutions and data collection were other revenue drivers for Yubi. Check TheKredible for the detailed revenue breakup. Similar to the other technology startups, Yubiโ€™s employee benefits accounted for 48% of the overall expenses. This cost surged 4.7X to Rs 432 crore in FY23 from Rs 92 crore in FY22. This expense also included Rs 109 crore as ESOPs cost (non-cash in nature). Yubiโ€™s business supports services, information technology, traveling, legal/professional, and marketing costs took its overall expenditure up by 314% to Rs 895 crore in FY23 from Rs 216 crore in FY22. Expenses Breakdown Total โ‚น 216 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/yubi-credavenue-/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/yubi-credavenue-/financials Total โ‚น 895 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/yubi-credavenue-/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/yubi-credavenue-/financials Employee benefit Employee benefit Business support service Business support service Information technology Information technology Travelling conveyance Travelling conveyance Legal professional Legal professional Advertising promotional Advertising promotional Others To check complete Expense Breakdown visit thekredible.com View full data Head to TheKredible for a complete expense breakdown. At the end, Yubiโ€™s losses increased by 745% to Rs 482 crore in FY23 from Rs 57 crore in FY22. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin worsened -30% and -105%, respectively. On a unit level, the Chennai-based company spent Rs 2.73 to earn a rupee of operating revenue during FY23. FY22-FY23 FY22 FY23 EBITDA Margin -8% -105.1% Expense/โ‚น of Op Revenue โ‚น1.30 โ‚น2.73 ROCE -2% -30% Rs 328 crore is probably a very small, if not fraction of where Yubi wants to be, operating in a market as vast as the debt syndication market in India. While it is too early to judge it for its operating metrics, the assumption is that having arranged credit of almost $18 billion, the firm will have picking up learnings and data along the way that continue to make it better at its job. Itโ€™s a market where seasoning, or time spent in the market matters, and 3 years or more is the minimum one would give before deciding if a firm has it to last. Of course, competition is intense, as is the risk of disintermediation that always hangs in this business, even as the proliferation of platforms like Yubi, Lendingkart etc has probably proven that it is one risk that is overhyped.

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