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Flipkart receives another $262 Mn from Singapore-based parent

EntrackrEntrackr · 1m ago
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.

Cars24 sells 2 lakh cars in FY24, revenue nears Rs 7,000 Cr

EntrackrEntrackr · 7m ago
Cars24 sells 2 lakh cars in FY24, revenue nears Rs 7,000 Cr
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Following a modest growth in FY23, Cars24, an e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles registered 25% year-on-year growth in the fiscal year ended March 2024. However, the firm’s net losses stood at Rs 498.4 crore with an adjusted EBITDA of Rs 318.8 crore in FY24. Cars24 India’s gross revenue grew to Rs 6,917 crore in FY24 from Rs 5,530 crore in FY23, according to the company’s press release. In an interaction with Entrackr, Cars24's Chief Financial Officer Ruchit Agarwal said that the sale of cars through the auction business and retail contributed approximately 92% of the total revenue. This income grew by 24% to Rs 6,400 crore in FY24 from Rs 5,164 crore in FY23. Agarwal added that the income from the financial services stood at around Rs 300 crore while the rest of the revenue came from service fees, parking fees and the sale of other value-added services including insurance assistance and warranties. In FY24, the company claims to have sold 200,000 cars. Cars24’s holding firm is based in Singapore and oversees 12 subsidiaries across India, Australia, the UAE, and Thailand. The company’s consolidated financial results are yet to be released and may differ from the figures reported by the Indian entity through the release. For the pre-owned vehicle seller, the procurement of cars was the largest cost center, accounting for 81.8% of the overall cost. In the line of scale, this cost grew by 23.8% to Rs 6,106 crore in FY24. Its employee benefits, technology, advertising, legal, commission to brokers, and other overheads pushed the overall expenditure of the firm to Rs 7,461 crore in the last fiscal year from Rs 6,053 crore in FY23. The significant growth in scale and controlled expenditure enabled Cars24 to retain its net losses steady at Rs 498 crore in FY24. However, the adjusted EBITDA (losses excluding all non-cash items) stood at Rs 318.8 crore in FY24. Notably, the company claims to have improved its gross margin by 35% in the last fiscal. Cars24 has not raised external funding in the last three years. In December 2021, the company raised $450 million at a valuation of $3.3 billion. Its major investors include Alpha Wave, SoftBank, Tencent, and DST Global. In August, Cars24’s co-founder, Gajendra Jangid, said that the company is preparing for an initial public offering, though he did not disclose a specific timeline.

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