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Cars24 lays off 200 Employees

Entrackr

Entrackr · 6m ago

Cars24 lays off 200 Employees

Cars24, the e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles, has laid off over 200 employees as part of a cost-cutting measure, according to three sources familiar with the development. According to sources, the SoftBank–backed company provided affected employees with standard severance packages. In a statement to Entrackr, Vikram Chopra, co-founder and CEO of Cars24, said, "This is a tough decision. Over the past few weeks, we've had to part ways with around 200 employees across various functions. We are deeply grateful for their contributions. The layoffs are not about performance, but about structure and the bets we placed. We've learned that speed without clarity is expensive, and some projects and roles were added prematurely. Moving forward, we need to be more strategic and deliberate with our investments and team-building." Despite not raising any external funding in the last three and a half years, Cars24 secured $450 million in December 2021 from investors including SoftBank, Tencent, DST Global, and Falcon Edge’s Alpha Wave. This funding round valued the company at $3.3 billion. In FY24, Cars24 reported a 25% year-on-year increase in revenue, from Rs 5,530 crore in FY23 to Rs 6,917 crore. Despite this, the company posted a net loss of Rs 498 crore and an adjusted EBITDA loss of Rs 318 crore for the same period.

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