Electric bike startup Ultraviolette to secure fresh funds in ongoing round

Entrackr · 1d

Electric bike startup Ultraviolette Automotive is set to raise Rs 32.6 crore ($3.85 million) in an extended Series E1 round led by Winever Industrial Enterprises and Dilip Anand Swadi with the participation of Breathe Capital and others. This round is an extension to its previous Rs 130 crore round led by Zoho Corporation raised in December last year. The board at Ultraviolette passed a resolution to issue 1,13,540 Series E1 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 2,874 to raise the aforementioned amount, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Winever Industrial Enterprises and Dilip Anand Swadi will lead the round with investments of Rs 10 crore each, while Breathe Capital will contribute Rs 6 crore. Twin & Bull Family Office and Mangalam Equity Management will invest Rs 2.5 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively. Resolute Futurewave and Aprameya Radhakrishna (Co-founder and CEO of Koo) will each invest Rs 1 crore. As per Entrackr’s estimates, the company will be valued at Rs 2,887 crore (approximately $340 million) post-allotment. Founded in 2016, Ultraviolette Automotive is a two-wheeler manufacturer focused on clean energy and sustainable transportation. The company currently offers four electric bike variants: F77 Mach 2, F77 SuperStreet, Tesseract, and Shockwave. According to Vahan’s data, the Bengaluru-based company sold 543 vehicles in FY25 and 86 vehicles in April. Meanwhile, its lead investor, TVS Motor, emerged as the leader in India’s electric two-wheeler (E2W) market for April 2025, selling 19,736 units and capturing a 22% market share. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Ultraviolette Automotive has raised around $79 million to date from investors including TVS Motors, Mudhal Partners, Zoho Corporation, and others. For the fiscal year ended March 2024, the company reported an operating revenue of Rs 15 crore against Rs 8.7 crore in FY23. During the same period, Ultraviolette incurred a loss of Rs 61.6 crore.