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Exclusive: Wealthtech firm Neo to raise $19 Mn at 2.7X valuation surge

EntrackrEntrackr · 2d ago
Exclusive: Wealthtech firm Neo to raise $19 Mn at 2.7X valuation surge
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Exclusive: Wealthtech firm Neo to raise $19 Mn at 2.7X valuation surge Consumer facing wealth and asset management firm Neo is in final stages to raise Rs 162 crore (approximately $19 million) through equity shares, led by VT Capital and with participation from 17 other investors. The board of Neo has passed a special resolution to issue 1,887 equity shares at Rs 8,60,410 each, to raise Rs 162.3 crore ($19 million), according to its regulatory filing sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). VT Capital will lead the round with Rs 50 crore, while individual investor Ramesh Kunhikannan will contribute Rs 20 crore. Sattva Family Office, Biological E Ltd, Usha Reddy Chigarapalli, and Akshat Greentech Private Limited will invest Rs 10 crore each in the round. VT Capital is a Mumbai-based proprietary trading platform that has also invested in startups such as hygiene products maker Noble, beauty and personal care platform Purplle, and AI firm Fractal Analytics. According to Entrackr’s estimates, the company would be valued at around $686 million post-money. This seems to be over a 2.7X jump in the valuation, compared to its last round when it was valued at $250 million. Before this, Neo raised $120 million, including a $48 million round in August 2024 and $35 million Series B funding in October 2023. Mumbai-based Neo helps wealthy individuals and family offices invest their money. It focuses on credit and real estate, and also runs funds that give companies capital while aiming for safe returns for investors. It claims to manage nearly Rs 35,000 crore in wealth management assets and over Rs 6,000 crore in alternative asset management. According to the filings, before the round, Peak XV was the largest external stakeholder with 19.29%, followed by Crystal Investment Advisors LLP (Artha Group) at 6.74%. Among co-founders, Nitin Jain held 30.09%, Varun Bajpai 15.04%, and Hemant Daga 4.51%. Earlier this year, Neo Assets marked its first close of its second private credit fund at Rs 2,000 crore. The fund is registered with SEBI and provides credit solutions to unlisted companies and acquires their secondary stakes. The company is yet to file its annual results for FY25. During the fiscal year ended March 2024, it reported a 2.4X year-on-year increase in its revenue to Rs 149 crore, while the losses grew to Rs 13.7 crore in the same period.

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Exclusive: Neo kicks off Series B with $26.5 Mn

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Neo kicks off Series B with $26.5 Mn
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Wealth and asset management company Neo has raised Rs 220 crore or $26.5 million in its Series B led by Crystal Investment. This is the second significant round for the Mumbai-based company in the past 9 months. The board at Neo has approved issuing Series B preference shares at an issue price of Rs 3,12,421 each to raise $26.5 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Crystal investments pumped in Rs 140 crore (approximately $16.8 million) while Mufg Bank and individual investor Deepak Agarwal participated with Rs 78 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively. This seems to be part of an ongoing round and the firm may raise more funds.. As per TheKredible’s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 1,920 crore or $231 million post-allotment. Neo has raised around $104 million to date including its $35 million Series B round led by Peak XV in October last year. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Peak VV was the largest external shareholder, holding 22.22% of the company. Meanwhile, its co-founders—Nitin Jain, Varun Bajpai, and Hemant Dogra—collectively held 63.81% prior to this funding round. Neo provides advisory and yield-based investment solutions to high and ultra-high net worth individuals including indigenous family offices. The three-year-old firm demonstrated supper growth in the fiscal year ending March 2023 as its revenue ballooned 9X to Rs 65.1 crore. Neo achieved such growth with a mere loss of Rs 3.6 crore during FY23. The company is yet to disclose its FY24 results.

Exclusive: Droom India raises funds at $360 Mn valuation

EntrackrEntrackr · 5m ago
Exclusive: Droom India raises funds at $360 Mn valuation
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Exclusive: Droom India raises funds at $360 Mn valuation IPO-bound used car marketplace Droom is raising Rs 25 crore (approximately $2.9 million) in a fresh funding round co-led by India Accelerator (IA), and Rameshchandra Shah. The board at Droom has passed a special resolution to issue 15,62,500 preference shares at an issue price of Rs 160 each to raise Rs 25 crore or $2.9 million, its regulatory filings sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. India Accelerator and Shah both will invest Rs 5 crore each, Shirish Patel, CEO of Prudent Corporate Advisory (wealth management company) will invest Rs 3 crore and the remaining amount will be invested by other individual investors. The firm will use these proceeds for general corporate purposes, the filings said. As per Entrackr’s estimates, the Gurugram-based firm will be valued at approximately Rs 3,097 crore or $360 million post-allotment. “We deliberately kept the valuation very low for the Indian subsidiary as a strategic move to give material upside to Indians who did not have opportunity to participate in the making of Droom in the past one decade,” said Sandeep Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of Droom, in response to queries about the company's valuation. “We plan to raise a bit more capital in the near term at much higher valuation both in Singapore and India…” Droom is an online marketplace for buying and selling used vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, and electric vehicles. It also offers rental services. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Droom has raised approximately $330 million from investors including 57 Stars, Seven Train Ventures, Lightbox, and Beenext. Droom reported Rs 85 crore in revenue for FY24, a 66% decline from Rs 253 crore in FY23. It managed to reduce its losses by 35% to Rs 40 crore in FY24. Droom is reportedly planning to file draft papers for a Rs 1,000 crore IPO in 2027, targeting a valuation between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion.

Exclusive: PharmEasy raises $216 Mn led by MEMG at $710 Mn valuation

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: PharmEasy raises $216 Mn led by MEMG at $710 Mn valuation
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API Holdings, the parent company of online drug dispenser PharmEasy, has raised Rs 1,804 crore ($216 million) led by Ranjan Pai’s Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) and existing investors. The fresh money, however, has come with a 90% haircut in valuation from the firm’s peak worth. The board at API Holdings passed a special resolution to allot 18,63,74,897 cumulative convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 96.8 each to raise Rs 1,804 crore, its regulatory filing sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. MEMG family office led the round with Rs 800 crore while Prosus, Temasek, and 360 One Portfolios pumped in Rs 221 crore, Rs 183 crore, and Rs 200 crore, respectively. CDPQ Private Equity, WSSS Investments, Goldman Sachs, and Evolution Debt Capital cumulatively participated with Rs 400 crore in the new investment. The company will further convert the CCPS–issued into equity shares in the ratio of (1:20), the filings added. As per TheKredible’s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 5,904 crore or $710 million (post-allotment). This is a nearly 90% haircut in valuation of PharmEasy which was once valued at $5.6 billion in 2021. Last month, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) cleared Ranjan Pai’s investment in PharmEasy. The Mumbai-based firm has been trying to raise around Rs 3,500 crore since August last year to repay debt which it took from Goldman Sachs. PharmEasy defaulted on its loan terms with Goldman Sachs in June last year. Around the same time, the firm’s valuation was reduced by around 50% by its investor Janus Henderson. Neuberger Berman also cut PharmEasy’s valuation by 21.4% to $4.4 billion as of February 2023. The Dharmil Shah-led company is also among a list of startups which postponed its IPO plan after filing draft papers with market regulator SEBI. The firm filed DRHP in November 2021 and pulled back its listing plan in August 2022 citing tough market conditions. For the fiscal year ending in March 2023, PharmEasy saw a 16% growth in its revenue to Rs 6,644 crore against Rs 5,729 crore in FY22. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the company also curbed its losses to Rs 2,289.8 crore in FY23 as compared to Rs 2,731.7 crore in FY22. PharmEasy’s travails have been well documented, especially post its acquisition of Thyrocare. The latest fundraising should put at rest any lingering doubts about the future of the firm. The move to expand into diagnostics has delivered very poor results for the firm, and the funding now will result in the promoters being diluted way more than they ever hoped to be. It’s a salutary lesson for many other startups, and the only silver lining is that the firm itself has survived, hopefully to get a second chance at making history.

Exclusive: Servify valued at around $700 Mn in Series D

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Exclusive: Servify valued at around $700 Mn in Series D
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Exclusive: Servify valued at around $700 Mn in Series D Post-sales service firm Servify is raising Rs 66.27 crore (approximately $7.8 million) in its ongoing Series D round led by BEENEXT Capital with the participation of Singularity Growth Opportunities Fund. The board Servify has passed a special resolution to issue 2,27,170 Series D3 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 2,917 each to raise Rs 66.27 crore, its regulatory filing sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. BEENEXT Capital, through its BEE Accelerate Fund2, will invest Rs 48.27 crore, with the remaining amount coming from the Singularity Growth Opportunities Fund. According to the valuation report attached by the company, its post-money valuation will be around $690–700 million. Last year, the firm secured $10 million through a mix of equity and debt at a valuation of $852 million. Servify offers brand-authorized after-sales support for mobile phones, personal gadgets, electronics, and home appliances. The platform allows consumers to add their household electronic gadgets onto the platform, store the bills, and access authentic brand-authorized service during or beyond the warranty period. Servify recorded a 23.6% year-on-year growth, with revenue rising to Rs 755 crore during the last fiscal year (FY24) from Rs 611 crore in FY23. However, the company's losses declined sharply by 59% to Rs 94 crore in the same period.

Exclusive: Wealthtech startup Stable Money raises $15 Mn in new round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Wealthtech startup Stable Money raises $15 Mn in new round
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Wealthtech startup Stable Money has raised over Rs 123 crore nearly $15 million in a new round from RTP Capital, Lightspeed India, and Matrix Partner. The Bengaluru-based company has become one of the few startups to close two rounds within a year, especially during the so called funding winter. The board at Stable Money has passed a special resolution to issue 77,135 CCPS at price of Rs 16,019 each to raise Rs 123.56 crore or $14.74 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (ROC) shows. RTP Capital led the round with Rs 54.26 crore ($6.5 million) while Lightspeed India and Matrix Partners India pumped in Rs 34.64 crore ($4.15 million) each in this round. In August 2023, Stable Money scooped up $5 million in its first equity fundraise led by Matrix Partners and Lightspeed. Titan Capital, Mar Shot Ventures and a clutch of prominent angel investors also participated in the round. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Stable Money will be valued at around $60 million post money. This is nearly four fold jump in valuation from $16.5 million in the last round. Founded in late 2022 by Saurabh Jain and Harish Reddy, Stable Money is building a fixed-return investment platform to provide financial consultation services to investors. The platform will also publish financial literacy content on its online platform to create awareness among investors. A clutch of wealthtech startups have managed to score decent funding in the ongoing calendar year. Recently Deserv raked in $32 million in its Series B round led by Premji Invest. In May, wealth management platform Wealthy raised $5.4 million in a new round led by Alpha Wave Incubation Fund.

Exclusive: Powerplay valuation halves in fresh funding

EntrackrEntrackr · 22d ago
Exclusive: Powerplay valuation halves in fresh funding
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Exclusive: Powerplay valuation halves in fresh funding Construction management startup Powerplay is set to raise fresh capital from its existing backers, Accel India and Surge Ventures, after a three-year funding gap, but at a steep 57% valuation markdown. The board at Powerplay has passed a special resolution to issue 1,739 Series A2 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 98,512.12 per share, to raise Rs 17.13 crore (approximately $2 million), according to the company’s regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Accel India and Surge Ventures will participate in Powerplay’s new round with Rs 8.56 crore each. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the company will be valued at around Rs 258 crore or $30 million post-money, marking a 57% valuation cut, compared to its previous $7 million funding round in August 2022 led by Accel, which valued the company at around Rs 600 crore or $75 million. The company has raised Rs 117 crore to date. As per the filing, after this round, Accel will be the largest external stakeholder with a 21.25% stake, followed by India Quotient and Surge Ventures, which will hold 15.70% and 15.47%, respectively. Its co-founders, Iesh Dixit and Shubham Goyal, will cumulatively own 38.22% of the company. Founded in 2019 by Iesh Dixit and Shubham Goyal, Powerplay simplifies site-to-office communication to manage construction and architectural projects. It enables construction companies to track progress, attendance, material management, invoices, issue tracking, and budget management. Powerplay is yet to file its financial statements for FY25. The Bengaluru-based startup saw its revenue grow 43% to Rs 4.39 crore in FY24 from Rs 3.07 crore in FY23. At the same time, its losses reduced by 14% to Rs 31.92 crore.

Exclusive: Brick&Bolt valuation soars 3X in new round

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Exclusive: Brick&Bolt valuation soars 3X in new round
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Tech-enabled construction company Brick&Bolt is raising Rs 16.6 crore (approximately $1.95 million) in its pre-Series B round from Foundamental. Foundamental is a US-based investment firm that has previously invested in Indian companies, including Infra.Market in its Series A round in 2020. The board at Brick&Bolt has passed a special resolution to issue 369 pre-Series B compulsory convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 4,50,087 to raise the aforementioned sum, its regulatory filing sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. As per filings, the proceeds will be utilized for immediate working capital and long-term funding requirements for the business. Brick&Bolt provides construction solutions such as complete construction, carpentry, woodwork, kitchen renovations for land and home owners. It operates in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi-NCR and Pune. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the Bengaluru-based firm has raised approximately $16.5 million to date, led by Surge Ventures, Accel, and Celesta Capital. This includes a $10 million Series A round secured in January 2023 from Accel and Celesta Capital. According to Entrackr’s estimates, the firm will be valued at approximately Rs 891 crore ($105 million) post-allotment, marking a nearly 2.9X increase from around Rs 310 crore ($36.5 million) in its Series A round. Participating investor Foundamental will hold an 8.28% stake. It’s likely to raise additional funds in this round, which may further impact its valuation. The company reported an 81% surge in operating revenue, standing at Rs 42.25 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Notably, it managed to curb losses, which declined by 10% to Rs 31 crore in the last fiscal year (FY24).

Exclusive: Peak XV-backed Neo raises fresh capital

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Peak XV-backed Neo raises fresh capital
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Wealth and asset management firm Neo has raised Rs 32 crore (nearly $4 million) via private placement. This is the first round of investment for the Mumbai-based company in 2024. The board at Neo has passed a special resolution to issue 1226 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 2,60,799 each to raise Rs 32 crore (approximately $3.85 million), its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Morde Foods invested Rs 20 crore while SN Damani Developers and Bridgemonte Advisors pumped in Rs 10 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively. According to the company, the funds will be used for growth and business operations. As per TheKredible’s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 1,349 crore or $162.5 million post-allotment. Following the fresh proceeds, Morde Foods will hold a 1.48% stake while S N Damani Developers and Bridgemonte Advisors command 0.74% and 0.15% capital of Neo Wealth. The company has raised around $78 million to date including its $35 million Series B round led by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital) in October last year. Launched by Nitin Jain, Neo provides clients, who are some of the top billionaires in the country, with advisory and yield-based investment solutions which it claims to deliver in a transparent and cost-effective manner. The company claims that it has more than $3 billion (close to Rs 25,000 crore) in assets under advisement (AUA), including $360 million (around Rs 3,000 crore) in assets under management (AUM). Neo demonstrated 9X growth to Rs 65.1 crore in revenue with a mere loss of Rs 3.6 crore during the fiscal year ending March 2023. The company is yet to file its annual report for FY24.

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