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Fibe raises $35 Mn in Series F round led by IFC

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Fibe raises $35 Mn in Series F round led by IFC
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Consumer lending company Fibe has raised $35 million in Series F funding round led by International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. To date, the company has raised over $266 million in equity (including secondaries) and is backed by prominent investors including TPG’s The Rise Fund, Norwest Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures, TR Capital, Piramal Finance, and Chiratae Ventures. The firm closed its $90 million Series E round in June 2024 and $110 million Series D in August 2022. Its lending arm EarlySalary recently received Rs 250 crore ($26.5 million) through non-convertible debentures (NCDs) from a clutch of investors including AK Capital Finance, Franklin Templeton AIF, and Vivriti Alpha. The fresh proceeds will be used to enhance our product suite further and deliver a unified experience across borrowing, saving, investing, and payments while remaining focused on responsible credit and positive socio-economic outcomes, Fibe said in a press release. Co-founded in 2015 by Akshay Mehrotra and Ashish Goyal, Fibe offers a broad suite of products including personal loans, long-term loans, loans against mutual funds, digital fixed deposits, and sector-focused impact loans spanning healthcare, education, and solar rooftop installations. Fibe claims that it has facilitated more than 9 million loans to date making it a major fintech player in healthcare and education financing. It has expanded its footprint to more than 940 cities across India, deepening access through technology-led outreach and scaling its lending portfolio with over 8,500 partner centers, and more than 50 channel partners. The company is yet to file its FY25 numbers. During the fiscal year ended March 2024, its consolidated revenue surged 2X to Rs 812 crore from Rs 392 crore in FY23. At the same time, profits for the company spiked 18X to Rs 101 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 5.4 crore in FY23.

TBO Tek posts Rs 446 Cr revenue and Rs 59 Cr PAT in Q4 FY25

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TBO Tek posts Rs 446 Cr revenue and Rs 59 Cr PAT in Q4 FY25
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Business-focused travel distribution platform Travel Boutique Online (TBO) has recorded a 21% year-on-year increase in its revenue while its profits grew 28.3% during the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year (FY25). TBO’s operating revenue increased to Rs 446 crore in Q4 FY25 from Rs 369 crore in Q3 FY24, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) show. Income from the booking of hotels and packages accounted for 80% of TBO’s revenue, which increased to Rs 357 crore in Q4 FY25. Meanwhile, income from air ticketing and other allied services brought Rs 79 crore and Rs 10 crore to the firm’s coffers. Hotels and packages, as the top revenue source, made service fees the largest cost center, accounting for 33.75% of total expenditure or Rs 135 crore in Q4 FY25. Employee benefits were Rs 99 crore in the same quarter. Overall, total costs rose to Rs 400 crore in Q4 FY25 from Rs 325 crore in Q4 FY24. The decent surge in scale and controlled expenditure led TBO to post a 28.3% YOY increase in its profits after tax to Rs 59 crore in Q4 FY25 from Rs 46 crore in Q4 FY24. However, for the full fiscal year, it posted a 15% YoY increase in PAT to Rs 230 crore in the previous fiscal (FY25). At the end of today’s (Thursday, May 22) trading session, TBO Tek saw around a 3% decrease in its stock, which stood at Rs 1,197 with a total market capitalization of Rs 13,005 crore or ($1.53 billion).

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