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Leegality turns profitable with 87% revenue growth in FY24

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Leegality turns profitable with 87% revenue growth in FY24
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Document infrastructure platform Leegality maintained its growth trajectory in the fiscal year ending March 2024. After achieving 100% revenue growth in FY23, the IIFL Fintech Fund-backed company reported an 87% spike in scale in the latest fiscal year. Leegality’s revenue from operations jumped to Rs 62 crore in FY24, as per its financial statement filed with the Registrar of Companies. Leegality enables businesses to digitally transform document logistics, eliminating physical paperwork in the lending ecosystem by providing digital infrastructure, including eSign and eStamping solutions. The sale of these services was the only source of collection for the firm in FY24. Leegality additionally earned Rs 4.2 crore from interest on bank deposits, bringing its total income to Rs 66.41 crore in FY24, a substantial increase from Rs 35.51 crore in FY23. Looking at expenses, employee benefit was the major contributor, accounting for 56% of total costs, increasing by 62.5% to Rs 36.4 crore in FY24 from Rs 22.4 crore in FY23. E-Sign Charges made up 15% of total expenses, rising 2.3 times to Rs 9.5 crore.Tech infrastructure formed 10% of expenses, growing by 55% to Rs 6.6 crore. Other costs, including stamp processing, advertising, and legal fees, brought total expenses to Rs 65 crore during the last fiscal year, reflecting a 66% increase from Rs 39 crore in FY23. With significant revenue growth, Leegality turned profitable in FY24, reporting a profit of Rs 1.11 crore, compared to a loss of Rs 3.5 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -2.75% and 3.33%, respectively. On a unit-basis level, the company spent Rs 1.04 to earn each rupee of operating revenue in FY24. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin -8.53% 3.33% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹1.18 ₹1.04 ROCE -7.49% 2.75% Even though it operates in a fairly competitive space, Leegality’s turn to profitability indicates the ‘sensible’ economics within the segment. Even as more and more transactions and the documentation required are being digitised, the scope of work for Leegality and its peers will only increase, providing a clear pathway to growth. The only risk we can see is any government backed alternative like say, Digilocker which expands services to overlap with what these offer.

Perfios turns unicorn with $80 Mn funding from Teachers’ Venture Growth

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Perfios turns unicorn with $80 Mn funding from Teachers’ Venture Growth
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​​SaaS-based B2B fintech firm Perfios has raised $80 million in a new round from Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), a late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The new round has come after six months of $229 million Series D round for the Bengaluru-based company. With this, the firm has also crossed the $1 billion valuation mark and entered the unicorn club. Perfios plans to continue its international expansion and strengthen its global footprint, while also utilising the funds towards exploring inorganic growth opportunities, the company said in a press release. It will also continue to invest in its tech stack to power the end-to-end customer journeys across banking, insurance, and embedded commerce. Perfios helps in the aggregation and analysis of financial data such as bank statements, tax data, and business financials to generate reports across the areas of credit assessment, monitoring, fraud, and banking data aggregation. It has acquired more than 100 large clients across banks, NBFCs, digital lending platforms, mutual fund companies, insurance companies, and human resources. With a presence in 16 countries, Perfios claims to empower over 1,000 financial institutions, deliver 8.2 billion data points to banks and financial institutions every year to facilitate faster decisioning, and process 1.7 billion transactions a year with an AUM of $36 billion. B2B SaaS fintech company Perfios has announced a buyback of ESOPs worth Rs 154 crore (approximately $18.5 million) from its 135 current and former employees. With this, Perfios has joined a list of handful of growth-stage companies that have bought back employees’ stock this year. Soon after the previous fundraise, Perfios announced a buyback of ESOPs worth Rs 154 crore (approximately $18.5 million) from its 135 current and former employees. The firm also turned profitable in FY23 while its revenue from operations spiked three-fold to Rs 407 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023 from Rs 136 crore in FY22. Ahead of FY23, Perfios acquired fintech startup Karza Technologies and the Rs 600 crore acquisition seems to have paid off as the latter alone booked Rs 168 crore in revenue and Rs 51 crore profit after tax in the last fiscal year. Perfios becomes the second unicorn of 2024 from the Indian startup ecosystem. Last month, Bhavish Aggarwal’s artificial intelligence startup Krutrim SI Designs announced that it raised $50 million at a valuation of $1 billion.

Traya posts 236 Cr revenue in FY24; turns profitable

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Traya posts 236 Cr revenue in FY24; turns profitable
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Traya recorded over threefold year-on-year growth, with its revenue crossing Rs 230 crore during the previous fiscal year ending March 2024. Moreover, with this pace, the Mumbai-based company became profitable in the same period. Traya’s revenue from operations surged 3.8X to Rs 236 crore in FY24 from Rs 61 crore in FY23, its annual financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies show. Established in 2019, Traya focuses on addressing hair loss at its core by identifying the underlying causes. It provides personalized hair solutions and guidance from a team of experienced hair coaches and physicians. Income from product sales accounted for 99.36% of Traya's total operating revenue, which rose to Rs 234.5 crore in FY24, up from Rs 61 crore in FY23. The rest income came from courier services and doctor consultation fees. Moving on to the expense part, marketing and sales accounted for 43% of the overall expenditure. This cost grew twofold to Rs 98 crore in FY24 from Rs 51 crore in FY23. To the tune of scale, the cost of procurement of materials surged 3.6X to Rs 54 crore in FY24. Traya’s employee benefits also saw a 4X surge to Rs 36 crore in FY23. Other overheads including freight, legal, and travelling increased the overall cost by 154% to Rs 229 crore in FY23 from Rs 90 crore in FY23. The 3.8X growth in scale enabled Traya to achieve a notable profit of Rs 9 crore in FY24, a stark contrast to the Rs 28 crore loss in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin improved to 8.7% and 5.04%, respectively. On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 0.97 to earn a rupee in FY24. Traya's total current assets recorded at Rs 159 crore, with a cash balance of Rs 85 crore at the end of the previous fiscal year. According to startup-data intelligence platform TheKredible, Traya has raised approximately Rs 96 crore to date, including Rs 75 crore in funding from Xponentia Capital in April this year. The company counts notable investors such as Fireside Ventures, Kae Capital, Xponentia Capital, and Whiteboard Capital.

Ola ride-hailing biz falls 11% in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable

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Ola ride-hailing biz falls 11% in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable
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Ola recorded a 5.5% year-on-year decline in revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2024, indicating no growth during the period. Despite the revenue drop, the firm managed to turn EBITDA profitable, driven by cost reductions in employee benefits and communication costs. Ola’s revenue from operations declined 5.5% to Rs 2,012 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,128 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. Income from Ola's ride-hailing business contributed 87.5% of the total operating revenue in FY24, but it decreased by 11.3% to Rs 1,761 crore, down from Rs 1,985 crore in FY23. Ola's financial services business recorded a 3.6X growth in FY24, with revenue increasing to Rs 227 crore from Rs 63 crore in FY23. This segment focuses on selling insurance policies and providing financing services for vehicle purchases, primarily for Ola Electric. The company also added Rs 192 crore mainly from the interest on deposits which brought its overall income to Rs 2,204 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 2,277 crore in FY23. For Ola's ride-hailing business, transportation costs made up 28.8% of total expenses. Due to reduced mobility, these costs dropped by 15.2% to Rs 607 crore in FY24. Its employee benefit expenses shrank 42% to Rs 334 crore, while telephone and postage costs fell by 28% to Rs 280 crore. Surprisingly, its spending grew 2.6X to Rs 107 crore in FY24. Its legal, rent, and other overheads took the overall cost to Rs 2,107 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,517 crore in FY23. Note: We have excluded the cost of allowance for impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets in the calculation of losses which stood at Rs 319 crore and 149 crore in FY24 and FY23, respectively, due to its non-cash in nature. Despite the decline in its ride-hailing business, Ola effectively controlled its costs, resulting in a loss of Rs 10 crore in FY24, compared to a Rs 623 crore loss in FY23. Notably, the firm becomes EBITDA profitable during the previous fiscal year. On a unit level, the company spent Re 0.89 to earn a rupee of operating revenue during the fiscal year. In August 2024, Bhavish Aggarwal announced that Ola Cabs would be rebranded as Ola Consumer, bringing together its financial services, cloud kitchens, and electric logistics under one platform. The company is also moving closer to its initial public offering (IPO). According to sources, Ola’s parent company, ANI Technologies Private Limited, has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for November 14, 2024, to discuss matters related to the IPO. However, Ola hasn’t provided an official comment on the timeline for its public listing. In August 2024, Aggarwal announced that Ola Cabs would be rebranded as Ola Consumer, integrating financial services, cloud kitchens, and electric logistics under one umbrella. The company has also faced valuation markdowns by its investors in recent years. In August 2024, Vanguard adjusted Ola’s valuation to approximately $2 billion. Earlier, the investment advisor had reduced the valuation to $1.88 billion as of November 30, 2023. This marks a significant decline from 2021, when Ola was valued at $7.3 billion.

Elevation-backed The Souled Store turns profitable in FY24

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Elevation-backed The Souled Store turns profitable in FY24
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The Souled Store, a direct-to-consumer pop culture brand, witnessed impressive growth with a 54.5% year-on-year increase in the fiscal year ending March 2024. The Xponentia Capital-backed company also achieved profitability during this period. The Souled Store's revenue from operations grew to Rs 360 crore in FY24 from Rs 233 crore in FY23, its annual financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. Founded in 2014, The Souled Store designs, manufactures and sells apparel inspired by pop culture, featuring themes from superheroes, movies, and TV shows. Its product lineup includes footwear, books, mobile covers, notebooks, mugs, and more. According to the company's website, it has 18 stores across India. Revenue from the sale of products in stores and online accounted for 98.6% of the revenue, which increased 55% to Rs 355 crore in FY23. The rest of the operating income comes from membership fees. The Souled Store also added Rs 5 crore from interest on deposits and gain on current investment which tallied its overall revenue to Rs 365 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 236 crore in FY23. For the D2C brand, the cost of procurement accounted for 42.2% of the total expenditure. To the tune of scale, this cost grew by 68.5% to Rs 150 crore in FY24. Its employee benefits and rent also increased by 34.5% and 77.8% respectively in the previous fiscal year. The Mumbai-based firm spent Rs 68 crore on advertising in FY24. Legal, freight, job work charges, and other overheads increased the overall expenditure by 40.3% to Rs 355 crore in FY24 from Rs 253 crore in FY23. Over 50% YoY growth coupled with controlled expenditure led the firm to register a net profit of Rs 18 crore in FY24 compared to a loss of Rs 16.5 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margins improved to a positive 6.38% and 5.21% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 0.99 to earn a rupee of operating revenue. At the end of FY24, the company’s total current assets stood at Rs 225 crore including the cash and bank balances of Rs 44 crore. The Souled Store has raised nearly $30 million to date, including a $16 million round led by Xponentia Capital in 2023 and a $10 million round led by Elevation in 2021. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Elevation is the largest external stakeholder followed by Xponentia Capital.

Probo turns profitable as it posts 32X growth in FY23

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Probo turns profitable as it posts 32X growth in FY23
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Event-based trading platform Probo registered hyper-growth in the last fiscal year with its operating scale blowing up 32X in FY23. Significantly, the Peak XV-backed firm also turned profitable for the first time during the said period. Probo’s revenue from operations skyrocketed to Rs 86.37 crore in FY23 from Rs 2.66 crore in FY22, according to its annual financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Founded by Sachin Gupta and Ashish Garg in 2019, Probo is an event trading platform that allows users to trade their opinions on future events in various categories such as cricket, politics, football, finance, entertainment, and startups among others. Platform fees received from the users for participating in the contest were the primary source of income, accounting for 96% of the total operating revenue in the last fiscal year. Collection from this segment grew 34.2X to Rs 83 crore in FY23. Its allied services and interest income on long-term investments (non-operating activities) tallied Probo’s total revenue to Rs 93.83 crore in FY23 from Rs 3.97 crore in FY22. It’s worth noting that this income didn’t fall under the new General Service Tax (GST) structure which mandates a charge of 28% GST on deposits. The new taxation regime is slated to eat up a significant margin of companies like Probo, MPL, and Dream11, among many others. Moving to the cost sheet, its advertising cum promotional cost formed around 52.75% of the total expenses which shot up 2.3X to Rs 52 crore in FY23. Probo also saw a 3.6X surge in its employee benefits. The firm’s burn on information technology, legal/professional, conveyance, and other overheads led its overall expenditure up by 2.8X to Rs 98.67 crore in FY23 from Rs 34.4 crore in FY22. Head to TheKredible for a detailed expense breakup. Expense Breakdown Total ₹ 34.4 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/probo/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/probo/financials Total ₹ 98.67 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/probo/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/probo/financials Advertising and Promotional expenses Employee Benefit Information technology expenses Legal professional charges Miscellaneous expenses Others To check complete Expense Breakdown visit thekredible.com View full data The multifold scale and controlled expenditure helped Probo to turnaround its fundamentals and register a profit of Rs 3.71 crore in FY23 as compared to Rs 30.43 crore loss in FY22. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin recorded at -2% and -4.6% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.14 to earn a rupee in FY23. Probo has raised around $18-20 million across several rounds. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Peak XV is the largest external stakeholder with 21.72% followed by Elevation Capital and The Fundamentum Partnership. Its co-founders Gupta and Garg cumulatively command 45.5% stake in the company. FY22-FY23 FY22 FY23 EBITDA Margin -761% -4.6% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹12.93 ₹1.14 ROCE -17% -2% The ‘prediction’ business remains a very young, although promising avenue for growth in India. As the market evolves, expect the industry to change too, creating many winners and losers, somewhat like their users like to predict. For Probo, the experience it has already acquired along with a user base, besides the obvious advantage of low to zero burn now, positions the firm very well to build on this base.

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