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Payment gateway and PoS firm Innoviti closes Series E funding

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Payment gateway and PoS firm Innoviti closes Series E funding
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Payment gateway and point of sales (PoS) provider Innoviti has Rs 70 crore ($8.5 million) in a combination of equity and debt. The second tranche of Series E round was led by Random Walk Solutions, with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners USA, Patni Family Office India, and Alumni Ventures. The Bengaluru-based company raised the first tranche of Series E in April this year. Post closing Series E, the company will be working towards its IPO within the next 12 months. Innoviti provides payment gateway and PoS devices to merchants to collect card-based payments. Its big ticket-size clients include Reliance, Tanishq, and Shoppers Stop among others. As per Innoviti, its enterprise POS solution, uniPAYNext, is operating at an EBITDA of 20%, and growing at a 23% annualized rate while the electronics EMI solution, GENIEPlus, is growing at 80% annually, and operating at a -18% EBITDA. Meanwhile, GENIEPlus is expected to breakeven by the end of this fiscal year (FY25). Overall, the company claims to be operating at an annualized run-rate of Rs 160 crore with an EBITDA of Rs -8 crore. It targets to become operating profitable in the next couple of quarters. While Innoviti is yet to file audited financials for FY24, its operating revenue grew 48% to Rs 110.2 crore in FY23. The company’s ARR and current EBITDA claims indicate a turnaround as its losses stood at Rs 86.5 crore in FY23. Service fees charged from these facilitations were the sole source of operating revenue for Innoviti in FY23. Earlier this year, Innoviti also received the final authorization from RBI to operate as an online payment aggregator.

Ripplr raises $45 Mn from SBI and existing investors

EntrackrEntrackr · 10d ago
Ripplr raises $45 Mn from SBI and existing investors
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Ripplr raises $45 Mn from SBI and existing investors Distribution and supply chain platform Ripplr has raised $45 million in its Series C round from State Bank of India (SBI) and existing investors. Its existing backers include 3one4 Capital, Zephyr Peacock, and Sojitz Corporation. A recent Moneycontrol report said that about $30 to 32 million will come in as primary capital, while roughly $10 million will be raised through a secondary component. Before this, the company raised over $56 million across equity and debt. Ripplr, founded by Abhishek Nehru and Santosh Dabke, runs a tech-first and full-stack distribution network that helps brands digitize and manage their operations from demand to delivery. The platform brings together logistics, on ground execution, inventory intelligence and retailer relationships into one unified layer. The company claims it now reaches about 100,000 retailers and processes hundreds of thousands of orders each month. Ripplr has built this scale by delivering reliable execution in a challenging distribution landscape that demands strong operations and a robust tech backbone. The platform manages supply chains for major consumer companies such as Unilever, Nestle, Tata, Godrej, Nivea and Dabur. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Ripplr’s gross revenue grew by 13% to Rs 1,164 crore in FY25 from Rs 1,028 crore in FY24. The firm posted a loss of Rs 91 crore in FY25, almost identical to Rs 90 crore in the previous year.

Amazon-backed Axio raises $20 Mn via right issue

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Amazon-backed Axio raises $20 Mn via right issue
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Online lending platform Axio (formerly Capital Float) has raised Rs 167 crore (around $20 million) from existing investors via right issue. The board at Axio has passed a special resolution to issue 11,25,000 preference shares at an issue price of Rs 1,486 each to raise Rs 167 crore or $20 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC)shows. The rights issue will be offered to existing shareholders at a ratio of 0.51 shares for every 1 share they currently hold, the filing further added. While the firm didn’t disclose investors’ names, Amazon is likely to have participated with substantial contribution. Amazon was also in talks for complete acquisition of Axio. Entrackr exclusively reported this in July. Amazon is an investor in Axio which participated in the firm’s Rs 144 crore extended Series C round in 2018. Amazon used to own around 8% of the Bengaluru-based lending platform before the fresh round. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Light Rock was the largest external shareholder with 19.42% before this round, followed by Elevation which owned 13.84%. Peak XV, Creation, Amazon, and Ribbit and QED Innovations are its other backers. In a recent statement to the media, Axio’s co-founder Sashank Rishyasringa said that the firm saw 50% jump in its revenue and 95% reduction in its losses in the last fiscal year (FY24). While Axio is yet to disclose the exact numbers of FY24, the Bengaluru-based company reported 2X growth in its revenue to Rs 220 crore in FY23 as compared to Rs 110 crore in FY22. The Lightrock-backed firm’s losses grew marginally to Rs 137 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023.

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