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Exclusive: Infra.Market raises $27 Mn in equity and debt

EntrackrEntrackr · 10m ago
Exclusive: Infra.Market raises $27 Mn in equity and debt
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Construction goods and services platform Infra.Market is raising up to Rs 150 crore (approximately $18 million) in its Series E2 funding round. The new money hit the company’s coffers just three months after the announcement of $50 million from the Mars Fund. The board at Infra.Market has passed a resolution to issue 7,028 Series E2 preference shares at an issue price of Rs 213438.7 each to raise Rs 150 crore or $18 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Out of the total sum of Rs 150 crores, the company has already received Rs 76.3 crores. Amit Vijaysinh Barad and Barad Sanjay Amarsinh have invested Rs 45 crores together, with the remaining funds contributed by various individual shareholders. Importantly, the Tiger Global-backed company also secured Rs 75 crore ($9 million) in debt funding from Innoven Capital. The firm also closed its Rs 150 crore debt round Yubi In July. According to TheKredible estimates, the company has been valued at around $2.6 billion post-allotment. The new funding seems to be part of a $150-200 million round that the company is eyeing. The firm is also preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), and may file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) soon. Infra.Market has raised around $540 million across equity and debt To date. According to the startup intelligence data platform TheKredible, Tiger Global remains the largest external stakeholder followed by Accel and Nexus Ventures after the allotment of the fresh infusion. Founded by Souvik Sengupta and Aaditya Sharda in 2016, Infra.Market sells construction materials, infrastructure goods, and technical equipment. It is targeting the growing construction materials market, with a strong focus on the infrastructure sector. While the company is yet to file its annual statements for FY24, Infra.Market’s gross revenue rose 89% to Rs 11,846 crore in FY23. Its profit slipped 17% to Rs 155 crore in the same period (FY23). Infra.Market’s competition includes OfBusiness, Moglix, and Zetwerk, MetalBook, among others. Notably, OfBusiness is also eyeing to get listed on stock exchanges in the next fiscal year (FY26).

Infra.Market raises $50 Mn from Mars Unicorn Fund

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Infra.Market raises $50 Mn from Mars Unicorn Fund
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Infra.Market has raised $50 million from MARS Unicorn Fund which is a joint venture of Liquidity Group and MUFG. With this, MARS and Liquidity investment in the company touched $100 million. The two funds previously invested $50 million in Infra.Market in 2022. While the company didn’t disclose its valuation in fresh funding, Infra.Market was reportedly valued at $4 billion in 2022. Founded by Souvik Sengupta and Aaditya Sharda in 2016, Infra.Market sells construction materials, infrastructure goods, and technical equipment. It is targeting the $140 construction materials market, with a strong focus on the infrastructure sector. The company caters to both institutional customers (B2B) and retail outlets (D2R) in the construction materials sector. As per the company, it supplies across 16 states in India and exports to markets such as Dubai, Singapore, Jordan, and Italy, among others. Last year, Infra.Market had divested 10% of its stake worth $20 million in RDC Concrete to investors led by Ashish Kacholia. The former had acquired RDC Concrete for $90 million in September 2021. It also has a majority stake in Strata Geosystems, Equiphunt and Halonix. As of now, Infra.Market has raised around $500 million across equity and debt. According to the startup intelligence data platform TheKredible, Tiger Global was the largest external stakeholder with 21.33% followed by Accel and Nexus Ventures which commanded 16.87% and 8.46%, respectively, before this round. Infra.Market is one of the handful of unicorns in the country which managed over nine-fold growth in gross scale between FY21 and FY23 and remained profitable. As per TheKredible, its gross revenue rose to Rs 11,846 crore in FY23 from Rs 1,240 crore in FY21. During the fiscal year ending March 2023, the firm’s profit slipped 17% to Rs 155 crore from Rs 187 crore in FY22. It competes with Zetwerk, OfBuisness and Moglix.

IPO-bound Ola Electric raises $50 Mn debt from EvolutionX

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
IPO-bound Ola Electric raises $50 Mn debt from EvolutionX
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Ola Electric has raised Rs 410 crore (approximately $50 million) via non-convertible debentures from EvolutionX. The board at Ola Electric has passed a resolution to issue 41,000 NCD (non-convertible debentures) at an issue price of Rs 100,000 each to raise Rs 410 crore, its regulatory filing sourced from RoC shows. This is the second debt financing for Ola Electric in the last six months. In October 2023, it received $385 million in a funding round mix of equity and debt from Temasek-led marquee investors and the State Bank of India (SBI). According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the firm has raised more than $1 billion across equity and debt and was valued at $5.4 million during the last round. ET reported the development first. Ola Electric has been working on its lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility with an initial capacity of 5 gigawatt hours in phase I which will be further scaled up in phases to 100 gigawatt hours at full capacity. Besides focusing on electric scooters, the firm has also introduced its motorcycle line-up scheduled to be launched by the end of this year. In December 2023, Ola Electric filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise Rs 5,500 crore ($660 million). As per the company, it will utilize the primary proceeds for the expansion of the capacity of its cell manufacturing plant, repayment or pre-payment of the indebtedness, investment into research and product development, and general corporate purposes. Ola Electric is the second IPO-bound company that raised debt financing in recent times. Last week, fintech firm MobiKwik raised Rs 50 crore ($6 million) in debt from BlackSoil Capital. Entrackr exclusively reported the development. Temasek-backed EvolutionX has backed notable companies like Udaan, Mensa Brands, PharmEasy and LendingKart.

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