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Cult.fit picks bankers for Rs 2,500 Cr IPO

EntrackrEntrackr · 3m ago
Cult.fit picks bankers for Rs 2,500 Cr IPO
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Fitness tech company Cult.fit has chosen banks to manage its upcoming IPO, according to a CNBC-TV18 report. The selected banks include Axis Capital, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JM Financial. As per the report, the company plans to raise Rs 2,500 crore (nearly $300 million) through the IPO, which would value it at nearly $2 billion. To date, Cult.fit has raised over $670 million from investors including Zomato, Tata Digital, Temasek, Kalaari Capital, and South Park Commons, among others. In November 2021, Zomato invested $100 million to acquire a 6.4% stake in Cult.fit, valuing it at $1.56 billion at the time. Founded by Myntra co-founder Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori, Cult.fit operates over 500 gyms across multiple cities in India. Apart from gyms, the company also runs Eat.fit, a healthy meal delivery service that contributes 24.5% of its revenue. While Nagori has already left Cult.fit to lead its hived-off cloud kitchen vertical, Curefoods, Bansal took on the role of the company’s executive chairman last year. The company also elevated its co-founder Naresh Krishnaswamy to the position of chief executive officer. As per TheKredible, Cult.fit reported a 33.6% increase in its operating revenue to Rs 927 crore in FY24 compared to Rs 694 crore in FY23. It reported a steady loss of Rs 535 crore in FY24, slightly up from Rs 534 crore in FY23.

Cult.fit elevates Naresh Krishnaswamy as CEO, Mukesh Bansal becomes chairman

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Cult.fit elevates Naresh Krishnaswamy as CEO, Mukesh Bansal becomes chairman
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Fitness tech company Cult.fit has elevated its co-founder Naresh Krishnaswamy as the chief executive officer. He will succeed co-founder and long-time CEO Mukesh Bansal, who now takes over the role of the company’s executive chairman. Krishnaswamy already took over the position of the CEO in October last year, according to his Linkedin profile. The company, however, did not announce it formally then. A Cult.fit spokesperson confirmed the development. Before moving to the top position, Krishnaswamy was the head of finance of Cult.fit for more than three years and also handled growth and business division of the firm for more than two-and-half years. Before Cult.fit, he was associated with e-commerce firm Myntra for nearly six years. Following Tata Digital’s first investment of $75 million in Cult.fit in June 2021, Bansal joined the former as president. Though, he continued to hold the top role at the Cult.fit. Cult.fit recently raised around $10.2 million in an extended Series F round led by existing backer Valecha Investments. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Bansal holds a 10.5% stake in the company. Entrackr exclusively reported the fundraise in February. In January, Cult.fit announced laying off around 150 employees. As per the company, the move was a part of a regular annual operating planning process. During Covid-19 pandemic, it had fired around 800 employees and permanently closed many of its fitness centres across the country. Cult.fit turned unicorn in November 2021 when Deepinder Goyal-led Zomato acquired a 6.4% stake in the company in a $100 million deal. In FY23, Cult.fit’s revenue from operations surged 3.2X to Rs 694 crore from Rs 216 crore in the previous fiscal year. While it managed to reduce losses by 20% to Rs 551 crore (excluding the exceptional items or non-cash expenses) in FY23 from Rs 688 crore in FY22. The company is yet to disclose its FY24 numbers.

Mohit Gupta, Mukesh Bansal’s omnichannel fashion startup Lyskraft raises $26 million in seed funding

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Mohit Gupta, Mukesh Bansal’s omnichannel fashion startup Lyskraft raises $26 million in seed funding
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Former Zomato executive Mohit Gupta and Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal have raised $26 million in seed funding for their omnichannel fashion startup Lyskraft. The investment will be used to build an online marketplace for premium brands, starting with women's fashion and expanding into other lifestyle categories. The funding round was led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from investors such as Prosus, Sofina, and DST Global. Gupta will serve as the CEO of Lyskraft, while Bansal will be a strategic advisor and shareholder. The company aims to capture a significant portion of India's premium fashion market, which is estimated to be worth billions of dollars.

Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round

EntrackrEntrackr · 9m ago
Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round
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Sourjyendu Medda, co-founder of social commerce platform DealShare, has ventured into the sportstech space with his new startup, Sports For Life, which aims to invest in and support the sports ecosystem in India, focusing on providing athletes with the necessary resources to excel. While Sports For Life has yet to announce its official launch, the Bengaluru-based startup has raised seed funding from individual investors and early-stage venture capital firm Roots Ventures. The board of Sports For Life’s parent company, Jambavan Academy, has passed a special resolution to issue 3,000 Seed CCPS to raise Rs 9.5 crore, according to its regulatory filings accessed by Entrackr. Roots Ventures invested Rs 5 crore, while ML Tondon and Sons HUF and Blume Ventures pumped in Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore, respectively. The rest of the amount was poured in by Kunal Shah’s QED Innovation and Himanshu Arora. According to TheKredible, the company is valued at Rs 36.65 crore ($4.3 million) following this seed round. Following the fresh funding, Roots Ventures has become the largest external stakeholder with a 12.08% stake, followed by ML Tandon HUF and Blume Ventures. Co-founders Sourjyendu Medda and Armaan Tandon collectively hold 66.83% of the company. See TheKredible for the detailed shareholding pattern. According to the firm’s website, Sports For Life is investing in sports academies across India, with the goal of creating a sports ecosystem that elevates the overall standard of sports in the country. Medda, who was one of the co-founders and a board member of DealShare before leaving in January, has also roped in Armaan Tandon, a former data and operations analyst at Cartesian, as a co-founder of Sports For Life. In 2024, several prominent startup founders have launched new ventures, many of which have already secured initial funding. Notable launches include ZeroPe by BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, OppDoor by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, Unikon by Bella Vita founder Aakash Anand, Gabit by Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta, Callmatic by Mitron TV co-founder Shivank Agarwal, and Lyskraft and Nurix AI by Cult.fit co-founder Mukesh Bansal.

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