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Groww Creditserv’s loan book grows to Rs 965 crore by June

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 9m ago
Groww Creditserv’s loan book grows to Rs 965 crore by June
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- Groww Creditserv Technologies (GCS), the NBFC arm of Groww, witnessed a significant increase in its proprietary loan book, reaching around Rs 965 crore as of June 2024. - GCS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Billionbrains Garage Ventures, primarily focuses on providing personal loans and consumer durable loans for household essentials. - GCS started its full-scale operations in April 2023, initially offering unsecured loans, and later expanded its consumer durable lending business to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. - In July 2024, GCS completed a pass-through certificate transaction, selling loan assets to investors and plans to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs) to support its growth. - Groww's core broking business reported a net profit of Rs 297 crore in 2023-24, four times higher than the previous financial year, solidifying its position as the largest broking platform in India with over 10 million active investors. - Earlier this year, Groww relocated its domicile to India from the US, aligning with the growing trend among Indian startups to leverage India's maturing startup ecosystem.

Exclusive: Trading app Investmint halts services; explores M&A deal

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Trading app Investmint halts services; explores M&A deal
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Signal-based trading app Investmint has halted its services as the company found it difficult to figure out a reliable business model, sources aware of the development told Entrackr. In October 2022, Investmint raised $2 million in Seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from other angel investors. As per sources, the firm had decent traction with substantial money left from the last fundraise but the team couldn’t translate them into monetization. “Investmint has been exploring acquisition opportunities with well capitalized wealth management companies,” said one of the sources requesting anonymity. Founded in February 2022 by Aakash Goel and Mohit Chitlangia, Investmint used to assist users in arriving at investment decisions and managing wealth with data backed signals. “If the acquisitions talks won’t materialize, the company may return remaining capital to its backers,” said another source who also requested anonymity. The company’s spokesperson confirmed that the team has discontinued Investmint as a product and is re-evaluating its offerings. “We’re in late-stage talks with a few big players for M&A,” the spokesperson said. A clutch of startups have returned or are in the process of returning investors’ money after their startup failed to find a product market fit (PMF) or sustainable business model. Earlier this year, Nintee, a digital health startup launched by Wingify founder Paras Chopra, announced shutting down its operations. The firm also announced that it will return the majority of funding it raised from the investors. As per an ET report, fashion startups Virgio and Fashinz are planning to return most of the capital they raised from the investors after a failed pivot. Virgio has raised nearly $40 million while Fashinza has scooped up over $150 million in funding to date. While the majority of investors don’t like to exit out from a portfolio company with a slice of their original investment, the trend of returning capital by founders seems to be a progressive one. After all, there is no point in being stuck when things aren’t working out for long.

Edtech startup PhysicsWallah to launch 26 Vidyapeeth offline centres

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Edtech startup PhysicsWallah to launch 26 Vidyapeeth offline centres
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Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah on Friday said it is launching 26 offline centres across India, in as many cities. The centres are called PW Vidyapeeth. Currently, the Noida-based startup has 67 centres operational in 38 cities. The offline centres will offer a curriculum for engineering and medical entrance examinations. “By expanding our tech enabled offline Vidyapeeth Centres across cities, our goal is to ensure access to quality education for students in their own towns, eliminating the need for them to relocate to education hubs in distant cities,” said Ankit Gupta, CEO of the startup’s offline centres vertical. The company had reportedly rolled out 50 offline centres in May this year, with an investment of around Rs 82 crore in technologies. In July, it launched the PW Institute of Innovation (PW IOI), a four-year residential programme in computer science and AI.Founded by Alakh Pandey and Prateek Maheshwari, PhysicsWallah gained unicorn status last year, when it raised $100 million in its maiden funding round from WestBridge Capital and GSV Ventures, at a valuation of more than $1.1 billion. For the financial year through March 2022, it reported standalone operating revenue of Rs 232.48 crore, a nine-fold increase from the previous year. Net profit for FY22 increased to Rs 97.8 crore from Rs 6.93 crore. Also read | Upskilling companies see brisk business as K-12, test prep stall The broader offline play Post-pandemic, edtech startups have been reeling under the pressure as demand for online and digital education in the K-12 and examination preparation has gone down. This has prompted players such as Byju’s, Unacademy and Vedantu to invest in offline centres.While Unacademy announced multiple rounds of layoffs, it also expanded its offline centres from 10 to around 58, in the first half of 2023. Vedantu also counts its hybrid centres as one of its key growth levers. The Tiger Global-backed startup had bought a majority stake in offline test prep business Deeksha for $40 million. ET had reported in December about how major edtechs across the board are expected to move away from the K-12 business model and focus on priorities such as a bigger offline play in 2023. In Byju’s case, its 302 offline tuition centres across 143 towns also double up as office spaces. Each has an office room for sales staff. This has helped ease the Bengaluru-based startup’s real estate spaces consolidation plans that have gone hand-in-hand with its layoffs. Experience Your Economic Times Newspaper, The Digital Way!Front PagePure PoliticsCompanies & EconomyCompaniesLearn more about our print editionMoreRIL may Sell 8-10% More in Rel Retail VenturesReliance Industries is likely to sell another 8-10% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) to fund expansion, retire debt and prepare for the initial public offering of the conglomerate’s retail business, two senior industry executives aware of the plans said.Brics Set to Add 6 New Members from N Africa, Gulf and LatAmBrics is set to add heft to the grouping of emerging economies as it announced on Thursday the inclusion of six new members, including India’s key partners in the Gulf and North Africa, a development that Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a message that “all global institutions need to transform considering the changing times”.Strong Signals from Investors, Vi may Get Much-needed Cash SoonVodafone Idea (Vi) is closer to tying up its much-delayed equity funding with chief executive Akshaya Moondra informing the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the telco has term sheets from several potential investors. Read More News onphysicswallahoffline centresedtechunicornvidyapeeth centres Stay on top of technology and startup news that matters. Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest and must-read tech news, delivered straight to your inbox. InvestingGQG Partners rescues Adani stocks from Deloitte fiasco. But primary fundraise is a bigger issue.Under the lensHow Ireo’s Lalit Goyal allegedly siphoned off INR1,800 crore to his offshore entitiesEconomyThe phoenix-like rise of private capex, and why we should thank ‘creative destruction’ for this

Ixigo posts Rs 656 Cr revenue and Rs 73 Cr PAT in FY24

EntrackrEntrackr · 12m ago
Ixigo posts Rs 656 Cr revenue and Rs 73 Cr PAT in FY24
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Le Ventures Private Limited, the parent company of Ixigo, has released its annual results for the fiscal year ended March 2024. The Gurugram-based company saw a 31% year-on-year increase in its revenue along with the profits spiking over 3X in the same period. Ixigo’s revenue from operations grew 31% to Rs 656 crore in FY24 from Rs 501 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) show. On a sequential basis, the firm recorded a modest 3.3% decrease in its revenue to Rs 164.8 crore in Q4 FY24 from Rs 170.5 crore in Q3 FY24. Ixigo primarily generates income from convenience fees and commissions on train, airline, and bus ticket reservations. Train reservations contributed 56.4% of the total revenue, rising by 24.2% to Rs 370 crore in FY24. Income from airlines and buses stood at Rs 146 crore and Rs 132 crore, respectively in FY24. The company also generated Rs 9.2 crore from interest and financial assets which took its total income to Rs 665 crore in FY24. During FY24, Ixigo had 480 million annual active users. Its flights business saw 77% YoY growth in passenger segments with total booking of 95.6 million in the last fiscal year. Akin to most late-stage tech companies, employee benefits accounted for 22.4% of the total expenditure. This cost increased by 12% to Rs 141 crore in FY24 from Rs 126 crore in FY23. The firm’s expenditure on marketing, legal, refunds to customers, fees to its partners, and other overheads took its overall expenditure up by 29.8% to Rs 628 crore in FY24 from Rs 484 crore in FY23. The 31% growth and tight control on overall cost helped Ixigo to post a 213.3% surge in its profits to Rs 73 crore in FY24 from Rs 23.3 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin improved to 14.05% and 11.55%, respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 0.96 to earn a rupee in FY24. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin 6.31% 11.55% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹0.97 ₹0.96 ROCE 5.02% 14.05% Ixigo went public on June 18 and its IPO was oversubscribed by 98.3X while the portion of non-institutional investors (NIIs) oversubscribed by 110.5 times. The company also saw nearly an 80% surge in its valuation when compared to pre IPO round. With its current stock price at Rs 167 versus the IPO price of Rs 93, Ixigo will certainly face the challenge of delivering on high market expectations. While the firm has the benefit of a strong economy that has allowed valuations to expand in the public markets too, it does have to contend with intense competition and pressure on margins in the months ahead. That makes its Q1 results for the June quarter a huge event in terms of providing a pointer to its growth momentum.

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