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Qure.ai revenue soars 83% to Rs 141 Cr in FY24, slashes losses

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Healthcare firm Qure.ai recently raised $65 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures and 360 One Asset Management. This investment follows an impressive 83% growth in Qure.ai’s revenue, which surpassed Rs 140 crore in FY24. The Lightspeed-backed firm also reduced its losses by 38.5% in this period. Qure.ai’s revenue from operations grew to Rs 141 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024 from Rs 77 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies show. Qure.ai offers AI-driven solutions designed to assist radiologists and physicians in diagnosing critical conditions such as tuberculosis, lung cancer, and stroke. In the last fiscal year, sales of these tools and software contributed 87.23% of the company’s operating revenue, doubling to Rs 123 crore. The remaining revenue was generated from the sale of healthcare products. In line with many tech and AI-driven companies, employee benefits made up more than half of Qure.ai’s total expenses. These costs surged by 66.2%, rising to Rs 108 crore in FY24 from Rs 65 crore in FY23, with Rs 12 crore allocated to ESOP expenses, a non-cash component. Additional expenses, including costs for materials, communication, travel, advertising, legal, and other overheads, contributed to an 18.2% overall increase in expenses, pushing total costs to Rs 201 crore in FY24 from Rs 170 crore in FY23. See TheKredible for the detailed expense breakup. An over 80% surge in scale, combined with effective cost controls, enabled Qure.ai to cut losses by 38.5%, reducing them to Rs 48 crore in FY24 from Rs 78 crore in FY23. While its EBITDA margin improved, it remained negative at -22.73% in FY24. On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 1.43 to earn a rupee in FY24. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin -78.02% -22.73% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹2.21 ₹1.43 ROCE NA NA The Mumbai-based firm has raised over $120 million to date, including a recent $65 million round. According to startup data platform TheKredible, notable investors in Qure.ai include Peak XV, Lightspeed, Fractal, and Novo Holdings. Large funding rounds of the type Qure.ai has attracted are increasingly available only for firms that have traveled some distance in demonstrating market acceptance. For Qure.ai, that is evident in the topline as well as the spread of more sophisticated diagnostic tools that are available more widely in India today, promising a heady period of strong growth for the foreseeable future.