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GetVantage launches Rs 100 Cr Rise-Up Fund for women entrepreneurs

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GetVantage launches Rs 100 Cr Rise-Up Fund for women entrepreneurs
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Alternative-financing fintech platform GetVantage has announced the launch of its Rise-Up Fund which is dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs’ businesses with the capital. With an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore, This non-dilutive fund aims to deploy the capital in the next 12 months. GetVantage has also announced a partnership with diversity-focused network Encubay. Founded in 2020 by Bhavik Vasa, GetVantage is an alternative funding marketplace and growth platform that provides non-dilutive capital to SMEs. It facilitates data-driven investments from Rs 5 lakhs to Rs 20 crore to scale growth for businesses. According to the Mumbai-based firm, it will disburse the funds through its own NBFC GetGrowth Capital, along with Varanium’s Debt Fund partnership, among other NBFCs and AIFs. In January, it announced its SaaS Accelerator Fund II with a corpus of Rs 250 crore. According to GetVantage, its platform provides various non-dilutive working capital solutions for marketing, inventory, logistics, and other recurring CapEx to businesses across sectors, including B2B SaaS, eCommerce, D2C, edtech, cloud kitchens, and many more. The company says that it has registered more than 15,000 signups on its platform and invested in over 850 new-age businesses in India. GetVantage added that it has previously partnered with women’s community leap.club in 2023 to drive engagement amongst women entrepreneurs across India. The partnership brought women founders, investors, and enablers together via community outreach helping forge strong connections, conversations, and growth. According to a report by the World Economic Forum and IFC, women-led businesses in India faced an unmet credit gap of more than $11.4 billion, and these same women founders received only 5.2% of the outstanding credit granted to enterprises by Indian public sector banks.

Auxilo reports Rs 528 Cr revenue and Rs 112 Cr PAT in FY25

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Auxilo reports Rs 528 Cr revenue and Rs 112 Cr PAT in FY25
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Auxilo reports Rs 528 Cr revenue and Rs 112 Cr PAT in FY25 Auxilo’s revenue from operations grew 48.3% to Rs 528 crore in FY25, up from Rs 356 crore in FY24, as per its annual financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies. After doubling its revenue in FY24, education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC) Auxilo has delivered another strong performance in FY25, going past Rs 500 crore in revenue and posting over Rs 100 crore in profit after tax (PAT). The Mumbai-based NBFC provides education loans to students pursuing higher studies in India and abroad. Its offerings cover the complete cost of education, including tuition fees, pre-visa expenses, travel, and other related costs. Interest income formed the bulk of its business, contributing 90.5% of total operating revenue, which grew 49.4% to Rs 478 crore in FY25. Fees, commissions, and other operating income collectively stood at Rs 50 crore during the year. Including other income of Rs 16 crore, Auxilo’s total revenue reached Rs 544 crore in FY25. On the expenditure side, interest costs accounted for 71.5% of total expenses, rising in line with disbursements to Rs 282 crore in FY25. Employee benefits were recorded at Rs 56 crore, while overall costs increased to Rs 394 crore in FY25, compared to Rs 275 crore in FY24. The company’s controlled cost structure supported profitability, leading to a 62.3% jump in PAT to Rs 112 crore in FY25, against Rs 69 crore in FY24. Auxilo’s expense-to-revenue ratio also improved to 0.75 in FY25. Earlier this year, Auxilo raised Rs 50 crore from Motilal Oswal. Since its inception, it has secured over $100 million across equity and debt. The company competes with other well-funded education-financing players such as Grayquest, Avanse Financial, Financepeer, Propelld, Leap Finance, and Eduvanz.

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