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Exclusive: Rupeek raises fresh funds at 60% valuation cut

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Rupeek raises fresh funds at 60% valuation cut
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Online gold loan platform Rupeek has raised Rs 50 crore from 360 One Large Value Fund (formerly IIFL Wealth Management). Significantly, the company’s valuation nosedived by 60% in the new round. The board at Rupeek has passed a board resolution to issue 1,307 compulsory convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 3,82,492 each to raise Rs 50 crore, its regulatory filing shows. The company will use these funds for growth, expansion, and general corporate activities, as the company’s board decides. During FY24, the company also raised around Rs 43 crore from existing investors such as Peak XV, Bertelsmann, Accel India, and GGV Investments, the filing further shows. According to Fintrackr‘s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 2,050 crore or $250 million post-allotment. This implies that the company raised new money at a 60% haircut in its valuation as compared to Rupeek’s peak valuation of $634 million in January 2022. Recently, an ET report said that Rupeek was in talks to raise funds from Ranjan Pai’ investment office Claypond Capital and Axis Bank at a valuation of $200-250 million. Rupeek provides gold loan services and claims to streamline the entire processing from underwriting to disbursal in 30 minutes. The Binny Bansal-backed company has raised around $150 million to date. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, PeakXV is the largest external stakeholder followed by Accel and Bertelsmann. Its new investor 360 One Large Value Fund holds 2.44% (post-allotment). The Bengaluru-based company is yet to report FY24 numbers but its revenue from operations declined 27.6% to Rs 89 crore in FY23 while the losses stood at Rs 281 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023. The Sumit Maniyar-led firm directly competes with Oro Money, Ruptok, Yellow Metal, and to some extent with PayU-backed Indiagold. There should be no issues on the valuation haircut for Rupeek, considering that its peak valuation was not just at the peak of the funding cycle, but subsequent performance has also failed to justify those numbers. There are far too many founders who get hung up on a specific valuation number, before it is too late to raise fresh funding. Rupeek has clearly focused on the next steps, rather than dwell on the past too much. That it found backers at the new valuation figure also speaks about the credibility the founders retain, despite the tough times in the recent past.

Rupeek raises $15 Mn from Elevation; readies for secondary

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Rupeek raises $15 Mn from Elevation; readies for secondary
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Online gold loan platform Rupeek has secured Rs 125 crore (approximately $15 million) in primary funding from Elevation Capital. This is the second tranche of the new round in which 360 One Large Fund had already put in $6 million during May. The board at Rupeek has passed a special resolution to issue 5,801 compulsory convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 2,15,467 each to raise Rs 125 crore, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. The Bengaluru-based firm appears to close this round at around Rs 250 crore, according to sources aware of the details of the funding. While Rupeek already raised Rs 175 crore ($21 million) from Elevation and 360 One Large Fund, the remaining Rs 75 crore ($9 million) is likely to come from Ranjan Pai’s investment office Claypond Capital, as per sources. “Sumit Maniyar along with employees and Rupeek’s early backer Bertelsmann may dilute around $8-10 million worth shares to Claypond Capital,” said one of the sources requesting anonymity. Queries sent to Maniyar didn’t elicit any response. The Binny Bansal-backed company has raised around $165 million to date. As per the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, PeakXV was the largest external stakeholder followed by Accel and Bertelsmann as of the last tranche. 360 One Large Value Fund holds 2.44% of the firm before this tranche. Rupeek, which provides gold loans, has been struggling to scale and faced 60% erosion in its value. The company’s peak valuation stood at $634 million in January 2022 but its worth nosedived to $250 million in the ongoing round. Entrackr was first to report Rupeek’s down-round. The massive cut in valuation came on the back of Rupeek’s falling scale. Its revenue from operations declined 27.6% to Rs 89 crore in FY23 while the losses stood at Rs 281 crore in the same period. The company is yet to file its annual statements for FY24. The Sumit Maniyar-led firm directly competes with Oro Money, Ruptok, Yellow Metal, and to some extent with PayU-backed Indiagold.

Ola ride-hailing biz falls 11% in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable

EntrackrEntrackr · 6m ago
Ola ride-hailing biz falls 11% in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable
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Ola recorded a 5.5% year-on-year decline in revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2024, indicating no growth during the period. Despite the revenue drop, the firm managed to turn EBITDA profitable, driven by cost reductions in employee benefits and communication costs. Ola’s revenue from operations declined 5.5% to Rs 2,012 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,128 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. Income from Ola's ride-hailing business contributed 87.5% of the total operating revenue in FY24, but it decreased by 11.3% to Rs 1,761 crore, down from Rs 1,985 crore in FY23. Ola's financial services business recorded a 3.6X growth in FY24, with revenue increasing to Rs 227 crore from Rs 63 crore in FY23. This segment focuses on selling insurance policies and providing financing services for vehicle purchases, primarily for Ola Electric. The company also added Rs 192 crore mainly from the interest on deposits which brought its overall income to Rs 2,204 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 2,277 crore in FY23. For Ola's ride-hailing business, transportation costs made up 28.8% of total expenses. Due to reduced mobility, these costs dropped by 15.2% to Rs 607 crore in FY24. Its employee benefit expenses shrank 42% to Rs 334 crore, while telephone and postage costs fell by 28% to Rs 280 crore. Surprisingly, its spending grew 2.6X to Rs 107 crore in FY24. Its legal, rent, and other overheads took the overall cost to Rs 2,107 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,517 crore in FY23. Note: We have excluded the cost of allowance for impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets in the calculation of losses which stood at Rs 319 crore and 149 crore in FY24 and FY23, respectively, due to its non-cash in nature. Despite the decline in its ride-hailing business, Ola effectively controlled its costs, resulting in a loss of Rs 10 crore in FY24, compared to a Rs 623 crore loss in FY23. Notably, the firm becomes EBITDA profitable during the previous fiscal year. On a unit level, the company spent Re 0.89 to earn a rupee of operating revenue during the fiscal year. In August 2024, Bhavish Aggarwal announced that Ola Cabs would be rebranded as Ola Consumer, bringing together its financial services, cloud kitchens, and electric logistics under one platform. The company is also moving closer to its initial public offering (IPO). According to sources, Ola’s parent company, ANI Technologies Private Limited, has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for November 14, 2024, to discuss matters related to the IPO. However, Ola hasn’t provided an official comment on the timeline for its public listing. In August 2024, Aggarwal announced that Ola Cabs would be rebranded as Ola Consumer, integrating financial services, cloud kitchens, and electric logistics under one umbrella. The company has also faced valuation markdowns by its investors in recent years. In August 2024, Vanguard adjusted Ola’s valuation to approximately $2 billion. Earlier, the investment advisor had reduced the valuation to $1.88 billion as of November 30, 2023. This marks a significant decline from 2021, when Ola was valued at $7.3 billion.

Navi's FY24 operating profit falls 50% as loan write-offs surpass Rs 400 Cr

EntrackrEntrackr · 10m ago
Navi's FY24 operating profit falls 50% as loan write-offs surpass Rs 400 Cr
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Navi Finserv, led by Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal, faced challenges scaling its revenue and profitability in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Despite a 6.6% decrease in scale, Navi’s operating profit declined by more than 50%, driven by a fall in collections and an increase in loan write-offs (bad debt). Navi’s revenue from operations decreased to Rs 1,906 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,041 crore in FY23, according to its consolidated annual report. It offers services such as personal and home loans, bill payments, insurance, digital gold, and mutual funds. Interest income made up 84.5% of the total revenue but saw a decline of 12.3%, reaching Rs 1,611 crore in the last fiscal year (FY24). Fees, commissions, gains on fair value, and other financial instruments brought Navi’s total income to Rs 1,909 crore in FY24, down from Rs 2,078 crore in FY23, reflecting an 8.1% year-on-year decrease. As with other lending companies, finance costs were the largest expenditure for Navi, accounting for 37.6% of total expenses. These costs also decreased by 4.8%, reaching Rs 658 crore in FY24. Additionally, Navi reduced employee benefits by 41.9%in FY24. Notably, the firm’s loan write-offs surged 3.2X to Rs 406 crore in FY24, up from Rs 125 crore in FY23. Fees, commissions, software, legal expenses, customer onboarding, and other costs pushed total expenditure to Rs 1,750 crore in FY24. Navi’s shrinking scale and major write-offs led to a 56% decline in operating profits, dropping to Rs 159 crore from Rs 335 crore in FY23. Despite this, the company posted a net profit of Rs 545 crore in FY24, largely due to Rs 429 crore gained from the sale of Svatantra Microfin, a former subsidiary. Svatantra Microfin was sold to Chaitanya India Fin Credit for a total consideration of Rs 1,166 crore in November 2023. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin 16.89% 9.80% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹0.85 ₹0.92 ROCE 12.80% 5.39% According to Entrackr, Navi’s ROCE and EBITDA margins worsened to 5.39% and 12.80%, respectively. On a unit level, it spent Re 0.92 to earn a rupee in the fiscal year ending March 2024.

Spotify's monthly user numbers miss estimates on lower promotions

Economic TimesEconomic Times · 1y ago
Spotify's monthly user numbers miss estimates on lower promotions
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Swedish company Spotify reported Q1 results, with monthly active users (MAU) below its own estimates. Although MAUs increased by 19%, it fell short of Spotify's guidance and analysts' expectations. The company also projected Q2 MAUs at 631 million, missing estimates. Despite this, premium subscribers, who are the main source of revenue, grew by 14% to 239 million, in line with estimates. Spotify has been cutting costs, including through layoffs and reduced marketing expenses, to focus on increasing profits. Gross margins rose to 27.6% in Q1, aided by higher profits in the podcast business. Spotify's revenue for the quarter reached 3.64 billion euros ($3.89 billion), exceeding estimates. The company expects revenue to reach 3.8 billion euros in Q2.

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