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SaaS unicorn Amagi acquires Argoid AI

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SaaS unicorn Amagi acquires Argoid AI
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Amagi, a cloud media SaaS technology firm, has announced the acquisition of Argoid AI, an AI company specializing in recommendation engines and programming automation for OTT platforms. By integrating Argoid AI’s advanced algorithms into Amagi’s existing platform, this acquisition will significantly boost the functionality of Amagi’s product suite, Amagi NOW and CLOUDPORT offerings. This will enable the media companies to make faster, smarter, and personalized content scheduling decisions at scale. With the acquisition, Argoid’s founders, Gokul Muralidharan, Soundararajan Velu, and Chackaravarthy E, will join the Amagi team. Argoid AI has developed innovative AI products that enhance content recommendations and enable real-time programming decisions. According to the company, its solutions have been pivotal in increasing viewer engagement and optimizing channel operations for customers in the streaming media space. Amagi has emerged as a rare comeback story in the B2B SaaS space. The company pivoted in 2018 from providing advertising solutions for local businesses on television channels to a SaaS-based monetization platform for TV networks and content owners. Amagi achieved unicorn status after securing $95 million in a new funding round led by existing investor Accel in March 2022 along with an additional $110 million in November. According to media reports, it was in discussions to raise $250 million in a forthcoming round. According to data intelligence platform, TheKredible, Amagi’s revenue from operations spiked to Rs 879.15 crore during the last fiscal year from Rs 680 crore in FY23.

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Amagi converts to public entity ahead of IPO plans

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Amagi converts to public entity ahead of IPO plans
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Amagi, a leading cloud-based media SaaS company, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) and has taken a concrete step by converting its holding company into a public entity. The board of Amagi has approved a resolution to change its status to a public company and rename it from "Amagi Media Labs Private Limited" to "Amagi Media Labs Limited," according to its regulatory filing. As per media reports, Amagi is planning to raise Rs 3,200 crore through a public listing and has appointed Kotak Mahindra Capital, Citigroup, IIFL Capital, and Goldman Sachs as book-running lead managers. Earlier this month, the Accel-backed company also appointed Ira Gupta and Giridhar Sanjeevi as independent directors to meet the regulatory requirements of the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Amagi is a cloud-based media SaaS company offering solutions for content creation, distribution, and monetization. Its platform enables broadcasters to virtualize operations and deliver personalized ads for clients such as Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, Rakuten TV, and Paramount. As per the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the SaaS unicorn Amagi has raised approximately $340 million to date from prominent investors such as Premji Invest, Accel, General Atlantic, and others. The company, which established a steady revenue stream after navigating a difficult pivot, attained unicorn status in March 2022 following its largest funding round—a $100 million investment led by General Atlantic. During the fiscal year ending March 2024, the company recorded 29% year-on-year growth in its operating revenue to Rs 879 crore while managing to reduce its losses by 23.7% to Rs 245 crore in FY24.

Amagi appoints independent directors ahead of IPO

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Amagi appoints independent directors ahead of IPO
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Amagi, a cloud-based media SaaS company, has appointed two independent directors in compliance with the Companies Act, ahead of filing its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The board at Amagi has appointed Ira Gupta and Giridhar Sanjeevi as independent directors of the company, its regulatory filings accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Gupta currently serves as an Independent Director at SRF Limited and Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company. Previously, she was Head of HR at Microsoft India and held leadership roles at GlaxoSmithKline. The details about Sanjeevi couldn’t be ascertained. As per media reports, Amagi is planning to raise Rs 3,200 crore through public listing, and has appointed Kotak Mahindra Capital, Citigroup, IIFL Capital, and Goldman Sachs as book-running lead managers. Amagi is a cloud-based media SaaS company offering solutions for content creation, distribution, and monetization. Its platform enables broadcasters to virtualize operations and deliver personalized ads for clients such as Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, Rakuten TV, and Paramount. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the SaaS unicorn has raised around $340 million to date from investors including Premji Invest, Accel, General Atlantic and others. Amagi, which had secured a stable revenue stream following a challenging pivot, became a unicorn in March 2022 after raising $100 million in its largest funding round led by General Atlantic. During the fiscal year ending March 2024, the company recorded 29% year-on-year growth in its operating revenue to Rs 879 crore while managing to reduce its losses by 23.7% to Rs 245 crore in FY24. Several companies gearing up for their IPOs—such as Zepto, Milky Mist, PhysicsWallah, and Shadowfax—have recently added independent directors to their boards to comply with SEBI’s regulatory norms. In April, Zepto brought on Akhil Gupta, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, as an independent director. That same month, Milky Mist appointed Radha Venkatakrishnan and Mallika S. Janakiraman as additional (independent) directors. Earlier, edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah and logistics startup Shadowfax each named three independent directors in March and February, respectively.

Amagi revenue jumps 29% to Rs 880 Cr in FY24, collects 67% income from US

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Amagi revenue jumps 29% to Rs 880 Cr in FY24, collects 67% income from US
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Amagi, a cloud media SaaS technology firm, showed strong growth and managed to reduce its losses in the last fiscal year. In November 2023, Amagi raised over $100 million at a valuation of $1.4 billion, which appears to have contributed to its over 29% YoY growth in FY24. Amagi’s revenue from operations spiked to Rs 879.15 crore during the last fiscal year from Rs 680 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. The Bengaluru-based firm earned additional Rs 63 crore from interests and investments which took its total revenue to Rs 942 core in FY24. Amagi provides content owners with solutions to launch, distribute, and monetize live linear channels on free, ad-supported television and video service platforms. The company makes money through two key products: Thunderstorm, a server-side ad insertion platform for over-the-top (OTT) content publishers, and Cloudport, a broadcast-grade channel playout platform for both TV and OTT. Globally, the United States remains the largest market for the Accel Partners-backed company which accounted for 67.3% of its total revenue or Rs 591.5 crore during the last fiscal year. Collections from the United Kingdom formed 13.1% of total income which increased 31.10% to Rs 115.5 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Meanwhile, India contributed less than 1% of its total collection which dropped by 54.29% year-on-year to Rs 8 crores. This decline indicates that the local market is the least preferred one for Amagi. Revenue from other geographies spiked 78.95% to Rs 164.1 crore in FY24. With Rs 66.34 crore, employee benefit expenses were the largest component which increased by 10.8% in FY24. Depreciation and amortization expenses rose by 84% to Rs 16.3 crore whereas finance costs also grew 58% to Rs 5.2 crore in the last fiscal year. Other operational costs such as information technology (IT), legal and professional stood at Rs 49.33 crore. In the end, its total expenditure increased 15.46% to Rs 1,189 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,039 crore in FY23. Amagi managed to reduce its losses by 23.7% to Rs 245 crore in FY24. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -24.43% and -22.86%, respectively. On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 1.34 to earn a rupee of operating revenue in FY24. Amagi reported cash and cash equivalents of Rs 262.9 crore in FY24, down from Rs 740 crore in FY23. The company held Rs 514 crore in other bank balances in the last fiscal from zero in FY23. Meanwhile, trade receivables increased to Rs 252 crore in FY24 from Rs 204 crore in the previous year. Amagi achieved unicorn status after securing $95 million in a new funding round led by existing investor Accel in March 2022 along with an additional $110 million in November. According to media reports, it was in discussions to raise $250 million in a forthcoming round. Amagi has emerged as a rare comeback story in the B2B SaaS space. The company pivoted in 2018 from providing advertising solutions for local businesses on television channels to a SaaS-based monetization platform for TV networks and content owners. After the pivot, Amagi remained out of the public eye and media attention for four years, but the shift proved successful, with revenue from the U.S. market beginning to flow in. During FY21, the company reported an operating revenue of Rs 219 crore along with a profit of Rs 20.7 crore. This remarkable turnaround attracted its early backer Accel, leading a $95 million funding round at a valuation of over $1 billion in March 2022. Amagi’s continued growth and reduction in losses year-on-year suggest that its founders and board may be preparing for an IPO in the near future. Although the company has discussed potential listings since July 2022, no concrete roadmap has yet been outlined.

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