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Square Yards to raise Rs 2,000 Cr via IPO at $1.5-$2 Bn valuation

EntrackrEntrackr · 1d ago
Square Yards to raise Rs 2,000 Cr via IPO at $1.5-$2 Bn valuation
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Square Yards to raise Rs 2,000 Cr via IPO at $1.5-$2 Bn valuation Proptech platform Square Yards is eyeing to raise Rs 2,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) at a valuation of $1.5–2 billion, sources aware of the development told Entrackr. The Gurugram-based company is in the process of appointing investment bankers and is likely to file its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) within the current financial year. “The planned Rs 2,000 crore Initial public offering (IPO) will be split equally between primary and secondary components, said a source. “A significant portion of the funds raised will be used to provide an exit opportunity for early investors and to reduce the company’s debt.” Founded in 2013, Square Yards is a proptech platform that provides end-to-end real estate services, including property discovery, buying and selling, mortgage assistance, home furnishing, rentals, and property management. Square Yards operates in more than 100 cities across nine countries and has 150,000 agent partners. Square Yards has raised a total of $200 million of funding to date, having Reliance Group as its lead investor, which has an 8% stake in the company. According to another source, the founders of the company are expected to hold more than 50% stake after the IPO. Square Yards is targeting Rs 2,000 crore of revenue and Rs 200 crore EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax and depreciation) by the end of the current fiscal year (FY26). During the previous fiscal year, Square Yards reported 40.9% year-on-year growth in its operating revenue to Rs 1410 crore, while its gross profits soared by 51.9% to Rs 316 crore in FY25, compared to Rs 208 crore in FY24.

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Square Yards posts Rs 261 Cr revenue in Q1 FY25; projects Rs 1,500 Cr in FY25

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Square Yards posts Rs 261 Cr revenue in Q1 FY25; projects Rs 1,500 Cr in FY25
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Proptech firm Square Yards has announced its results for the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year. The Gurugram-based company saw a 52% increase in its revenue during Q1 FY25 compared to Q1 FY24. Square Yards’ revenue from operations surged to Rs 261 crore in Q1 FY25, with a gross transaction value of Rs 10,053 crore, compared to Rs 172 crore in revenue and a gross transaction value of Rs 6,674 crore in Q1 FY24, the company said in a press release. In the fiscal year ending March 2024, the company reported revenue of Rs 1,004 crore with EBITDA profitability. However, the net losses of Square Yards stood at Rs 216 crore FY24. Income from financial services along with real estate services formed 83% of the total operating revenue for Square Yards which increased 48% and 61% YoY respectively. The press release added that its digital services also saw an impressive growth of 145% in the same period. Square Yards is a full-stack proptech platform, playing the entire consumer journey including search, discovery, transactions, mortgages, home furnishing, rentals, and property management. The company claims to have more than 8 million monthly traffic and approximately $5 billion GTV with a presence in more than 100 cities across 9 countries. In the first quarter of the current fiscal year (Q1 FY25), Square Yards reported a gross profit of Rs 25 crore with a negative EBITDA margin of Rs 32 crore, compared to a gross profit of Rs 15 crore and a negative EBITDA margin of Rs 29 crore in Q1 FY24. The company has projected Rs 1,506 crore revenue in the full year of FY25 up from Rs 1,004 crore in FY24 with a positive EBITDA of Rs 101 crore.

Square Yards breaches Rs 1,000 Cr revenue in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable in Q4

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Square Yards breaches Rs 1,000 Cr revenue in FY24, turns EBITDA profitable in Q4
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Proptech firm Square Yards has crossed the 1,000 crore revenue mark during the fiscal year ending in March 2024, according to the company’s provisional financial statement reviewed by Entrackr. The Gurugram-based company saw around 50% growth in its total revenue in FY24 to Rs 1,000 crore from Rs 663 crore in FY23. The operating revenue stood at Rs 996.13 crore. Mortgages and real estate services contributed 88% to the firm’s coffers. It earned the remaining 12% from interior and digital products. Square Yards is a full-stack proptech platform, playing the entire consumer journey including search, discovery, transactions, mortgages, home furnishing, rentals and property management. During FY24, Square Yards’ GTV (Gross Transaction Value) grew more than 76% to Rs 40,828 crore from Rs 22,871 crore during FY23. The number of transactions also jumped 50% from 1.08 lakh to 1.66 lakh during the period. Coming to the company’s expenses breakdown, employee benefit remains the largest cost center forming 43% of the overall cost. This cost grew 17% to Rs 534 crore in FY24 from Rs 456 crore in FY23, according to the provisional financial statement for FY24. Check the full breakdown below: The company also claims to have reached EBITDA profitability (adjusting for ESOPs expense) in Q4 FY24. After including all expenses, the EBITDA loss in the last fiscal year (FY24) was approximately Rs 25 crore ($3 million). The firm also claimed to have an operating cash flow breakeven during the second half of FY24 after a negative cash flow (Rs 56 crore) during the first half of the last financial year. When we see the company’s growth in the last three years, its compound annual growth rate (CAGR) stood at 60% during FY21 to FY24. The company expects to close its FY25 with Rs 1,500 crore ($180 million) revenue and double-digit margins in the coming years. Square Yards achieved the growth even without external fundraise in the last two fiscal years (FY23 and FY24). The firm raised $25 million as debt in July 2021 from Hong Kong-based investment manager ADM Capital. It was valued at around $300 million during the last equity fundraise in 2019 and since then it has quadrupled in revenues. Square Yards operates in more than 100 cities across nine countries and has 150,000 agent partners. According to the provisional documents, the company’s current monthly visitors stand at over 8 million. The company competes with PropTiger and AnaRock in real estate services while its digital products and services vertical competes with Magicbricks, 99acres, Housing, NoBroker and NestAway. As an integrated player, Square Yards’ mortgage vertical ‘Urban Money’ competes with Andromeda & Paisabazaar and its home renovation vertical ‘Interior Company’ competitors include LivSpace and HomeLane among several others. At Entrackr, we had gone as far as predicting a possible full year of profitability for Square Yards after its FY23 results. What that demonstrates is the firm has a selling template in place that is delivering, and delivering consistently. With the real estate market continuing to be buoyant, Square Yards is set to have a record breaking FY25 as well, with the only question that remains to be answered being about its resilience when the tide turns.

Baron Capital values Swiggy at $14.7 Bn

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Baron Capital values Swiggy at $14.7 Bn
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US Investor Baron Capital has valued food-tech company Swiggy at $14.74 billion as of June 2024, according to regulatory filings with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is nearly 2.6% down from its last $15.1 billion valuation estimates by Baron Capital in March. The valuation dip in June appears to be a result of rupee depreciation. This comes at a time when Swiggy is gearing up for its initial public offering (IPO). The Bengaluru-based firm received shareholders’ nod to float its $1.25 billion IPO and it reportedly filed papers with SEBI via a confidential route in May. The food tech company will raise up to Rs 3,750 crore ($450 million) via fresh issue of equity shares and an offer for sale of up to an aggregate amount of Rs 6,664 crore ($800 million) in its initial public offering. Swiggy recorded Rs 5,476 crore in revenue from operations and a Rs 1,600 crore loss during the first three quarters of the financial year FY24. Entrackr had exclusively reported financial numbers and a secondary pitch by the company in April. Ahead of the IPO, Swiggy also rolled out its fifth ESOP liquidity programme worth $65 million in July. It claims to have enabled over Rs 1,000 Cr of ESOPs liquidity over the five events which benefited 3,200 employees. Swiggy’s rival Zomato is currently valued at $28.3 billion, as per stock exchange data. The Deepinder Goyal-led firm posted Rs 4,206 crore in revenue with Rs 253 crore in profits in the first quarter of FY24. According to the UBS report, Zomato’s order growth increased by 1.6% MoM in July while Swiggy’s order growth decreased by 4.6%. On a year-on-year basis, Zomato registered 29% growth as compared to 11% growth by Swiggy.

Fidelity marks up IPO-bound Lenskart's valuation to $6.1 Bn

EntrackrEntrackr · 25d ago
Fidelity marks up IPO-bound Lenskart's valuation to $6.1 Bn
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Fidelity marks up IPO-bound Lenskart's valuation to $6.1 Bn The development comes as Lenskart prepares for its initial public offering (IPO), with plans to raise $1 billion at a targeted valuation of $10 billion. Fidelity has revised the valuation of omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart to $6.1 billion, as per its latest monthly portfolio holdings update. In November, Fidelity valued the Peyush Bansal-led company at $5.6 billion. In June 2024, Lenskart raised $200 million via a secondary round, followed by a $20 million investment led by Bansal. As of now, the company has secured nearly $1 billion and reached a valuation of $5 billion during the secondary deal in which Fidelity also participated. Just last week, the company converted its holding entity from a private limited to a public limited company, a move exclusively reported by Entrackr. Media reports also suggested that Lenskart is set to file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) confidentially with the markets regulator by the end of this month. Lenskart inched closer to profitability in FY24, with losses narrowing sharply by 84% to Rs 10 crore from Rs 63 crore in FY23. The company’s revenue from operations rose by 43% to Rs 5,427.7 crore in FY24. Its FY25 result has yet to be reported. Lenskart is also exploring the acquisition of location intelligence startup GeoIQ.

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