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Winzo ends FY23 with Rs 674 Cr revenue and Rs 126 Cr PAT

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Winzo ends FY23 with Rs 674 Cr revenue and Rs 126 Cr PAT
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Online gaming startup Winzo registered 2.8X growth in its scale during the fiscal year ending March 2023. Significantly, the Delhi-based company also posted a hefty profit of Rs 126 crore in the same period. Winzo’s revenue from operations surged to Rs 674 crore in FY23 from Rs 234 crore in FY22, its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies show. Established in 2018, Winzo offers over 100 games across categories such as strategy, sports, casual, card, arcade, racing, action, and board games. The service fees levied on the total funds involved in real money games, and the sale of digital or in-app vouchers were the only revenue drivers for Winzo. The company also made Rs 16.78 crore from interest (non-operating), taking its total revenue to Rs 691 core in FY23. Similar to every online gaming platform, Winzo spent a major chunk (46% of its total expenditure) on marketing (advertising cum promotions). This cost surged 29.6% to Rs 258 crore in FY23. The firm’s burn on employee benefits, legal-professional, commission paid to agents, direct gaming costs, and other overheads catalyzed its overall expenditure to Rs 564 crore in FY23 from Rs 375 crore in FY22. See TheKredible for the complete expense breakdown. Expense Breakdown Total ₹ 375 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/winzo-games/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/winzo-games/financials Total ₹ 564 Cr https://thekredible.com/company/winzo-games/financials View Full Data To access complete data, visithttps://thekredible.com/company/winzo-games/financials Employee benefit Employee benefit Information technology Information technology Legal professional Legal professional Commission paid to other selling agents Commission paid to other selling agents Advertising promotional Advertising promotional Gaming related direct cost Gaming related direct cost Others To check complete Expense Breakdown visit thekredible.com View full data Caveat: We have excluded the cost of financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit and loss (CCPS) while calculating the total expenses for both years (FY23 and FY22). That said, a notable jump in scale helped Winzo report Rs 126 crore profit in FY23 as compared to a loss of Rs 130 crore in FY22. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin improved to 27% and 19% respectively. On a unit level, the company spent Rs 0.84 to earn a rupee in FY23. FY22-FY23 FY22 FY23 EBITDA Margin -53% 19% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹1.60 ₹0.84 ROCE -39% 27% Winzo has raised around $100 million to date including a $65 million Series C round led by California-based Griffin Gaming Partners in July 2021. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Makers Fund is the largest external stakeholder with 15.77% followed by Griffin Gaming Partners and Courtside Ventures. The significant jump in profits for Winzo underscores the best case scenario for most gaming platforms today. A high fixed cost business till it achieves critical mass in terms of users and fees, and post that, very low cost increases, as most of the incremental money goes to the bottomline. For Winzo, however, future investments will beckon soon, both in terms of new game development as well as the high marketing spends, which it will find tough to tamp down for now. But with a growing gamers user base across the country and with itself, next only to China, maintaining margins may not be as tough. You can be sure that if it does so in FY24, India will have its next high growth Unicorn from gaming to talk about.

WinZO posts Rs 1,055 Cr revenue and Rs 315 Cr profit in FY24

EntrackrEntrackr · 2m ago
WinZO posts Rs 1,055 Cr revenue and Rs 315 Cr profit in FY24
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WinZO posts Rs 1,055 Cr revenue and Rs 315 Cr profit in FY24 The company’s top and bottom lines appear impressive despite a significant policy headwind: a 400% hike in GST on online gaming, which increased to 28% on gross receipts starting October 1, 2023. Gaming publisher WinZO reported a 70% year-on-year surge in operating revenue to Rs 1,055 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024, while its profit after tax (PAT) jumped 2.5X to Rs 315 crore during the same period, according to a company’s press release. The company’s top and bottom lines appear impressive despite a significant policy headwind: a 400% hike in GST on online gaming, which increased to 28% on gross receipts starting October 1, 2023. Since the revised tax rate applied only for half the fiscal year, WinZO expects the full financial impact to be visible in FY25. Founded by Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore, WinZO claims to have 250 million registered users. Backed by 50 developer partners and a lean team of 200 employees, the company also claims to have filed over 50 tech patents. Its game portfolio largely comprises casual titles such as Carrom, Ludo, 8 Ball Pool, and Chess. According to the release, the company facilitated 1 in every 200 UPI transactions in India last year and has built a network of over 75,000 micro-influencers and gaming creators in smaller cities and towns. WinZO has raised $100 million in funding from global investors including Kalaari Capital, Griffin, Courtside Ventures, and Makers Fund. In FY23, the company transitioned to IndAS accounting standards. As a result, it recorded a non-cash expense of Rs 999 crore due to fair value treatment of CCPS as liabilities, not equity.

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