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

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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.

FreshToHome earns Rs 25 Cr net commission from India in FY23

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FreshToHome earns Rs 25 Cr net commission from India in FY23
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Online fresh meat and seafood ordering platform FreshToHome has been struggling to scale and this is evident from a marginal fall in its revenue during the fiscal year ending March 2023. However, the Bengaluru-based firm managed to cut losses by 22% in the same period. FreshToHome’s revenue from operations saw a mere decrease of 1.6% in FY23, its consolidated financial statements filed by the company’s ultimate holding entity in Singapore show. The sale of products (meat, seafood et al) was the primary source of FreshToHome gross merchandise value (GMV). Income from sales commission and royalties were other revenue drivers for the Singapore-incorporated company in FY23. See TheKredible for the detailed revenue breakdown. Notably, FreshtoHome worked through different business combinations in India and the UAE. The company booked only Rs 25 crore from net commission and royalty in India. According to its spokesperson, this was net income which roughly translates into Rs 800 crore of GMV in FY23. FreshToHome follows a cash-and-carry model in the UAE where it earned Rs 100 crore of gross sales during the fiscal year ended March 2023. FreshToHome spent Rs 323 crore on sales and marketing in FY23 which was 23.5% less when compared to FY22. The cost of procurement formed 17.3% of the overall cost which stood at Rs 93.5 crore in FY23. The firm’s burn on employee benefits, legal-professional, delivery charges, contract labor, packaging, and other overheads catalyzed its overall expenditure to Rs 539 crore in FY23 from Rs 655.5 crore in FY22. Head to TheKredible for the detailed expense breakup. Reduction in sales and marketing costs helped FreshToHome to contract its losses by 21.7% to Rs 409.4 crore in FY23 from Rs 522.9 crore in FY22. Its ROCE and EBITDA margins stood at -82% and -314% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 4.88 to earn a rupee in FY23. FY22-FY23 FY22 FY23 EBITDA Margin -392% -314.1% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹5.84 ₹4.88 ROCE -226% -82% FreshtoHome has raised over $290 million to date including its $104 million Series D round led by Amazon Sambhav Venture Fund in February last year. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Iron Pillar is the largest external stakeholder followed by Raed Ventures. FreshToHome competes with Licious, Zappfresh, BBDaily, and Easymeat among a few others. During FY23, Licious’ gross income saw a modest 9.6% growth to Rs 747.7 crore from Rs 682.5 crore in FY22. The company’s losses remained flat at Rs 500 crore in FY23 against Rs 485 crore in FY22. The firm recently claimed that it has achieved an annual revenue run rate of $100 million, or around Rs 850 crore for FY24. Zappfresh ended FY23 with Rs 57 crore revenue and a nominal profit of Rs 3.5 crore. The problems being faced by FreshtoHome are not unique to it. Clearly, there are assumptions that have not held up about the Indian market, the most obvious being pricing of meat and related products. The market has simply refused to accept the kind of premium these firms demand, leading to failure to build long term relationships with customers. In the case of FreshtoHome, the ‘pivot’ to UAE is unlikely to be done at the same scale or using the same tactics, as the firm will probably not spend as much on market penetration. Cultivating relationships as a supplier with a core group of customers, thanks to higher average meat consumption and purchasing power means they have a far better chance of making it there, even as margins are unlikely to improve further due to local competition. The continuing high losses for these firms means that survival itself could become an issue if a health scare were to turn up, always a risk with meat products. While we won’t be looking out for a turnaround in FY24, we do believe that FY25 could be make or break for quite a few firms in the segment.

After Rs 215 Cr profit in FY22, Molbio reports Rs 3 Cr loss in FY23

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After Rs 215 Cr profit in FY22, Molbio reports Rs 3 Cr loss in FY23
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Healthcare diagnostics firm Molbio achieved unicorn status after a $85 million funding round led by Temasek in September 2022, but its success was short-lived, lasting only through the pandemic. Molbio’s revenue plummeted 74%, from Rs 1,272 crore in FY21 to Rs 332 crore in FY23. Significantly, the company slipped into losses in FY23 and posted a loss of Rs 3.4 crore in the same period as compared to Rs 215 cr profit in FY22. On a year-on-year basis, the firm, also the first ever Unicorn from Goa saw a 57% decline in its revenue to Rs 332 crore in FY23 from Rs 776 crore in FY22, its annual financial statement sourced from the RoC shows. Truenat, the flagship product of Molbio Diagnostics, provides a real-time IoT-enabled testing kit for over 30 diseases. The sale of Truenat, Micro PCR workstations, reagent kits, and cartridges were some major avenues for the company’s collections. Truenat is mostly relevant for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The Goa-based firm also made Rs 5 crore from interest and gain on financial assets tallying its overall revenue to Rs 337 crore in FY23. For the diagnostic firm, the cost procurement of raw materials and medical components accounted for 44% of the overall expenditure. In the line with the scale, this cost decreased by 47.4% to Rs 143 crore in FY23. Molbio’s spending on employee benefits, traveling, legal, advertising cum promotional, freight, and other overheads took the overall cost to Rs 328 crore in FY23 from Rs 486 crore in FY22. The 57% decline in scale and the pressure of fixed costs pushed Molbio into the red and it reported a loss of Rs 3.4 crore in FY23. This is a significant downturn compared to the Rs 215 crore profit posted by the firm in FY22. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin worsened to 2% and 14.5%, respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 0.99 to earn a rupee in FY23. The Goa-based company has raised Rs 970 crore to date. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, its promoters through Exxora Trading LLP are the largest stakeholders with 41.7% shares followed by Motilal Oswal which commands 12.96%. Molbio claims that it closed FY24 with Rs 850 crore in revenue and has plans to strengthen its global presence this fiscal, along with launching new products in the Indian market. With these initiatives, it targets a revenue of Rs 1,200 crore and plans to raise around Rs 2,200 crore to Rs 2,400 crore via public listing in the ongoing fiscal year (FY25). FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin 48% 14.5% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹0.63 ₹0.99 ROCE 44% 2% Large fundraising plans along with growth ambitions are par for the course for a firm that has taken the kind of hits Molbio has. It might not find it as simple to convince investors it can execute, especially in a market where both regulations and perceptions towards portable testing kits are changing, even as Truenat itself remains relevant thanks to the wide prevalence of tuberculosis and its variations even today. Cost pressures from other, more low cost options is just one side of the market, even as its own plans to expand to other disease diagnostics need to show real progress fast.

Info Edge crosses Rs 2,500 Cr revenue and Rs 500 Cr profit threshold in FY24

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Info Edge crosses Rs 2,500 Cr revenue and Rs 500 Cr profit threshold in FY24
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Info Edge, the parent company of Naukri and 99acres, published its financial statements on Thursday. The consolidated figures showcased a modest 8% increase in revenue for FY24. However, the company made a turnaround in its bottom line, transitioning from a loss of Rs 70 crore in FY23 to a profit of Rs 594 crore in FY24. Info Edge’s revenue from operations grew 8% to Rs 2,536 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,345 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements disclosed with the stock exchange shows. Meanwhile, the company posted a 4.8% increase in revenue to Rs 657 crore in Q4 FY24 from Rs 627 crore in Q3 FY24. The Sanjeev Bikchandani-led firm operates through different segments. Income from Naukari.com and related portals formed 74.1% of its total revenue which increased 7.49% to Rs 1,880 crore in FY24. Its other segment 99acres saw a 23.6% growth to Rs 351 crore in FY24. Jeevansathi and Shiksha combined participated with Rs 305 crore of revenue during FY24. Info Edge made Rs 414 crore from non-operating activities tallying its total revenue to Rs 2,950 crore in FY24. Akin to other internet companies, its employee benefits accounted for 61% of its total expenditure which grew only 2.83% to Rs 1,128 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,097 crore in FY22. Info Edge’s network/internet, advertising cum promotional, legal, traveling and other overheads push the total expenditure to Rs 1830 crore in FY23 from Rs 1,858 crore in FY23. Note 1: The company recorded exceptional items of Rs 110 crore and Rs 509 crore in FY24 and FY23 respectively due to the decrease in the carrying value of investments. This was the primary reason for the significant loss posted in FY23. Note 2: The company has 15 joint ventures including Makesense, Happily Unmarried’s Ustraa (now acquired by VLCC), Shopkirana, Juno, Sploot and others during FY24. Info Edge recorded a share loss of Rs 131 crore and 231 crore in FY24 and FY23 respectively in its joint ventures which also makes a part of its consolidated figures and reflects losses in the financial statements. At the end, Indo Edge posted a net profit of Rs 594 crore in FY24 where the figures stood at a loss of Rs 70 crore in FY23 (refer note 1 and 2). On a unit level, it spent Rs 0.72 to earn a rupee in FY23.

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