Suraj Verma – Scoopearth : Startup Story | Startup News | Trending Business News | Latest Tech News https://www.scoopearth.com Embrace the World of Start-ups, Technology, Business, Finance and Economy Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:15:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.scoopearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-sc-32x32.png Suraj Verma – Scoopearth : Startup Story | Startup News | Trending Business News | Latest Tech News https://www.scoopearth.com 32 32 Pharmaceutical packaging startup Sorich secured $1 million from BizDateUp in its pre-IPO funding round https://www.scoopearth.com/pharmaceutical-packaging-startup-sorich-secured-1-million-from-bizdateup-in-its-pre-ipo-funding-round/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:47:09 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=345686 Sorich Foils Limited is a packaging material manufacturing pharmaceutical packaging startup that raised 1 million USD crore in its pre-IPO funding round from BizDateUp. The round saw the participation of other investors including the firm’s employees or founders. The startup plans to use these fresh proceeds to scale its operations, optimize production capacities, expand its network, enhance its working capital, and improve its machinery.

The company also intends to use this investment to develop patented products and necessary certifications, upgrade the firm’s infrastructure including the heat transfer labels, and produce high-margin products. The company offers manufacturing solutions and supplies packaging materials across various industries such as coated glassine paper, aluminum foils, and flexible packaging.  Sorich Foils provides products that can be used across the food, dairy, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. The startup aims to enhance global human health through its advanced hygienic packaging technologies.

The company claims that the demand for innovative solutions has increased in the areas of child-resistant foils and extrusion laminate. The platform is designed to empower healthcare by offering pharmaceutical packaging solutions. Sorich Foils wants to transform the packaging sector using its advanced technologies. The company plans to use some of its investment to improve its machines and advance its technologies. The startup manufactures aluminum including the basic processing, refining, smelting, rolling, and extruding. The company produces foil, sheets, plates, wires, tubes, and pipe fittings.

The company intends to increase its market presence in both the domestic and pharmaceutical packaging markets. The startup focuses on expanding its services and enhancing its technologies. The investment shows BizDateUp’s trust in Sorich Foil’s market potential and business model. This startup provides the best packaging solutions for its customers. The company offers its services across different sectors including the food and pharmaceutical. The startup faces competition from other packaging manufacturing companies in the same market segment. The development just after this sector saw increased interest from investors.

Sorich Foils reported a turnover of 2.4 million USD in FY24 with its target crossing 7.2 million USD in the same duration. The company aims to expand into Sikkim in this financial year to generate additional revenue of $1.8 million to $2.4 million. This highlights the firm’s strategic approach to entering the market. Entrackr reported the development first. The World Packaging Organization mentioned that the pharmaceutical packaging sector is growing with a CAGR of 14.9 percent and it is expected to reach 229.9 billion USD in the next three years.

Conclusion:

Sorich Foils Limited is a pharmaceutical packaging startup that secured 1 million USD in its ongoing pre-IPO funding round from BizDateUp. The company intends to use this fresh capital to scale its operations, expand the market, enhance its working capital, develop its patent products, and optimize its production capability. Sorich manufactures various products including flexible packaging, aluminum foils, and coated glassine paper. The company aims to transform global human health through its packaging technology. The startup supplies its products across food and dairy, personal care, Pharmaceutical, and confectionery industries. The World Packaging Organization report showed that the pharmaceutical packaging market is expected to increase in CAGR and reach the $229.9 billion mark by 2027.

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Consumer electric brand boAt reported a revenue of Rs 3,122 crore with a 47 percent increase in its losses in FY24 https://www.scoopearth.com/consumer-electric-brand-boat-reported-a-revenue-of-rs-3122-crore-with-a-47-percent-increase-in-its-losses-in-fy24/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:11:34 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=345683 BoAt is an internet-first brand that offers multi-category electronic products including smartwatches, headphones, travel chargers, and Bluetooth speakers. The platform offering consumer electronics announced a 5 percent decrease in its operating revenue to Rs 3,122 crore in FY24. The startup provides several electronic products including power banks and car accessories through its online platform and offline stores. These sales of audio devices and other products are the company’s primary source of revenue.

Entrackr mentioned in its report that the firm also earns income through the sales of wearables and other accessories. The data intelligence platform, tracxn mentioned that the startup had secured over 171 million USD across multiple funding rounds since its inception, including $61.1 million raised during its series C funding round from Warburg Pincus and others at a valuation of $1.32 billion. The data intelligence platform, tracxn also posted the company’s post-money valuation to be around 1.32 billion USD.  The audio business market saw a sudden decline in investor interest.

The Mumbai-based startup provides high-quality electronic products to its customers. The online platform uses cutting-edge technologies to offer quality audio devices with a warranty. This company achieved a positive EBITDA in FY24 with a return on profitability. The company aims to increase the EBITDA margins with multiple initiatives such as legal, promotion cost, warranty cost optimization, and other expenses decreased in FY24. Entrackr reported. Advertising and promotional costs saw a decline in the same duration. The company receives its investment from investors including Innoven Capital, Fireside Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Warburg Pincus.

The company aims to improve its performance capability and offer innovative electronic products in the market. The company controlled its losses by 47 percent to Rs 53.5 Crore this financial year through cost-cutting measures. The wearable segment saw a decline in average selling price due to competition. The EBITDA margin for the audio business increased by 9 percent in FY24. The IDC research mentioned that the Indian wearable market experienced a 10 percent decrease in the June 2024 quarter to 29.5 million units. The company reported a 47 percent decrease in its net loss to Rs 53.5 crore for this financial year. Boat faces competition from other multi-category electronic products providing platforms such as Xiaomi and Meizu. 

Conclusion

The electric products manufacturing brand BoAt announced a 5 percent decrease in its operational revenue to Rs 3,122 crore in FY24. This company offers several electronic products including headphones, smart watches, Bluetooth speakers, travel chargers, and cables. The sale of audio devices and wearables is the firm’s primary source of revenue. The loss also decreased by 47 percent to Rs 53.5 crore in FY24. The promotional and advertisement costs also decreased for this financial year. The startup minimized its loss by 47 percent following the profitability and controlled expenditure. The firm achieved a positive EBITDA in FY24. The company has secured over 171 million USD across multiple funding rounds to date.

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Investment firm Northern Arc launched the Alternative Investment Fund Finserv Fund with a target corpus of Rs 1500 crore https://www.scoopearth.com/investment-firm-northern-arc-launched-the-alternative-investment-fund-finserv-fund-with-a-target-corpus-of-rs-1500-crore/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:25:22 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=345681 Northern Arc is a non-banking finance company that launched its second category Alternative Investment fund through its subsidiary, Northern Arc Investment Managers. The company launched the fund with a target corpus of 178.5 million USD including a green shoe option of Rs 500 crore. The startup intends to use these funds to invest in small businesses across six segments including affordable housing, MSME financing, microfinance, vehicle finance, agriculture finance, and consumer finance. The fundraising saw participation from several new and existing investors.

Northern Arc’s Finserv Fund impact on small business

The fund will offer a long-term debt to financial enterprises focused on underserved and unserved segments with a target corpus of Rs 1500 crore. The spokesperson of Northern Arc told inc42 in an interview that this fund will invest in around 45 to 55 companies with an average ticket size of Rs 40 crore per firm. The CEO of Northern Arc, Bhavdeep Bhat mentioned that this fund aims for a gross return of 14.50 percent extended internal rate of return in the four-year tenure with a deployment period of six months from the date of final close.

Northern Arc’s track record in managing investment funds is impressive. The company has completed and exited four funds, delivering returns that exceeded expectations. This strong performance has built investor confidence in the launch of the Finserv Fund which marks the 11th AIF managed by Northern Arc.

Company’s vision and expectation with the Finserv Fund

The non-banking financing company claims to have completed and exited four funds at a higher number than targeted returns to investors. The investment was made to help the companies scale their business while enabling them to achieve their market expansion plans. The CEO and managing director of Northern Arc, Ashish Mehrotra told Businessline in an interview that the Finserv Fund is another huge milestone toward the company’s mission to remove the financial gap between businesses and underserved individuals through the firm’s strength in proprietary data and technology.

The company showed confidence in the Finserv Fund and highlighted that this will deliver high returns. The company believes the fund will enable the enterprises to scale its operations and grow. The fund will help them in economic growth and financial success. Northern Arc manages an AUM of Rs 14,639 crore through a balance sheet and active AIF funds. The non-banking finance company provides business and household loans. The firm offers its services across various areas including market research and fund management.  The Chennai-based company uses data analytics and qualitative assessment.

Recent investments and funding

The data intelligence platform, tracxn mentioned that the company has raised around 283 million USD across 18 funding rounds since its inception, including $75 million secured from FMO during its conventional debt funding round. Northern Arc recently secured Rs 229 crore from Marquee anchor investors with the participation of SBI General Insurance Company, Goldman Sachs, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company, and others ahead of its Initial Public Offering. The funds were used to meet the future capital requirements for onward lending. The company provides financial solutions to growth-stage and early-stage companies. The company contributes to and promotes entrepreneurs and startups.

Northern Arc claims to have funded over Rs 18.1 lakh crore for its clients across 671 districts in India. The company offers its services in lending, investments, and placements across multiple sectors. The firm has invested in startups such as Slice, BharatPe, Rebel Foods, ProsParity, and others. The company was listed at a premium of Rs 351 on BSE at an issue price of Rs 263. Northern Arc wants to provide companies with access to finance and long-term debt capital. Earlier this year, the company also raised 80 million USD in its mix of equity and debt funding round from International Finance Corporation, an investment subsidiary under the World Bank Group’s private sector.

Investors and partnerships

The platform offers financial solutions across Finance, business, and other sectors. The data intelligence platform, traxcn mentioned that the company has facilitated around 18 funding rounds. The company has 27 institutional investors including Standard Chartered, Eight Roads Ventures, FMO, AND Leapfrog investments. The development came just when the investor’s interest increased in the Indian startup ecosystem. Inc42 mentioned that around 93 percent of the 50 startup investors see 2024 as a turnaround year in terms of funding for the Indian startup ecosystem. The private equity firm provides investment and finance services to its customers through its online platform.

The Indian startup ecosystem is expected to grow in the next few years with the company’s launching new funds focused on startups. The government of India also launched a scheme to enable all entities and small businesses to join Open Network for Digital Commerce and online product selling. The initiative is taken to help these enterprises compete in the digital market as it reduces the total expenditure due to low commissions in the online marketplace.

Company’s financial results for FY24

Northern Arc reported a 44 percent increase in its revenue to Rs 1,890 crore for FY24. The total profit also increased to Rs 317.69 crore in the same duration. The company had a revenue of Rs 1,304 crore in the last financial year with a profit of Rs 242.21 crore in the same year. The company’s initial public offering was subscribed to 110.91 times with interest from the qualified institutional buyers who subscribed to the public list over 240.79 times.

Government schemes to promote the startup ecosystem

Investment firms and the government have been introducing various funds to support Indian startups. NABVENTURES, a subsidiary of NABARD, has also launched an agriculture-focused fund with an initial amount of Rs 750 crore. Out of this, Rs 250 crore was contributed by the Ministry of Agriculture, and the rest will come from other institutions. The purpose of this fund is to help agriculture startups grow their businesses. It will also improve the value of agricultural products and create better rural connections and infrastructure.

The government is introducing these schemes for clean innovation and its real benefits will be reflected in sectors such as agriculture, technology, and small industry. This helps startups secure funds, scale up businesses, improve productivity, and contribute to the nation’s economy. Such collaboration between the government and the investment firms is very important for creating the future of our country.

Conclusion:

The Non-banking financing company provides housing and business loans while offering financial solutions to growth and early-stage startups. The company launched a fund with a target corpus of around 178.5 million USD including a green shoe option of 59.5 million USD. The company claims to have invested Rs 1.81 lakh crore in various investment rounds across 671 districts of India. The company aims to use these funds across six areas including MSME financing, Consumer finance, vehicle finance, agriculture finance, affordable housing, and microfinance. Northern Arc announced the launch of this second category Alternative investment fund Finserve Fund through its investment arm, Northern Arc Investment Managers.  

The investment will be used to back around 45 to 55 entities with an average ticket size of Rs 40 crore per company. The firm focuses on underserved and unserved segments. The startup ecosystem in India is predicted to increase in the next few years this is why the government is also trying to launch various new schemes and the investment firms are also making huge investments in the startups to gain profit. Earlier, this year the government of India launched a fund to promote innovative and tech-driven initiatives in the agriculture market.

This funding round marks the launch of the 11th alternative investment fund by the company along with the two portfolio management services funds that this company already manages. The CEO of Northern Arc Investments, Bhavdeep Bhatt showed his trust in the funding and said that the company has exited four funds at higher return value than expected to their investors. Northern Arc announced the launch of this second category Alternative investment fund Finserve Fund through its investment arm, Northern Arc Investment Managers. The investment will be used to back around 45 to 55 entities with an average ticket size of Rs 40 crore per company. The firm focuses on underserved and unserved segments.

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Foodtech company, Swiggy plans to increase its IPO size and raise Rs 5,000 crore via a fresh issue https://www.scoopearth.com/swiggy-plans-to-increase-its-ipo-size-and-raise-rs-5000-crore-via-a-fresh-issue/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:48:33 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344544 Swiggy is a food tech startup that provides several food or grocery services. The startup announced its plans to file for Initial Public Offering papers and raise Rs 5000 crore in a fresh issue as part of its initial public offerings. The company targeted to secure Rs 6,664 crore through an offer for sale. The firm is waiting for the board’s approval for the offer for sale in the first week of next month. The food tech major filed its red herring Prospectus for an IPO after becoming a public entity with SEBI to raise funds through its initial public offerings.

The startup offers an online platform to discover restaurants and get food deliveries after filling in user and payment details. Swiggy has secured over 3.62 billion USD since its inception across fifteen funding rounds, including $46.4 million raised in a series K funding round led by P R Venketrama Raja. The company has 57 institutional investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Tecent, and Naspers. The company planned to use the IPO proceeds to establish more offices while expanding its services in India. The investor Baron Capital valued Swiggy at $14.5 billion.

The board at the company has passed a special resolution to allow the allocation of equity shares worth Rs 5,000 crore, waiting for shareholder approval at a meeting on 3rd October. The Swiggy’s IPO round has been anticipated since the filing of draft papers in April. Entrackr mentioned. The firm has received shareholder approval to raise Rs 10,400 crore, including Rs 3,750 crore via fresh issue and Rs 6,664 crore through an offer for sale. The company plans to use these fresh proceeds for capital expenses, expand its services, and meet general corporate purposes.

The company reported a 36 percent YoY increase in its financial revenue to around Rs 11,247 crore in FY24. However, the losses saw a 44 percent decrease to Rs 2,350 crore in the same duration. Swiggy’s food business claims to have contributed over Rs 6,100 crore to its overall income, while the rest of Rs 1,000 crore in gross revenue comes from its quick commerce subsidiary Instamart. The IPO size of the food tech major may vary, the latest resolution is 1.3 times larger than the previously estimated Rs 3,750 crore.

Conclusion:

Swiggy provides an online platform for food and grocery deliveries. The company plans to increase its IPO size while eyeing Rs 5,000 crore in fresh shares. The food tech major filed approval for its Initial Public Offering from the Security Exchange Board of India in June. The food tech firm faces competition from other food and grocery delivery platforms including Zepto and Zomato. This platform enables customers to find groceries and other essentials according to their requirements. The company provides services including ordering food, discovering, restaurants, and making reservation options via its online platform. Swiggy faces competition from other food and grocery delivery platforms like Blinkit and Zepto.

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Logistic unicorn, Delhivery expands its ESOP pool size by allocating 6.15 lakh equity shares https://www.scoopearth.com/logistic-unicorn-delhivery-expands-its-esop-pool-size-by-allocating-6-15-lakh-equity-shares/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:25:01 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344525 Delhivery is a logistic company offering an online delivery platform for delivery services that expanded the Employee Stock Option Plan by allocating 6.15 lakh equity shares to its current ESOP pool. The company manufactures operating systems for commercial purposes and provides innovative logistic solutions through its world-class infrastructure, and logistics operations using its cutting-edge technology. These newly allocated employee stock option plan shares are worth Rs 25.18 crore.

The company mentioned in a stock exchange filing that the board approved the allotment of 6,15,930 equity shares at a face value of Rs 1 per share to those under the Delhivery employee stock option plan. The company allotted 1.94 lakh equity shares under the Delhivery ESOP 2012 plan. The remaining 4.21 lakh shares were allotted under the employee stock option plan 2020 scheme. The startup marked the exercise price at Rs 1 for these 67,377 stock options followed by 7,909 stock options for Rs 16.28 and 1,19,344 stock options at Rs 29.85. inc42 reported. This marks the second expansion of Delhivery’s employee stock option plan pool sizes this month.

The company recently allotted an additional 63,538 stock options to the existing pool size under the employee stock option plan 2012 scheme. Before this, the firm allocated over 6.49 lakh stock options across multiple ESOP schemes. The development came after the company announced its financial results for the first quarter of FY25. This marks the fifth time this logistic firm expanded its employee stock option plan’s pool size in the last few months. The company also got approval from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to establish its drone subsidiary, Delhivery RoboticsIndia to provide Drones as a service option for deliveries, remote sensing, and shipment.

The logistic firm reported a net profit of Rs 54.3 crore in the first quarter of FY25, following a net loss of around Rs 89.4 crore in FY24. The logistic firm announced a 13 percent increase in its operational revenue to Rs 2,172 crore in the Q1 FY25. After this announcement, the startup’s paid-up capital increased to Rs 74 crore. The company’s shares increased by 1.80 percent and they traded up at Rs 416.30 on the BSE. Delhivery faces competition from other logistic and delivery platforms including Blue Dart, Flipkart’s Ekart Logistics, Xpressbees, and Amazon shipping.

Conclusion:

Delhivery expanded its employee stock option Plan by allocating 6,15,930 equity shares under its employee stock option plan. These newly allocated shares are worth around Rs 25.18 crore. The logistic platform develops operating systems and offers delivery services with a facility that allows its users to track their packages across India through drone services. This is the fifth time this company has expanded its employee stock option plan in the last month. Delhivery’s ESOP 2012 scheme allowed the allotment of these equity shares to employees following the allocation of 63k stock options last week. The company issued 1.94 lakh equity shares under the Delhivery ESOP 2012 plan followed by allotment of 4.21 lakh shares under the employee stock option plan 2020.

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EV startup, Clean Electric raised $6 million in its fresh funding round led by Infoedge and others https://www.scoopearth.com/clean-electric-raised-6-million-in-its-fresh-funding-round-led-by-infoedge-and-others/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:48:03 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344514 Clean Electric is an energy storage solution platform offering EV startup that secured $6 million from Info Edge during its ongoing funding round. Info Edge, Kalaari Capital, and Pi Ventures led the round with the participation of other investors including Lok Capital. The startup plans to use these fresh proceeds to scale its operations, grow its operation and sales team, expand its research & development, and expand its services in the global market.

The company also intends to use some of this investment to meet general corporate purposes and launch new products. The startup specializes in energy storage and infrastructure services. The company manufactures electric batteries with fast and intelligent manufacturing across the country. The company secured 2.2 million USD from Climate Angels and Kalaari Capital in its seed funding round. The startup secured around 9 million USD across multiple funding rounds since its inception. The data intelligence platform, tracxn reported a post-money valuation of $21.4 million for September 2024. The development came just after the Indian electric vehicle and EV battery market saw increased investor interest.

The company earns its revenue through sales of its lithium-ion batteries and from after-sale and subscription-based services. The startup develops technology that enables thermal management solutions to have temperature imbalances in battery packs. The investment will help the company strengthen its product services and expand its network in the market. After this round, Kalaari Capital remains the largest external stakeholder of the firm with a 20.7 percent share, followed by Info Edge and Pi Ventures with 8.02 percent each. The EV startup plans to file for public listing by the end of this year at a valuation of $2 billion. The firm will use some of its fresh capital on public listing.

The company develops lithium-ion batteries for multiple categories of electric vehicles. The startup uses advanced technology to provide innovative electric vehicle solutions. The company aims to achieve an annual run rate of around $10 million by next September. Clean Electric has over 13 institutional investors including iCreate, Info Edge, and Kalaari Capital. The company plans to use this investment to solidify its position in the global EV market. The company faces competition from other companies that develop and manufacture advanced battery solutions for electric vehicles such as Forsee Power, Lohum, and Cygni Energy.

Conclusion:

Clean Electric is an EV battery manufacturing startup providing energy storage solutions for electric vehicles. The startup raised fresh capital of 6 million USD from Kalaari Capital, InfoEdge, and Pi Ventures in its fresh funding round. The funding round saw participation from several investors including Lok Capital, and others. The company plans to use this amount to scale its operations, launch new products, expand its services, and advance its technology. Following this round, the existing investor KalaariCapital remains the largest external stakeholder with 20.7 percent. The company currently has an annual run rate of $1.2 to $1.5 million and aims to reach $10 million by the end of this month.

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CCI approved NIIF’s proposal to increase its stake in the EV firm Ather Energy to develop its market presence https://www.scoopearth.com/cci-approved-niifs-proposal-to-increase-its-stake-in-the-ev-firm-ather-energy/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:33:17 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344494 National Investment and Infrastructure Fund plans to increase its stake in the two-wheeler electric manufacturing firm, Ather Energy. Entrackr reported. The Competition Commission of India approved the NIIF’s proposal under the green channel route. This route allows the company to self-declare its deal or acquisition as compiling with the competition laws. The India-Japan fund aims to buy Ather’s series G compulsorily convertible preference shares.

The India-Japan Fund focuses on environmental challenges like low-carbon emission strategies and promotes Japanese investment in India. This plan to buy an additional stake in the EV firm aims to strengthen IJF’s position in the two-wheeler electric vehicle market while providing technology-led last-mile transport vehicles and clean mobility transport solutions. Inc42 reported. The firm intends to hold an Initial Public Offering round worth Rs 4,500 crore. The Initial Public Offering will be a mix of fresh issues and offers for sale. Ather Energy intends to reach a valuation of 2.5 billion for its initial public offerings.

The EV firm secured 71 million USD at a post-money valuation of 1.3 billion USD from NIIF and joined the unicorn club in June. The company also secured Rs 60 crore in its debt funding round from Innoven Capital via non-convertible debentures. Ather Energy offers two-wheeler EV solutions and earns revenue from subscription-based after-sale services. The company previously announced its plans to raise Rs 4,000 crore from an IPO round with the participation of existing investors. After this round, Hero Motocorp became the largest external stakeholder with 40.9 percent of the company’s stake. The EV startup competes with other EV manufacturing companies including Ola Electric, and Gogoro.

The Bengaluru startup plans to launch its third manufacturing facility in Maharashtra. The company will mainly focus on the creation of battery packs and electric scooters. The EV firm has already expanded its services to Nepal and Sri Lanka. Ather Energy posted a 2 percent decrease in its operational revenue to Rs 1,753 crore in FY24. However, the company reported a 22.5 percent increase in net loss to Rs 1,059.7 crore in FY24. The development came after Ather Energy geared up to file its DRHP with the SEBI market regulator. Ather is in fourth position in the EV market after Ola Electric, TVS Motor, and Bajaj Auto.

Conclusion:

The CCIF approved the deal under the green channel route. The Competition Commission of India approved the proposal of NIIF to buy an additional stake in the two-wheeler electric vehicle manufacturing firm Ather Energy. The IJF plans to buy the series G CCPs in Ather Energy and strengthen its presence in the EV market. The company previously reported its plans to file DHRP papers for its IPO to raise Rs 4,000 crore at a valuation of 2.2 billion. The EV firm plans to file approval for its Initial public offering from the Security Exchange Board of India. The EV manufacturer has raised around 502 million USD across all its funding rounds since its inception.

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EV manufacturer Ather Energy filed DRHP papers for its IPO to raise Rs 3,100 crore https://www.scoopearth.com/ev-manufacturer-ather-energy-filed-drhp-papers-for-its-ipo-to-raise-rs-3100-crore/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:08:40 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344491 Ather Energy is a two-wheeler electric vehicle manufacturing company that filed its draft papers for an Initial Public Offering. The company plans to raise Rs 3,100 crore from an IPO round through its existing investors.

The company filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Security Exchange Board of India on Monday. Entrackr mentioned. Ather will be second and join Ola Electric to make its debut on the stock exchange. The company is expected to launch an IPO round this year.

The EV firm plans to use this fresh capital to expand its capacity, advance its technologies, expand its services, and improve its production capability. The company received strong interest from institutional investors over the last few months. The startup raised around 71 million USD round from its existing investor, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, at a unicorn valuation.

The company has proposed a deal to raise funds through a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 3,100 crore and on Offer for sale of Rs 2.2 crore. The company planned to use the IPO proceeds to enhance its manufacturing capability while expanding its services across India.

Caladium Investment, the subsidiary of GIC ventures, is expected to divest 47.8 percent of the total offer for sale, followed by Tiger Global with 18.1 percent, and 3 state ventures will offload 2.18 percent of the offer for sale.

The co-founder of Ather Energy will offer Rs 10 lakh share each. The OFS and fresh issues will be allotted at a face value of Rs 1 per share. After this round, Hero Motocorp remains the largest external shareholder with 37.2 percent, followed by Cladium Investment with 15.04 percent, and NIIF holds 10.29 percent shares.

The development came after Ola Electric announced the completion of its IPO round with 754 million USD at a valuation of 4 billion USD. In the first quarter of this financial year, Ola Electric has been ahead of Ather Energy.

Ather posted a Rs 339 crore in its operational revenue for the first quarter of FY25. However, the net loss increased to Rs 183 crore in the same duration. Ather Energy had a 34 percent increase in its customer base to 1,14,000 registered users in FY24. The company has around 9 percent market share for the first half of FY25.

Conclusion:

Ather Energy is an Electric Vehicle manufacturer that offers innovative two-wheeler EV solutions. The firm reportedly filed DRHP papers for its initial public offerings on Monday. The company plans to raise Rs 3,100 crore through a fresh issue of equity shares. The startup intends to use this amount to scale up its operation, expand its network, and advance its technology.

After this round, the EV startup plans to file approval for its Initial public offering from the Security Exchange Board of India. The company has secured over 500 million USD across all its funding rounds since its inception. GIC ventures are expected to divest 47.8 percent shares, followed by Tiger Global and 3 state Ventures, offloading 18.1 percent and 2.18 percent shares, respectively.

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SafetyCulture’s new $165 million round in a “tough environment” for fresh funding https://www.scoopearth.com/safetycultures-new-165-million-round-in-a-tough-environment-for-fresh-funding/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:10:50 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344487 Workplace compliance and safety SaaS provider SafetyCulture closed a $165 million funding round. This accomplishment is especially remarkable given the current unfavorable climate for sourcing new funding. The funding round led by Airtree Ventures joined by other early investors Blackbird and Morpheus Ventures, apart from the new Hostplus and HESTA gives SafetyCulture $2.5 billion.

Funding Details

The funding conditions in 2024 have been more competitive compared to the highs recorded in 2020 and 2021 respectively. However, the fact that SafetyCulture was able to attract such a large sum of funding highlights the fundamentals and assurance investors have in the company.

The $165 million round is one of the largest single investments in an Australian scale-up this year and marks the biggest initial investment that Airtree has ever made.

Vision of SafetyCulture

SafetyCulture was launched by Luke Anear. SafetyCulture has rapidly evolved from the idea stage to a company that manages workplace safety and compliance in various parts of the world.

Many numbers were obtained and the company works with 85,000 companies and nearly 2 million individuals throughout the world. Their platform amasses and processes above five petabytes of workplace data and offers insights to enhance safety and performance.

Growth and AI Enhancement

SafetyCulture has been keen on adopting AI into its services. Such innovations as mobile-first training course creation and an instant generation of the preferred inspection templates have already been implemented at the company based on AI.

The new funding will allow SafetyCulture to use AI more effectively, redesign frontline teams, and unravel the various data points collected in the workplace.

Luke Anear emphasized that this new funding will support innovation and the expansion of SafetyCulture, especially in the creation of products that will meet the needs of large multinational business entities. This company wishes to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase the availability of sophisticated tools and information to frontline workers as part of product development.

Significant Global Impact and Challenges

The investment is not only funding but also the wise decision to establish SafetyCulture as a strong competitor in the international market. Kell Reilly of Airtree Ventures emphasized that SafetyCulture has a great vision, product, growth, and team, which made them invest. He pointed out that SafetyCulture has all the features that would be expected from a socioeconomic giant from Silicon Valley and is set to leave its mark on the world market.

The current and future funding environment is far from simple, but SafetyCulture’s ability to raise this round shows optimism about the firm’s future. This has been accompanied by record customer sign-ups, with the average size of the customer base almost doubling within the last two years.

For the same reasons, the company has grown the size of the SafetyCulture team, which hired 100 new staff in half a year and currently has a team of over 800 people and six offices. The new money will also mean that there will be cash in early-stage investors’ and employees’ pockets, which will be instrumental in maintaining motivation and keeping key players around. This is important as SafetyCulture has set to achieve 100 million users by 2032.

Conclusion

The $165 million funding round demonstrates that SafetyCulture has a strong business model, unique value proposition, and investors’ confidence. This has come at a time when funding for such tasks is pretty hard to come by, which underlines this company’s capacity to address main challenges in the management of occupational safety and compliance from across the world.

This focus on AI and enterprise solutions places SafetyCulture in a favorable position to build on its trajectory and drive meaningful change in the market.

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Logistic startup Porter reported Rs 2,734 crore revenue with a 45 percent dip in losses in FY24 https://www.scoopearth.com/porter-reported-rs-2734-crore-revenue-with-a-45-percent-dip-in-losses-in-fy24/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:27:11 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=344483 Porter is a logistic startup that provides on-demand truck booking and courier delivery services across India. The startup showed a 55.9 percent increase in its operating revenue to Rs 2,733.8 crore in FY24. The company saw a huge decrease in its loss to 45.2 percent, with a loss of Rs 95.7 crore in the same duration. The National Stock Exchange report mentioned that the revenue spiked and crossed the Rs 2,700 crore threshold.

Entrackr mentioned in its report that the firm earns its income from transportation, delivery services, royalty, other operating activities, and commissions. The company also earns revenue from platform fees and last-mile delivery operations. The startup provides a full-stack logistic platform that helps businesses track and optimize their last-mile delivery options.

The transportation services accounted for 99 percent of total operating revenue in FY24. The company has raised over 150 million USD across multiple funding rounds since its inception, including 101 million USD raised during its series E funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Vitruvian Partners.

The company claims to provide a platform to select delivery vehicle types and goods to be delivered. The startup data intelligence platform Tracxn mentioned that Sequoia Capital is the firm’s largest institutional investor. Porter offers intercity and intracity delivery services with the best customer experience. This logistic startup enables companies to manage their business efficiently.

The legal, marketing, information technology, and other expenses increased the total expenditure by 45.7 percent to Rs 2,862 crore in FY24. However, 82.8 percent of the total expenses go to the fleet operator costs. This logistic company has investors, including Peak XV Partners, Kae Capital, and Sequoia Capital.

The logistic startup is focused on improving its business model while offering more innovative logistic solutions, positioning it well in the global market. The company plans to minimize losses by reducing operating expenses and employee benefits. The employee benefit increased by 24.3 percent to Rs 237.3 crore in FY24.

The EBITDA margin also improved and stood at -2.89%, while the ROCE was reported to be around -21.36 percent in the same period. The operating cash outflows improved by 48.5 to Rs 9.7 crore this year. The company faces competition from other logistics companies in the same segment, such as Pyck, GoGoX, and Pico Xpress.

Conclusion:

Porter announced a 55.9 percent increase in its revenue from operations to Rs 2,733.8 crore in FY24. This logistic startup offers courier delivery and on-demand truck booking services. This logistic service provider provides an online platform to track your packages and help business optimize their last-mile delivery services. These transportation and delivery services are the company’s primary sources of revenue.

The startup reported around a 45.2 percent decrease in its loss to Rs 95.7 crore in FY24. The total expenditure of the firm increased by 45.7 percent and crossed Rs 2,862 crore in the same duration. The transportation services accounts for 99 percent of the total operating revenue. Porter competes with other logistic platforms including Pico Xpress and more.

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