Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Microsoft Investment in OYO

Latest OYO Startup Funding News-

Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, has invested $5M in OYO, an Indian budget hotel chain. After Microsoft investment its value increased to $9Billion. It also plans to soon launch an initial public offering (IPO). According to OYO's regulatory filing, Microsoft has made 37 crores of investments in OYO through the issuance of equity shares and compulsory convertible cumulative preferred shares (CCCPS). SoftBank, which is one of the largest investors in OYO, valued OYO's hotel chain at $3 billion in its most recent quarters.


Microsoft Investment in OYO

Oyo, the hospitality company headed by Ritesh Agarwal, has Didi Chuxing, Grab, and Airbnb as strategic investors. Ritesh Agarwal, founder, and CEO of Oyo, stated in July that the company would be looking into an IPO. After OYO announced recently that it had raised $660 million from global institutional financial backers, TLB (Term Loan A), the report on the Microsoft-OYO deal was published.

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A company statement stated that the offer was 1.7 times oversubscribed and that the company received commitments from top institutional investors of $1 billion.


It stated that the company will use these funds to pay off its debts and strengthen its balance sheet. OYO is India's only startup to be publicly rated. It was also rated by Moody's or Fitch - the two most respected international rating agencies.


TechCrunch claims that OYO could also move to Microsoft's cloud services through the Microsoft deal. OYO has been expanding its operations in many markets in recent years, including Europe and Southeast Asia.


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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Unacademy Startup Funding News, Acquisitions & Updates

Unacademy Startup Funding News

Unacademy Group, an Edtech major, has raised $440 Million as part of its most recent round of funding. The round was led by Temasek Holdings in Singapore, which valued the startup at $3.44 Billion. The round also saw participation from SoftBank General Atlantic and Tiger Global. Mirae Asset and Oyo's Ritesh Agarwalzomato founder Deepinder Goyal, also participated in the round.

Gaurav Munjal, co-founder and CEO at Unacademy stated that the proceeds would be used to scale Unacademy's three products, including newly launched Relevel and Graphy. Relevel is a job search tool that helps anyone get the job they want, regardless of their education. Graphy allows creators to create online businesses and sell digital goods.

According to research it was found that Unacademy co-founders Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini still hold around 15% of the company. The largest institutional stakeholder of the company are Sequoia Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, SoftBank, and General Atlantic, which hold 12.7%, 12.8%, and 10.5%, respectively. Temasek, who was the main investor in the new round, has now acquired 4.38% of the company's stock. Tiger Global holds 4.24%. Blume Ventures (formerly SAIF Partners), and Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners), were early backers of Unacademy and retain a nearly 5% and 3.4% share, respectively.

Unacademy also recently announced the acquisition TapChief (a professional networking platform) in a deal that will enable the unicorn edtech company to enter a new market segment: preparing students for job opportunities.

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Unacademy has also been on an acquisition spree following the lead of arch-rival Byju. Since January 2020, the Tiger Global-backed company acquired nine companies, three of which were just this year. Although most of these acquisitions were relatively small, they were absorbed well at the group level. However, Mastree in July 2020 was one of its acquisitions.

Unacademy Founders - Unacademy is an Indian educational technology company based in Bangalore. The company was originally started as a YouTube channel by Gaurav Munjal in 2010. It was later founded by Roman Saini, Munjal and Hemesh Sing in 2015.


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Policy Bazaar Files for IPO: A Brave Move Considering the Tax Listing Threats

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PB Fintech, the determined organization of PolicyBazaar, filed for its much-awaited preliminary public listing recently and the news spread like fire. The company plans to gather Rs 6,017 crore. However, tax specialists have stated earlier that the initial investors of the IPOs of corporations inclusive of Zomato and PolicyBazaar ought to face a 10-15% tax on bonuses.

PolicyBazaar IPO

Online platform Policy Bazaar, provides insurance and has turn out to be the 5th startup to start the manner of listing on stock exchanges of India after Zomato, Paytm, Mobikwik and CarTrade.

Policy Bazaar’s governing company, PB Fintech has filed a draft red herring prospectus with the regulators of the market, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), to elevate Rs 6,017 crore via an IPO.

The organization will gain Rs 3,750 crores through issuing new stocks and another Rs 2,267 crore via a secondary sale of stocks through an offer for sale. SoftBank will promote stocks really well worth Rs 1,875 crore.

The Losses for the primarily Gurugram-based organization narrowed to Rupees one hundred fifty crores in Financial Year 2021, from Rs 304 crore in FY20 and Rs 346 crore in FY19, in line with the organization’s IPO documents. The Total earnings also jumped to Rs 957 crore in Financial Year 2021, which is a huge jump as compared to the previous years.

The Capital of Rs 3,750 crore will help Policy Bazaar IPO to gain from the issue:

Rs 1,500 crore 

Could be used to enhance the visibility and recognition of its manufacturers which includes PolicyBazaar and Paisabazaar via advertising tasks over the following 3 fiscals. The organization spent Rs 367.eight crores on marketing management and merchandising charges in FY21, down from Rs 445.2 crore in FY20.

Rs 375 crore 

Could be spent on new possibilities to make its client base bigger, which includes enlargement tasks. Recently, Policy Bazaar surrendered its Web-based aggregator license and bought an insurance dealer license from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. This will permit the organization to expand and set up its physical reach. Meanwhile, the company also plans to expand the reach of its product and services.

PB Fintech stated it expects to incur huge expenses while putting in and running those physical centers and its purchase network point-of-sales. The organization has already announced 15 physical places of work as of July 15 and is pursuits to have as many as 200 workplaces throughout and by the end of fiscal 2024.

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Rs 600 crore 

Could be spent on strategic plans of investment and acquisitions which might be complementary to its commercial enterprise to enhance its products and service delivering capabilities, set up or enhance its presence in the home ground and markets overseas, and use technology to its advantage.

Rs 375 crore 

Will be put into increasing its presence out of Indian markets, mainly in areas inclusive of the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The organization presently operates in Dubai via a subsidiary company.

PolicyBazaar could be the second massive organization in Info Edge’s portfolio to move public after Zomato, which had a blockbuster public marketplace debut in the recent past month.

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