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Uber Posts $2.8 Billion Loss in 2016, Revenue at $6.5 Billion

15Apr By reutersNo Comments

News

Uber Posts $2.8 Billion Loss in 2016, Revenue at $6.5 Billion

Ride-hailing service Uber generated $6.5 billion in revenue last year and its gross bookings doubled to $20 billion, the company said on Friday. Its adjusted net loss was $2.8 billion, excluding the operation in China it sold last year, Uber said. As a private company, now worth $68 billion, Uber does not report its financial results publicly. It confirmed the figures in an emailed statement after Bloomberg reported the results. Uber did not provide first quarter figures, but a spokeswoman said they "seem to be in line with expectations." For the final quarter of 2016, gross bookings increased 28% from the previous quarter, to $6.9 billion. But Uber's losses grew to $991 million in the period, as revenues grew 74% to $2.9 billion from the third quarter. In a separate emailed...

Interior Design Startup Furdo Races to Profitability in Under 14 Months

22Mar By PriyankaNo Comments

Story

Interior Design Startup Furdo Races to Profitability in Under 14 Months

Bangalore-based online interior design platform, Furdo, has achieved what most well-funded startups have struggled to achieve since inception - 'Become Profitable'. Started with an angel investment of $400K, Furdo has been growing at an average of 30% month-on-month since April 2016, that lead to them achieving operational breakeven in September 2016. The key driver to this breakeven story lies in a single word, that everybody at Furdo across verticals and hierarchies, is asked to internalise - 'IMPACT'. "We are an impact focused organisation. Maximum impact from minimum effort/spend has always been the primary goal across verticals," says Ishwar Sundararaman, Co-founder & CEO, on the single-most important thing that has been responsible for Furdo's race to profitability. Foun...

Billdesk Revenue at INR 520 Cr in FY15-16, Profit Soars Up to 76 Cr

18Feb By NitishNo Comments

ANALYSIS, News

Billdesk Revenue at INR 520 Cr in FY15-16, Profit Soars Up to 76 Cr

Billdesk, one of India’s earliest online payment gateway solution providers, has reported a revenue of INR 520 Crores in FY15-16 with a PAT of INR 76 Crores. According to the webaite Tofler, Billdesk is one of the popular payment gateways used by online merchants and you must have spotted the name while making a payment online. INDIAIDEAS COM LIMITED, which owns and operates Billdesk, reported its 2015-2016 financial result, and its annual revenue at INR 520.2 Crores, is the highest in the company’s history. Billdesk was estimated to have 70% of the online billing market in India back in 2015. It competes with other billing aggregators like Citrus Payment Solutions, CCAvenue etc. However, with the advent of Payment Banks, BBPOU and UPI amidst the demonetization frenzy, which is yet ...

How Much Profit ISRO Made on The Launch of World Record 104 Satellites?

16Feb By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

How Much Profit ISRO Made on The Launch of World Record 104 Satellites?

Yesterday, ISRO (India Space Research Organisation) has launched record 104 satellites beating Russia's record which was 37 satellites in one go. The record launch has established more credibility of ISRO in international space market. Apart from technology and its 100% successful foreign satellite launches, ISRO also challenging other international players on the pricing point. As per the data available, for a satellite launch SpaceX (company owned by Elon Musk) charge around USD 60 million, while ISRO charged an average of USD 3 million per satellite between 2013 and 2015. Last year in FY16, ISRO made 239 crore through commercial launch. The forex revenue for ISRO's commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, went up 204.9 percent in 2015. In 2016, ISRO launched 10 Indian satellites and 22...

E-commerce Firm Snapdeal to Make Profit in Two Years: CEO

6Feb By reutersNo Comments

Entrepreneurs Talk

E-commerce Firm Snapdeal to Make Profit in Two Years: CEO

Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal expects to turn profitable in the next two years, its CEO said, as the company cuts costs and boosts efficiency in a market currently dominated by homegrown Flipkart and US internet giant Amazon. Kunal Bahl, who co-founded Snapdeal in 2010, also told Reuters in an interview that the online marketplace provider backed by Japan's SoftBank Group did not immediately need to raise capital unless it makes an acquisition. A burgeoning Indian middle class' rapid uptake of wireless high-speed internet has prompted buyers to shop online, boosting sales at e-tailers and making the country's internet services market one of the world's fastest growing. The value of goods sold online in India is expected to jump tenfold to USD 188 billion by 2025, according to a ...

Alibaba Recorded Revenue Growth of 59% Amounting To $4.85 Billion

12Aug By AdityaNo Comments

CHINA

Alibaba Recorded Revenue Growth of 59% Amounting To $4.85 Billion

Chinas e-commerce giant Alibaba has recorded a revenue growth of 59 per cent amounting to USD 4.85 billion in the first fiscal quarter ending June, the fastest since its Initial Public Offerings. The revenue of 32.15 billion yuan (USD 4.85 billion) topped market estimates, pushing Alibabas share price up by 5 per cent to about USD 92 in New York. Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) transacted in Alibabas China retail marketplace was 837 billion yuan (USD 125 billion), up by 24 per cent year on year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The number of annual active buyers on China retail marketplace rose to 434 million by the end of the first fiscal quarter. The mobile revenue of China retail marketplace was 17.5 billion yuan (USD 2.6 billion) , representing 75 per cent of total Chi...

Tatas Record $103-Bn FY16 Revenue; Investment at $9-Bn: Cyrus Mistry

30Jul By PriyankaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Tatas Record $103-Bn FY16 Revenue; Investment at $9-Bn: Cyrus Mistry

Tata Group invested USD 9 billion in its businesses globally in 2015-16, even as its worldwide revenue fell marginally to USD 103 billion due to commodity market slowdown and volatile currencies among other reasons, the diversified conglomerates chief Cyrus Mistry said today. Addressing the Annual Group Leadership Conference (AGLC) of the steel-to-software conglomerate, Mystry also announced a new leadership competency model based on key competencies to develop and identify leaders within the group firms and outlined a new framework focussed on happiness at work. The total investments by the over 100 group companies in the last three years total to over USD 28 billion, said Mistry, Chairman of the main holding company Tata Sons Ltd. Addressing the top leadership and senior mana...

Microsoft Posts $3.1 Billion in Profit, a Year After Big Loss

21Jul By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS

Microsoft Posts $3.1 Billion in Profit, a Year After Big Loss

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said Tuesday it posted a profit of $3.1 billion in the just-ended quarter, swinging into the black a year after hefty charges from writing off mobile phone assets. "This past year was pivotal in both our own transformation and in partnering with our customers who are navigating their own digital transformations," said chief executive Satya Nadella. The profit in the tech giant's fourth fiscal quarter was nearly identical to the loss from a year earlier, when it took charges of more than $7 billion to reflect the lower value of the Nokia mobile phone division it had acquired. Revenue dipped to $20.6 billion from $22.2 billion in the same period a year ago. Overall, the results were better than most forecasts and sparked an after-hours gain of more than 3% f...

Nazara Games Generated Rs 220 Cr Revenue FY 2015-16

6Jul By RishabhNo Comments

BUSINESS

Nazara Games Generated Rs 220 Cr Revenue FY 2015-16

Nazara, a mobile having startup generated Rs 220 crore revenue for FY 2015-16, with the Indian market contributing 47% to the top line revenue. "We have seen an explosive growth of 40% CAGR in the past 4 years," said Nitish Mittersain, the founder of Nazara Technologies. "Another aspect that has helped with growth is pre-loading games on millions of devices through partnerships with handset manufacturers," Mittersain said. The company had also picked up a 26 percent stake in London-based Mastermind Sports in April. Nazara Games is present in 48 countries across the world and claims to reach out to more than two billion consumers. It also plans to launch a host if products and services in 20 more countries. "The expansion of Games Club, which is a subscription-based service, into 20 n...

14Jun By AdityaNo Comments

INDIA

Indian Telecom Operators Mobile Data Revenue May Hit Rs 95.5K cr in 5yrs

Indian telecom operators are expected to rake in Rs 95,500 crore in revenues from mobile data services over the next five years, says a report by ICRA. Mobile data revenues are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21 per cent by financial year 2021 and are expected to contribute 34 per cent to the total mobile service earnings, the ratings agency said. At present, mobile data accounts for about 20 percent of the telecom operators revenues, the report said. "Over the last five years, data revenues for the ICRA Sample of telcos traced a strong CAGR of 54 per cent from Rs 3,200 crore in FY 2011-12 to Rs 27,450 crore in FY 2015-16," ICRA AVP Corporate Sector ratings Harsh Jagnani said. Nevertheless, when compared to international levels, the data revenues as pr...

31May By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

India’s Only Profitable Ecommerce Platform Invested 45 Crores in CCAvenue

India's first profitable e-commerce portal Infibeam said that it's investing Rs 45 crore in one of India's largest payment gateway CCAvenue and is currently "in further discussion for signing of definitive agreement". CCAvenue's payment solutions will be deeply integrated to Infibeam e-commerce marketplace and BuildaBazaar merchant store. Infibeam operates via its subsidiary NSI Infinium Global that holds e-commerce marketplace Infibeam.com and the do-it-yourself e-commerce platform BuildaBazaar. It's already has a joint venture with Avenues India called Avenues Infinite that operates the e-commerce marketplace Dhamaal.com. Infibeam owns 49.9% stake in the venture while the remaining 50.01% is owned by Avenues India. Infibeam likely to compete with other e-commerce platform in paym...

21May By AdityaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Justdial Profit Decline 25% in Q4

Local search engine Just Dial today reported 25.08 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 35.33 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 47.16 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Just Dial Ltds total income from operations grew 14.92 per cent to Rs 179.61 crore in the quarter under review as against Rs 156.28 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing. Its overall expenses stood at Rs 143.02 crore, up 19.29 per cent as compared to Rs 119.89 crore in the third quarter of the previous fiscal. During the entire 2015-16 fiscal, the companys net profit stood at Rs 141.8 crore as against Rs 138.89 crore in the year-ago period. Net sales during 2015-16 fiscal grew to Rs 690.83 crore as against Rs 589.8 crore a year ago.