The company claims to be running its services at operational profitability since February 2015
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While the revenue has grown nearly 4X, losses have doubled (driven by marketing expense).
75% expense went into advertising and growing traffic
As far as losses are concerned, the company recorded INR 30.37 crores loss, a massive 15X increase compared to the last year.
Indian Startups
#IndianStartupData : Revisiting Quikr’s Commonfloor Acquisition [Vertical Vs Long Tail Play]
In the long run, will vertical businesses be forced (by investors) to sell off to (bigger) horizontal plays
Indian Startups
#IndianStartupData : Swiggy Revenue Grows to INR 23.59 crores, Losses Stand At 137 crores.
Competitor, Zomato recorded a revenue of Rs. 184.9 crores.
BigBasket spent INR 22 crores on advertising and promotional expenses in FY 14-15 which was a 420% increase over the previous fiscal.
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#IndianStartupData : Housing Recorded Revenue Of Rs 12 Crores; Loss At 22X, 279 Crores [FY14-15]
Housing spent close to 120 crores for the aggressive Lookup campaign. The company has now brought in Jason Kothari as the CEO, who is focusing more on revenue side of things and has also culled a few areas which weren't core to Housing (followed by massive layoffs). Housing has raised $139.5M in...
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#IndianStartupData : Pepperfry Revenue up 235% To INR 25 crores, Losses Triple To INR 88 crores
This is a revenue growth of more than 200% from INR 7.5 Crore in the previous fiscal. Losses nearly tripled from INR 30 crores in the previous fiscal. In comparison, it close competitor Urban Ladder had reported a revenue of INR 19 crores and a loss of INR 58 crores in the same period.