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Hospitality major Oyo secures $175 million in its Series G Funding round

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Oyo, a company that focuses on hospitality, has secured Rs 1,457 crore (about $175 million) through its Series G funding round. Investors involved in this include InCred Wealth, Patient Capital, J&A Partners and the family office of Mankind Pharma promoters along with ASK Financial Holdings. An EGM held on August 8 saw 99.99% of shareholders approve the supplementary equity issuance, as per a report by PTI. Patient Capital contributed Rs 830 crore ($100 million), while J&A Partners and ASK Financial Holdings invested Rs.120 crore or $14 million and Rs.14 crore $1.65 million, respectively.

Additionally, Ashish Kacholia has made an investment via InCred as a recurring investor. Patient Capital, is managed by Ritesh Agarwal, who is the founder and CEO of Oyo. It is a Singaporean organization that may be unfamiliar to some.

It is important to highlight that the recent funding round has secured Rs.416 crore or $50 million from InCred last month. The company's valuation stands at $2.38 billion, and according to the aforementioned report, this valuation has not altered following the completion of the new tranche.

In earlier disclosures, Oyo indicated that it intends to utilize these funds for growth initiatives, global expansion (including potential acquisitions), and to strengthen its business strategies. Oyo's valuation has sharply declined by 70% from $9.6 billion in August 2021 when it received a funding of $5 million from US-based tech giant, Microsoft.

Ritesh Agarwal, the founder of Oyo announced in May, that the firm had reported its first ever net profit amounting to Rs.100 crore in FY24. In comparison with FY22 which brought in a revenue from operations worth Rs. 4,871 crore; during FY23 it increased by 14.3% reaching up to Rs. 5,464 crore while reducing losses by approximately one-third (33.7%) resulting in an overall loss value of only Rs.1,287 crore within this date range period covered .

For now however there is no available audited financial report yet filed regarding these recent achievements on behalf organization's progress towards ongoing growth and development plans set forth under leadership guidance provided therein related matters at hand when considering implications going forward into future prospects thereof as well.

Oyo is a Gurugram based company, which has postponed its intention to become publicly traded for the time being. After encountering unfavorable conditions, it withdrew its draft papers (DRHP) for a second time in May. The firm intends to submit new IPO papers after completing a significant funding round that is set to conclude following the most recent fundraising effort.