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Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd, the parent company of the digital investment platform Groww, on Wednesday reported a 94.3 per cent year-on-year increase in consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) to Rs 735.04 crore for the quarter ended June 30. Bengaluru-headquartered company had earned a PAT of Rs 378.35 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company's revenue from operations rose 66 per cent to Rs 1,501.42 crore during the April-June quarter of FY27 from Rs 904.40 crore a year earlier, according to a stock exchange filing. On a sequential basis, revenue from operations remained largely flat at Rs 1,501.42 crore, compared with Rs 1,505.37 crore in the January-March quarter of FY26. PAT, however, increased from Rs 686.36 crore in the preceding quarter. Total expenses increased to Rs 555.68 crore from Rs 444.67 crore in the year-ago period. Shares of the company were trading 3.7 per cent higher at Rs 211.4 on the BSE in the afternoon trade.
Global financial services firm Goldman Sachs on Thursday bought more than 1.13 crore shares of Billionbrains Garage Ventures, the parent company of Groww, from venture capital firm Friale for Rs 210 crore through an open market transaction. Goldman Sachs, through its affiliate Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, purchased 1,13,43,750 equity shares, representing a 0.18 per cent stake in the Bengaluru-based trading platform, according to block deal data available on the BSE. The shares were picked up at an average price of Rs 185.50 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 210.43 crore. Meanwhile, Friale offloaded the same number of shares, as per the data. Shares of Groww rose 0.64 per cent to close at Rs 190.05 apiece on the BSE. On Monday, markets regulator Sebi approved US-based State Street Global Advisors' (SSGA) proposed stake acquisition in Groww Asset Management (Groww AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Billionbrains Garage Ventures. Following the proposed transaction, SSGA will acqu