Agritech firm Ninjacart on Friday reported a loss of Rs 256 crore during the last fiscal year on lower income. In a statement on Friday, the company said its operating revenue declined to Rs 1,634 crore in the 2024-25 fiscal year from Rs 2,007 crore in the preceding year. "Losses remained largely stable at Rs 256 crore in FY25 versus Rs 260 crore in FY2024...," Ninjacart said. The company attributed the fall in revenue to its decision to discontinue select low-margin and non-core business segments. Ninjacart said its core businesses, which is a fulfilment platform serving retailers, traders, and other institutional customers (including quick-commerce players), are scaling strongly during the current fiscal year, growing at over 100 per cent year-on-year. All core businesses have already achieved operating profitability and the company is now focused on achieving overall profitability during 2026-27, it said. "FY25 was about disciplined execution and making thoughtful choices. We
Ninjacart will use this new space to fuel its expansion plans as it now operates in new verticals
In addition, Ninjacart will invest in teams that have great tech abilities but may lack a solution or an idea at the moment
This is the company's second ESOP buyback. Ninjacart had its first buyback in 2019
The $145 million investment has almost doubled valuation of Bengaluru-based Ninjacart from $500 million last year to about $900 million and the firm is approaching unicorn status
'With this investment, we are further able to strengthen our grocery footprint,' says Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart Group
Walmart-owned company sees strong trend of casual gamers going on to become early shoppers
For Bengaluru-based Ninjacart, the investment further deepens the partnership with Walmart and the Flipkart Group to improve its offerings and enhance the customer experience
Walmart and Flipkart Group on Monday announced a fresh round of investment in Bengaluru-based business-to-business (B2B) supply chain company Ninjacart
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Ninjacart connects through a network of more than 200 collection centres and 1,200 warehouses across the country
Founded in 2015, Ninjacart moves over 1,400 tons of fresh produce per day, having doubled its volumes in the last four months, it was stated.
Ninjacart operates supply chain network that delivers fresh farm produce in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune
Biggest ever investment round in India's agritech sector
The Bengaluru-based start-up is a B2B agri-marketing platform, needs to expand its reach