Exclusive: Construction Unicorn Infra.Market Looks To Raise $60 Mn Debt

Construction startup Infra.Market is looking to raise around $60 Mn (INR 500 Cr) in debt. The Mumbai-based company will be raising this capital in multiple tranches over the next two months, as per the resolution passed by Infra.Market’s board of directors.

This seems to be the working capital that the startup is raising ahead of this year. 

The development comes only a month after Inc42 had exclusively reported that Infra.Market bagged around $12 Mn in a debt from SK Finance.  Later, the startup also raised debt from Kairus Dadachanji of Dadachanji Group. 

Last year, Infra.Market was in talks to secure $150 Mn in funding from the US-based Varde Partners.  However, the startup never officially announced raising any capital from Varde Ventures. It went on to acquire a majority stake in Strata Geosystems for INR 910 Cr ($109 Mn) from the US-based Glen Raven Technical Fabrics in June 2023. 

Founded in 2016 by Aaditya Sharda and Souvik Sengupta, Infra.Market manufactures construction materials under its private-label brands. It has a B2B, retail and B2C network and leverages technology to digitise the procurement process. 

In FY23, the startup saw its sales crossing the INR 11,000 Cr mark on the back of growing demand. The unicorn reported an operating revenue of INR 11,846.5 Cr in FY23, a 90% jump from INR 6,236.3 Cr in FY22.  

However, while the startup’s sales saw a strong growth, it saw its net profit dip 17% to INR 155.2 Cr from INR 185.9 Cr in the previous fiscal year as its depreciation and amortisation expenses rose over 5X to INR 178.7 Cr.

Having raised over $600 Mn till date and counts the likes of Tiger Global, Nexus Venture Partners, and Mars Growth Capital among its backers, the startup’s cash and cash equivalents stood at INR 251.1 Cr at the end of FY23, an increase of 138.5% from the previous year’s INR 105.2 Cr. 

In December last year, Infra.Market sold a 10% stake in its subsidiary RDC Concrete, which it acquired in 2021 for about $19 Mn, to public market investors, including Ashish Kacholia, for about $20 Mn.

Valued at $2.5 Bn, Infra.Market indirectly competes against the likes of Zetwerk and Moglix.

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