Servify, a startup that manages the lifecycle of devices for several popular smartphone vendors together with Apple and Samsung in lots of markets, has raised $65 million because it eyes turning into a public firm in two years.
Singularity Development Alternative Fund led the Mumbai-headquartered startup’s Sequence D funding. AmTrust and household workplaces together with Pidilite and present buyers Iron Pillar, Beenext, Blume Ventures and DMI Sparkle Fund additionally participated within the spherical.
The spherical hasn’t closed and the startup mentioned a number of different buyers need to again Servify. It anticipates elevating one other $5 million to $10 million within the present spherical.
The seven-year-old startup, which has raised greater than $110 million up to now, works with over 75 electronics gadget producers, together with OnePlus and Xiaomi, and presents them whitelabeled after-sales providers reminiscent of harm safety and prolonged warranties. Companion corporations additionally use Servify’s eponymous platform to supply trade-ins, upgrades and financing applications to clients.
Servify, which is operational in additional than 40 nations, together with India, the U.S., U.Ok., Canada, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, plans to develop to Latin America this monetary yr and can also be exploring a debut in Japan, mentioned Sreevathsa Prabhakar, founder and chief government officer of the startup, in an interview.
India, the world’s second largest smartphone market, accounts for 60% of Servify’s enterprise, he mentioned.
Servify — which at the moment focuses on smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables — additionally plans to develop its protection by servicing residence home equipment and electrical autos, he mentioned.
In latest quarters, firms together with Apple and Samsung have supplied their clients with self-repair services. How do such applications influence Servify?
Prabhakar mentioned the self-repair applications by main producers available in the market will probably be “optimistic” for Servify as it’s going to proceed to cost them for providing spare components beneath their self-service repairs. Such applications, nevertheless, could end in fewer folks opting in for trade-in and improve choices as they may be capable to prolong the lifetime of their present gadgets, he mentioned.
Enterprise outlook
Servify, with a workforce of greater than 700 folks globally, claims it’s at the moment on observe to clock an annual income run price of over $130 million. The startup is working to change into worthwhile beginning as early as subsequent month, he mentioned.
As soon as it ensures 18-20% profitability, Servify plans to file for an preliminary public providing, he mentioned. The present timeline for the IPO is eighteen months to 2 years, he mentioned.
He didn’t disclose the valuation at which Servify has raised the brand new funds, however mentioned the startup was “nearing the unicorn” standing. “For me, all these valuations are nonetheless paper valuations. Whenever you go public, actual valuation is revealed,” he mentioned.
Servify can also be trying to deploy the contemporary funds to purchase smaller corporations. Since its last funding round in September 2020, Servify has acquired a few startups, together with Noida-based 247Around, which gives the startup with entry to over 100 producers within the kitchen and small home equipment house, and Germany-based WebToGo to strengthen its diagnostics capabilities, in keeping with Prabhakar.
“We’ve got a few worldwide targets in thoughts,” he mentioned, with out disclosing any names.
“Product safety is not an afterthought; actually, it’s quickly taking middle stage for each OEMs and shoppers. We, due to this fact, see Servify steadily transferring in the direction of international management on this large addressable market of over $100 billion and are assured that they may ship a fantastic consequence for all of us,” mentioned Apurva Patel, managing companion at Singularity Development, in a press release.
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