2023年2月13日

Bounce在22財年的財務業績清楚地顯示了疫情的影響，其營業收入同比小幅增長0.05%，至15億盧比。由於裁員導致員工福利支出下降，Bounce的總費用在22財年同比下降近23%，至276.8億盧比。自行車租賃和電動汽車(EV)初創公司Bounce報告稱，2021-22財政年度(FY22)淨虧損同比下降超過20%，至243.3億盧比，因為該公司大幅削減了開支，以抵消該年度收入的下降。在上一財年，Bounce的淨虧損為305.6萬億盧比。Bounce成立於2014年，最初是一個自行車租賃服務平台。然而，在其滑板車租賃業務在Covid-19大流行期間遭受重大打擊後，該公司於2022年進入電動汽車領域。Bounce現在生產和銷售電動滑板車——Bounce Infinity。它提供摩托車租賃服務，並與Ola Electric、Ather Energy、Pure EV、衝繩汽車技術公司(Okinawa Autotech)等兩輪電動汽車製造商競爭。該初創公司22財年的財務業績清楚地顯示了疫情的影響，其營業收入同比小幅增長0.05%，為15億盧比。其中，汽車租賃收入為14.3億盧比，而21財年為14.5億盧比。該初創公司在FY22沒有確認任何來自產品銷售的收入。與此同時，由於其他一些非營業收入大幅下降，包括解除保證金折扣、大流行導致的租金優惠等，Bounce的總收入從21財年的53.3萬億盧比下降至33.5萬億盧比，降幅超過37%。 In respect of certain leased office premises, the lessors provided certain rent concessions in the form of rent waiver. This was recognised in other income amounting to INR 80.3 Lakh in FY22 as against INR 82.4 Lakh in FY21, Bounce said in its regulatory filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In order to cut its loss, Bounce also laid off employees during the year. In its second round of layoffs in February 2021, the startup laid off about 40%-60% of its workforce . Recommended For You: 6th January, 2023 In line with the restructuring efforts, Bounce’s employee benefit expenses declined nearly one-third to INR 44.9 Cr in FY22 from INR 136.8 Cr in FY21. The startup’s depreciation, depletion, and amortisation expense also fell 32.6% YoY to INR 61.2 Cr in FY22. However, Bounce spent 3.5X more towards advertising and promotional expenses during the period. Promotional expenses shot up to INR 13.8 Cr in FY22 from INR 3.9 Cr in FY21. It must be noted that Bounce roped in Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan for its Bounce Infinity commercials in December 2021. Meanwhile, miscellaneous expenses also surged 1.7X YoY to INR 123.9 Cr in FY22. While the company did not disclose the expenses included in the miscellaneous bucket in FY22, its FY21 miscellaneous expenses included the cost of helmets, payment gateway charges, subcontractor charges, provision for bad and doubtful debts, among others. Overall, Bounce saw nearly 23% in total expenses to INR 276.8 Cr in FY22 from INR 358.9 Cr in the previous fiscal year. While Bounce evidently faced a significant challenge due to the pandemic and funding winter, the startup has reportedly raised $20 Mn from existing investors , including Sequoia Capital recently. Backed by the likes of Accel Capital and B Capital, Bounce has raised a funding of over $234.2 Mn till date. Bounce recently fired around 3%-4% of its total employees in another round of layoffs. Meanwhile, it is spending heavily on establishing experience centres for its electric scooters across the country. The company had 37 Bounce Infinity stores in India at the end of October, and was aiming to open 75 more outlets by the end of 2022.