Exclusive: Used Car Ecommerce Unicorn Cars24 Lays Off 600 Employees To Cut Cost
As per Inc42 sources, the startup has mostly laid off employees from lower positions
The layoffs have been done majorly to cut costs, the source added
Cars24 is eyeing for an IPO in the next 18 to 24 months and had last raised $400 Mn at $3.3 Bn valuation
After Vedantu, Unacademy and Meesho, now IPO-bound automobile marketplace Cars24 has laid off around 600 employees in the past couple of weeks. The startup has mostly laid off employees from lower positions across divisions.
Inc42 sources requesting anonymity have confirmed the development and hinted that most of the layoffs had taken place because the startup was looking forward to further automating operations and cut cost. With this layoffs, Cars24 has let go 6.6% of its total employee count of around 9,000 staff. Cars24 spokesperson confirmed the development with Inc42 and said, “This is business as usual- performance linked exits that happen every year.” The layoffs come almost five months after it raised $400 Mn at a valuation of $3.3 Bn led by Alpha Wave Global. Prior to this round, it had raised $450 Mn from DST Global, Falcon Edge and SoftBank Vision Fund at a $1.8 Bn valuation. Recommended For You:
Speaking to Inc42 in January this year, Cars24 founder Gajendra Jangid had said that the company is looking to achieve $2 Bn in revenue by FY23 by banking on its international expansion plans. The company also had plans to further its diversification beyond the ‘cars’ marketplace into bikes, and grow its used car financing platform.
“We are making money on a unit economics level, but overall we are not EBITDA positive. With enhanced focus on unit economics, and the scale at which we are looking to expand, not just in India, but internationally (eyeing 10% of the Indian market share in this year alone), […]
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