Zomato has reported an EBIDTA loss of Rs 136 crore for the 12 month period ended 31st March 2015 (FY15), up 228.6% year on year from Rs 41.39 crore loss reported in FY14. The online restaurant guide, and now food ordering service, generated total operating revenue of Rs 96.7 crore in FY15, more than three times the Rs 30.6 crore operating revenue generated in FY14. Info Edge has so far invested Rs 483.3 crore in Zomato and holds a 50% stake in the Gurgaon headquartered company. This includes: - $24.8 million (Rs 155 crore) out of $50 million in April 2015. - Rs 185 crore out of $60 million (around Rs 370 crore), co-led by new investor Vy Capital and with participation from Sequoia Capital in November 2014. - Rs 57 crore out of Rs 227.6 crore, along with Sequoia Capital, in November 2013. - Rs 55 crore in February 2013. - Rs 12.86 crore in September 2012. - Rs 13.5 crore in September 2011. - Rs 4.7 crore in 2010. Note that Info Edge founder and vice chairman Sanjeev Bikhchandani had said that they'll retain their 50% stake in Zomato even if the valuation is high few months or few years down the line, during the company’s Q2-FY15 earnings conference call. Bikhchandani had also said that Zomato doesn’t have a loss or EBITDA targets or profit targets at the moment. He added that (at the time) Zomato had been primarily operating on two fronts – one was to gain traffic leadership in as many cities as possible, and…
