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🚨Welcome to a new edition of #FullStack by @samidhas, a place where you’ll find unfiltered commentary on all things technology. Read on 👇
#Edtech major #Byju's is faced with a trifecta of issues. There is the $1.2 billion TLB (term loan B), delayed audited results, and an equity funding round which has been in the works for months now
On Tuesday, #Byju’s defaulted on interest payment of $40 million for its term loan. That was not all, the beleaguered edtech firm said it is suing hedge fund Redwood, one of its lenders.

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The current downturn in startups is different from any other in India, as many high-burn, and richly-valued tech firms have used financial instruments like TLBs, convertible notes, and structured transactions to wade through tough times
#Byju’s is not alone. There is budget hotel chain #Oyo, epharmacy #Pharmeasy, and others, who have taken loans because equity funding was difficult to snag, especially at steep valuations.
Loss-making startups taking on debt is a sure-shot recipe for disaster, said a founder who has seen several funding cycles. Eventually, such borrowers will run out of money and won’t even have the funds to pay the interest, he added.
Read the #FullStack by @samidhas here 👇

Byju's and the debt trap haunting Indian tech startups

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🚨Global management consulting and strategy advisory firm Zinnov and venture capital firm Chiratae Ventures on Tuesday marked down 2026 revenue projections of the Indian software-as-a-service (#Saas) startups from $100 billion to $26 billion in its latest annual report.
The report, titled India #SaaSonomics: Navigating Growth and Efficiency, said that concerns of a recession loom large for the Indian #SaaS industry, but that it has displayed remarkable antifragility to withstand turbulent times.
The report indicated three challenges plaguing the industry -- customer churn, customer demand slowdown and delayed sales cycles, and downward pressure on cash flows caused by macroeconomic headwinds.
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🚨There may be a further demand slowdown for Indian IT firms in the quarter ending June, going by the latest results of global software-as-a-service (#SaaS) and digital engineering firms.
Analysts though expect the demand to revive in the second half of 2023-24 as deal pipelines remain strong and there would be additional business from cost-optimisation initiatives that will benefit the Indian IT sector.
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🚨After #digital payments and digital lending, the @RBI is looking closely at platforms that facilitate direct, or peer-to-peer (#P2P), lending between individuals.
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Jun 6
🚨🚨#Breaking Image
Byju's files suit challenging loan acceleration, seeks lender Redwood's disqualification

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On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Byju’s plans to make a quarterly interest payment of about $40 million on a loan that has been at the centre of the firm’s financial troubles 👇

Byju’s faces deadline for $40 million payment

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The Alliance of Digital India Foundation, a body of startups, has petitioned the Competition Commission of India (@CCI_India) against Google’s policies and proceedings over the issue are currently under way at the competition watchdog.
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