Powerbank rental service “Take charge!” He thought about the possibility of holding an initial public offering (IPO) on the Moscow Stock Exchange in 2025-2026. This was reported by the Vedomosti newspaper with reference to the founder and general director of the company, Kirill Kulakov.
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The top manager also clarified that the company is planning a pre-IPO in May 2024. The amount of this transaction could range from 500 to 700 million rubles.
Income “Take charge!” According to RAS, at the end of 2023, it multiplied year-on-year by 2.6, amounting to 1.86 billion rubles. Net profit increased 6.5 times, up to 170 million rubles, profitability reached about 9%.
Until the end of 2024, the company plans to receive 3.6 billion rubles of revenue and in a few years to bring profitability closer to 20%.
Currently, the company’s network includes about 200 cities. In 2023, the company had approximately 20 thousand stations; By the end of 2024, management plans to double their number. According to Kulakov, the company’s MAU (monthly unique users) is 650 thousand. According to his calculations, this year the number will reach around 900 thousand.
- According to the Kontur.Focus system, the holder of the shareholder register is JSC Zaryad. (legal entity “Take office!”) is JSC “State” of Registration Company.
- According to SPARK-Interfax cited by Vedomosti, 42.45% of the shares belong to Kulakov, another 12.84% to Innokenty Bystrov, 7.6% to JSC Quantum a Rus (owned by Russian citizens), 6.38 % to Stepan Ermachenkov. The rest of the shareholders do not own more than 5%.
- The company is an accredited IT company and resident of the Skolkovo Foundation. In April 2021, the company raised 431 million rubles from a group of private investors. During this round, the company was valued at 1.35 billion rubles.
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Source: RB
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