Powerbank rental service “Take charge!” held a pre-IPO on the Rounds platform and raised more than 750 million rubles in three days, the service’s press service reported.
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It was previously known that “Take Control!” expects to go public in 2025-2026. At the same time, the company’s CEO Kirill Kulakov announced a pre-IPO. As the company reported, in three days the service raised more than 750 million rubles with an initial estimate of 500-700 million and a month to collect orders.
Alfa-Bank became the placement agent for the transaction; The pre-IPO round was held on the Rounds platform. As a result of the round, the platform registered two records for the Russian market prior to the IPO: in terms of volume of financing raised and placement speed.
As part of the IPO, shares of Zaryad JSC were sold. by closed subscription. The main demand was provided by the A-Club’s institutional investors. During negotiations with partner Alfa Investments, the parties decided to hold a pre-IPO round, valued at 4.5 billion rubles.
Income “Take charge!” According to the Russian Academy of Sciences, in 2023 the amount multiplied year-on-year by 2.6 and amounted to 1.86 billion rubles. Net profit increased 6.5 times, up to 170 million rubles, profitability reached about 9%.
Alfa Investments analysts, after studying the pre-IPO results, expect a multiple increase in the valuation of the service at the time of the initial offering in 2025-26.
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