Due Diligence: ENVI (An on-demand electric cab company)
Team +Management
N. Sanjeev Kumar, CEO, and Founder
Ex, Cognigent, and Target, more than 19 years of experience, first-generation entrepreneur. Has
a deep understanding of the market drivers with impeccable leadership skills.
Ashok Prasad, Director Ops
Ex, Google, Mphasis, Wipro. Very experienced and ops veteran.
Mahesh Tiwari, Director BD
Ex, Dell, HP. Have a good understanding of customer behavior.
Raghu VT, CTO
Ex, Wipro, Samsung Research. Technologically experienced and have a sound knowledge to scale.
The team is experienced and has responsibilities divided among them.
Market
There is proven and large market size and growth as there are existing players like Uber and Ola.
The online taxi services market in India was valued at approx. $410M in FY 2020 and is expected to
expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ~13% during the 2021-2025 period, to reach
a value of approx. $740M by 2025.
As the aggregators are failing to provide even average services to the user so there exists a big gap
in customer expectation and service provided. Aggregators are unable to control the security of
users, pricing, forced cancellation by drivers, and quality of service leading to customer
dissatisfaction.
The incumbent should focus on customer satisfaction at the right price with customer security.
Product
An on-demand rented electric cab fleet should solve this problem. Asset light model where ENVI
will pay a part of the income generated by these cabs to its owners and have full control over
salaried, incentivized drivers. Cabs will be charged at designated stations.
As the per km. cost for an electric car is significantly less, so OPEX is sustainable and CAPEX is
bourn by car owners.
The product is already in the market and has significant traction, and growing exponentially QoQ.
The starting location Is Bengaluru, India, and post-funding will expand to other cities.
USP
Best Pricing in the industry
Quick ROIC
Customer chooses driver
No Driver cancellation
No surge pricing or surge charges
Best Traveling Experience
Safest Taxi Service
Use sustainable power to charge cars
Traction
Total user growth from Oct, 20 to Feb, 22 is from zero to 11,000.
Repeat users: 60%
Total Trips: 23000+
CO2 Saved: 23000+kgs
Competition
Existing players like Uber, Ola, etc, make the market very competitive with deep pockets from
global VCs.
A significant no. of customers are going away from aggregators due to various reasons which
include, security, affordability, cab driver behavior, and service quality.
Solving these issues should differentiate the incumbent.
Financials
Targeting millennials in IT and start-ups hub like Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, etc. GTM is
already showing traction.
In FY 2022, the expected revenue is $3M, in FY 2023, the same is projected to be $61M.
Metrics
Revenue
Oct, 20- Feb, 21 INR 6,70,566
Mar, 21 - Feb, 22 INR 2,06,29,741(30x)
Arp,22 – Dec, 22 INR 41,68,54,741(20x)
Legal
On demand, ride-hailing is already governed by the Aggregators Act in India, so the company is
following those laws.
Vehicles are insured for both parties but insurance for drivers is not known.
No record was found for the company’s past, current, and future litigation history. More time is
required to complete this part.
They have control over IP, code, logos, and relevant domains.