Transaction:
- Macquarie Capital, investment arm of Macquarie group, bought 51% controlling stake Bombay Gas Company Limited’s subsidiary “CloudExtel”.
- The deal value was reported to be around $100 million (approx. Rs. 821 Crores) as per media reports.
- CloudExtel’s management will remain unchanged post the deal though the workforce count is expected to rise from 350 to about 1000 over the next five years.
About Macquarie Capital:
- Incorporated Macquarie Capital, is the corporate advisory, capital markets, and principal investment arm of Australian global financial services group Macquarie Group.
- Macquarie employs more than 20,000 staff in 34 markets and is the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager with more than $871 billion in assets under management.
About CloudExtel:
- Established in 2014, Excel Telesonic India Private Limited (CloudExtel), is a subsidiary of Bombay Gas Company Limited (BGCL).
- CloudExtel is a Network as a Service (NaaS) provider offering infrastructure services such as Small Cell Hosting, FTTH, Intra-City Fibre and Virtualized Networks with a footprint in more than 400 cities and towns.
- CloudExtel has marquee customers such as Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Communications, Tata Sky, RailTel, Power Grid Corporation of India, and strategic partnerships with leading global tech companies.
Rationale:
- CloudExtel clocked revenue of Rs. 125 Crore in FY23, clocking a CAGR of 84% in five years with a positive EBITDA; to continue to grow at an aggressive rate, achieve the next level of scale and provide its latest offering in infrastructure sharing, it will need significant amount of capital.
- Kunal Baja CEO of CloudExtel said that as the demand for internet data via mobile networks has risen 20-fold since 2015 in India, adequate infrastructure to decongest networks and enhance connectivity will be required for high quality user experience.
- Also, tower fiberisation in India stands at 33 per cent, versus around 70 per cent in mature global markets. Enterprise and household Fibre penetration is even lower.
- Partnering with Macquarie Capital and their flexible balance sheet will help CloudExtel to fill this gaps by scaling the infrastructure services and imbibe global best practices.
Acknowledgements:
RBI Bulletin (www.bulletin.rbi.org.in), SEBI (www.sebi.gov.in), NSE (www.nseindia.com), BSE (www.bseindia.com)
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