Pranav Balakrishnan
Pranav Balakrishnan
Despite being an early mover in the electric scooter race, Ather has now slipped to fourth place in EV two-wheeler sales. For a company lauded for its product development and R&D, Ather now faces an uphill battle to regain lost ground.
March 20, 2024
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2024 is a big year for Ather Energy. Not only is the company set to launch its second product, a family scooter, but it is also gearing up to go public later this year. According to reports, the company plans to raise $400 million at a valuation of $2 billion.
For a company that has been around for more than 10 years, it surprises and disappoints many in the EV industry that Ather has never crossed the unicorn threshold. Its younger rival, Ola Electric*, meanwhile, which launched its first EV scooter in 2021—three years after Ather had its scooters on Indian roads—currently sits on a $5.4 billion valuation. Now the EV two-wheeler market leader, Ola Electric, too, is looking to go public at a valuation of $6-7 billion.
Even as Ather is looking to sell the public markets on why it deserves a valuation correction, though, it must do so from a position of vulnerability. Despite being an early-mover in the space, Ather has historically been unable to lead India’s EV two-wheeler sales charts. In recent times, however, its standing has come under even more pressure.
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