Xelpmoc Design and Tech Limited (XELPMOC) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary
June 2, 2025
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Operator
operatorLadies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Xelpmoc Design and Tech Limited Q4 and FY '25 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Ravi Udeshi. Thank you, and over to you, sir.
Ravi Udeshi
attendeeThank you, Sejal. Good evening to all of you and welcome you to the Q4 and FY '25 Earnings Conference Call of Xelpmoc Design and Tech Limited. We have sent you the press release and the investor presentation, and the same also has been uploaded on the Xelpmoc website as well as on the stock exchange. In case anyone does not have a copy of the same, please do write to us. To discuss the results and the outlook for the future going forward. We have with us today the top management of Xelpmoc, represented by Mr. Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Managing Director and CEO; Mr. Srinivas Koora, Whole-Time Director and CFO; and Mr. Jaison Jose, Whole-Time Director. Before we start the call, I would just like to remind you that the safe harbor clause applies. With that said, I now hand over the call to Mr. Srinivas Koora. Over to you, sir.
Srinivas Koora
executiveThank you, Ravi. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to Xelpmoc's earnings call for Q4 and FY '25. I hope you and your family are doing well. We are still seeing challenges in the startup sector due to a volatility in funding within the emerging technology sector. As mentioned in our previous call, we are maintaining our focus on corporate segment. Our consolidated operating revenue for the quarter was recorded INR 7.1 million for Q4 FY '25 as compared to INR 9.1 million in Q4 FY '24 and INR 8.3 million in Q3 FY '25. The revenue decreased on the year-on-year basis on account of the transition from a start-up segment to corporate segment. We are seeing interest from corporates for our services. However, the conversion is expected to take some time. Hence, we expect our revenues to gradually start getting traction over the next few quarters. Operating EBITDA adjusted for the quarter was negative INR 15.3 million as compared to negative INR 49.2 million in Q4 FY '24 and negative INR 19.8 million for Q3 FY '25. I would like to give some context to this EBITDA loss in Q4 FY '25. Though our operating expenses have reduced. However, the decrease in revenue was due to the said losses. We expected our operating cost to be stable from here on. Net loss for the quarter was INR 18.4 million, partially due to INR 0.1 million of ESOP expenditure. This, in comparison to a net loss of about INR 60.4 million in Q4 FY '24 and net loss of INR 20.9 million in Q3 FY '25. Regarding the change in revenue, we would like to state that our revenue was diversified within start-ups, corporates and government, forming 15%, 24% and 1%, respectively, for FY '25 revenues. We expect focus on corporate segment going forward. More focus on data science will enable us to increase our revenue. Our team size is about 50, including employees, interns, consultants as compared to 49 in Q3 FY '25. Till date, we have served 64 clients and our sustained interaction is the foundation for our performance. On a stand-alone basis, revenue for Q4 FY '25 was INR 9.1 million compared to INR 8.3 million in Q3 FY '25, an increase of 9.1% due to increase in services delivered to corporate in Q4 FY '25. The operating EBITDA for the quarter narrowed from negative INR 17.2 million in Q3 FY '25 to negative INR 14.5 million in Q4 FY '25 due to revenue increase, coupled with the decrease in certain overheads. Net loss for the quarter was INR 15.9 million. The company has restricted the consolidation of its subsidiaries, Xelpmoc Design and Tech U.K. Limited and its step-down subsidiary, Soultrax Studios Private Limited in accordance with the applicable accounting standards. As a result, the income as well as expenses recognized from these entities in earlier quarters have been reversed in Q4 FY '25, leading to differences between the stand-alone and consolidated financials for the quarter. I will now speak about the full revenue -- full year financials. Consolidated revenue from the operation was INR 39 million in FY '25 compared to INR 64.7 million in FY '24. Operating EBITDA for the year was negative INR 73.2 million as compared to negative INR 149.1 million in FY '24. Net loss for the year was INR 80.7 million compared to INR 138.9 million in FY '24. Stand-alone revenue from operations was INR 39 million in FY '25. Operating EBITDA was negative INR 63.1 million and a net loss was INR 86.2 million. The difference between stand-alone and consolidated financials are due to certain intercompany transactions between the group during FY '25. The fair value of our investment in portfolio company stood approximately INR 631.8 million as of 31st March 2025 as compared to INR 546.3 million as of 31st March 2024. We achieved a milestone recently in our journey as a listed company as the Board approved the proposal for a part sale of our stake in Mihup, aggregating to total consideration of INR 100 million. This transaction reaffirms our strategy of partnering with start-up and exiting post our 7 years target period. Now I will discuss about our portfolio companies in detail. First, let me start with Mihup. Mihup, our cutting-edge conversation AI platform designed to provide real-time assistance and analytics on customer agent interactions. Mihup futures a phenome based voice to text engine that delivers industry-leading accuracy along with prebuilt AI models tailored to multiple industries. It's hybrid architecture, combining edge and cloud technology, ensuring secure and real-time data processing, enabling total workflow automation and mixed language understanding. It recorded a revenue of approximately INR 18 million in FY '25 and currently has an ARR of INR 25 million. It counts Tata Motors, Canara Bank, HSBC, Angel Broking among their top clients. It has dedicated team size of about 65 employees. Coming to our next startup, Woovly. Woovly operates across 2 dynamic business verticals. First, it has video commerce marketplace dedicated to lifestyle products; and second, it has a SaaS offering. Live2.ai, which provides interactive shoppable videos and live commerce solutions. Live2.ai has 2 core products, the shoppable social wall and a social media publishing and reporting. Currently, Live2.ai is achieving an impressive USD 2.4 million in terms of USD as its current ARR with 280 brands utilizing the platform and operating at an EBITDA of a positive status. It has notable enterprise clients, which are industry leaders such as Henkel, L'Oreal, Samsonite, Tata -- Titan Group, Decathlon, et cetera, with many more global brands in the pipeline. Now coming to our next portfolio, which is Snaphunt. Snaphunt is a remote talent marketplace that matches employers with best talent across geographies. Snaphunt is an innovative recruitment solution company. They recently launched agentzane.ai as a comprehensive digital recruiter product alongside with their fully managed recruiting services for SMBs and start-ups, Snaphyre, which they did in 2022. In 2024, they saw a remarkable 1.5x growth in paid customers, driven by the removal of a premium plan and a new pricing strategy that enhances product-led conversations. Revenue for January to December 2024, it reached USD 425,000 with a projection of -- for 2025 set an impressive USD 1 million. Currently, they have 7.2 million job seekers and 10,000 employees on their platform, positioning them as a leader in the recruitment space. Coming to our other portfolio, Pencil. Pencil, a Mumbai-based start-up that has been at the forefront of the creator economy since its established in 2007. Pencil is dedicated to empowering writers by providing innovative tools that enables them to create, enhance, monetize their stories. Recently, they launched AI-generated audio supported by a grant from Google India, which is now live. Additionally, Pencil has produced samples of AI-generated books in multiple languages, including English, Marathi, Hindi and many more. With impressive intellectual property monetization, they sold 38,713 units in Q4 FY '25 and reported a revenue of INR 81 lakhs during the period, reflecting a 25% growth over previous quarter. Our next startup, The Star In Me, an innovative learning as a service platform dedicated to driving organizational excellence for individuals of all genders. Recently, TSIM has secured new clients, including Aragen and achieved impressive gross revenue of INR 2.35 crores for FY '25. The company has also enhanced its platform by introducing new features designed to elevate the coach partner experience and improve the clientele discovery process. Notably, TSIM was honored with the Gold Award in the "Startup of the Year" category at the ET Human Capital Annual Awards 2025, reflecting its commitment to excellence in the industry. Kids Stop Press, a unique discovery platform designed to support parents throughout their parenting journey from conception to age 16 with the help of Xelpmoc, KSP has developed a machine learning platform that analyzes over 100 data points from its users. The primary target audience consists of first-time parents aged 25 to 34, who make up 75% of the platform's traffic with 45% accessing its IOS KSP has successfully monetized its content through brand partnership and subscription revenue and has been improved monetization, thanks to long-term brand collaboration that extended its reach into Tier 2 cities across the nation. Coming to our new start-up, Biome. Biome is a venture studio in the business of investing and mentoring its start-up. It recently raised INR 20 crores from various sources. The start-up investment include Zoop Money, a white label loan platform for homebuyers in partnership with real estate developers and financial institutions. As you all know, Xelpmoc typically engages with start-up at the incorporation stage, pre-seed funding stage or a pre-revenue stage. Most of our start-ups have just begun generating revenue and are still in a cash burning phase. However, a few of our start-ups such as Mihup, Woovly and Pencil are performing well, while others are still working to secure their next round of funding. Consequently, they are concentrating on increasing revenue and maintaining a conservative cost structure. As stated earlier, this year, the start-up ecosystem experienced significant challenges, and we are focusing on scaling up Xelp's own products and services, including [ ElderTech ]. Our emphasis is on revenue generation within the corporate sectors, particularly in data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning as we aim to develop our own in-house products. We are committed to achieving EBITDA profitability as soon as possible, although it may take several quarters for this to materialize, given the current market conditions affecting both start-ups [Technical Difficulty]. With this, now I request to open the floor for question and answers.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The first question is from the line of Mehul from Forty Cents.
Unknown Analyst
analystThank you so much, sir, for the opportunity. I joined in a little late. So I'm just -- I would like to know and I'm new to the company. I would like to know the business model like -- does Xelpmoc provide the initial capital for start-ups or the ideas are incubated in Xelpmoc itself?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo basically, as far as Xelpmoc is concerned, Xelpmoc, we don't invest as money into those companies unless and until we really see that some sort of thing. But basically, what we do is we build technology for those start-ups -- and at the same time, what we do is we help them in terms of product ideation, mentorship and all the other corporate services.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight. So sir, since you mentioned that you help build technology, now what I understand from the earlier commentary is that Xelpmoc is having only a team of 50 people. Is that right?
Srinivas Koora
executiveYes, Xelpmoc has about, yes, 50 people.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo sir, my question is that because I was hearing the commentary and there are about 7 startups or 7 ventures. So are you saying that this team of 50 people is providing technology guidance to all the 7 companies?
Srinivas Koora
executiveNo, no, no. See, basically, what happens is every year, we used to partner with 2 or 3 start-ups. And with each startup, the engagement is different. Maybe with a few startups, we had an engagement of 2 years, 3 years, et cetera. So what happens is, till the time your product is developed, you have done your beta, alpha, market test, et cetera, everything would be taken care by Xelpmoc. And again, there would be an agreed man month rate and agreed number of hours. Accordingly, that would be translated into equity or accordingly, that would be translated into the amount that the startup has to pay to Xelpmoc. In case, if you look at Xelpmoc, Xelpmoc has a history of close to about 9 years. So every year, we have onboarded a few start-ups and initial agreement was for about 2 years or 3 years. Once they raise fund, once they have grown up, they have their own tech team. And what happens is in case if they face any challenges, at that time, we jump in and we try to help them.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight. So sir, over the period of last 9 years, how many start-ups have we -- have been -- have we worked with?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo basically, we must have worked with close to about 16 to 17 start-ups, out of which few start-ups have not worked. As you know that the success rate of in start-ups is hardly about 10% to 12%. But still in case -- our case, if you look at it, that a few have already reached to about Series B level, few are at a Series A level. And most of the companies have already raised funds from either private equity players or family offices.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight. So sir, which are those companies -- out of this listed on the presentation which of these companies have got capital from private equity or the family office?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo basically, Mihup has raised funds from private equities and also some marquee investors. And even Woovly has raised funds from private equity and some market investors, Pencil has raised funds. Snaphunt has raised funds.
Unknown Analyst
analystSir, when can we find the detail of the...
Srinivas Koora
executiveBasically, in case, if you can go through our deck, it has all like what they do, et cetera, and even if you look at our annual report, it carries like who are the investors in these companies. Now for example, as I discussed earlier in my opening remarks, Biome, Biome has recently closed close to a raise of about INR 20 crores, again from friends and families.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. So how do you spell Biome?
Srinivas Koora
executiveB-i-o-m-e.
Unknown Analyst
analystSir, is it possible to have a detailed discussion because this call is for other people as well. So is it possible to.
Srinivas Koora
executiveYou reach out to our IR person, Ravi. He will help you.
Unknown Analyst
analystAnd sir, where are you -- where is the management for the company based out of?
Srinivas Koora
executiveWe are based out of Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of Rohan Choksi from Raas Capital. I would request you to please use your handset.
Rohan Choksi
analystSir, my question was with regards to the products that are built in-house. What's their useful life? And are they patented? And do you give annual maintenance service for them?
Srinivas Koora
executiveThe products, whatever we are building right now at a very initial stage. Right now, none of the products, these have got patented. And mostly, these are -- in the field of AI/ML, which can be used, especially in the fintech industry, insurance, et cetera. Sandeep, you can add more in detail with respect to these products.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveYes. So essentially, these are -- you're highlighting all sorts of ML code and all and making applications for mostly as of now 3 industries we're targeting; real estate, BFSI and legal tech, where there's a lot of documentation and all. So these are document processing things, which essentially tells if a document is of a particular type, if there are certain errors that can be corrected, whatever was being done as a menial job before as proof correction or checking and all, that is being automated.
Rohan Choksi
analystRight. Okay. Sir, and I have gone through your investor presentation and sorry to ask that.
Srinivas Koora
executiveYes. Jaison, you can also include what we are doing in [ ElderTech ].
Jaison Jose
executiveYes. So in the last year, we've looked at an emerging theme and industry that's moving rapidly with the pace of growing in India. So as we call it [ ElderTech or AgeTech ] as we call it, is a focus area for us. It's one of the only few additions that we've made in the last 9 years of our journey. And our first SaaS offering in this space has now been launched. We are currently talking to multiple senior living operators in the country. And it's an end-to-end suite for operators in the space who could be either real estate companies that have entered the senior living space or senior living operators that independently operate. So we're looking at how tech can help them improve efficiencies of operations, streamline service offerings as well as give best experience service -- best experience to their residents. It is one of the first products in that -- within that -- from that company, from that entity. And we hope to have recurring revenues coming from that product in the next couple of quarters. So we just about launched it. And next quarter on, we hope to bag a couple of deals.
Rohan Choksi
analystUnderstood. Thank you for the explanation. And I have been through your investor presentations and the con calls before, but I thought I would still ask. Sir, I wanted to get a bit more understanding on who uses the products among the corporates -- and you have mentioned on the industry, but if you can go a bit deeper on the use case of these products from the client's point of view, like who will need these products on -- tomorrow, who will need Xelpmoc's help to scale with a start-up, corporate or a government?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo in terms of corporate, it can be used for legal companies. And in case of BFSI, it can be used in insurance sector. Even in real estate sector, it can be used. So we have built a couple of robust models, which we are seeing that there are certain use cases in this particular industry especially.
Rohan Choksi
analystUnderstood, sir. And are you able to give a bit more information on who your top 10 companies would be or which companies you are eyeing in the next 1 year or so as your potential clients?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveSee, as I said, the sectors that we are looking at is legal and BFSI and real estate. So a large trust of legal process outsourcing companies already as our customer. We are trying to go to more such people who need that. Just to give an example of a use case, for example, let's say, contract is being framed and it has a number of clauses. So today, what happens is a paralegal person goes through those clauses and tries to determine if there are risk factors or something has been missed or something is pertinent to the domicile the contract is being framed on. These sort of things are being automated. So what probably would have taken 2, 3 days before from a paralegal perspective, probably can be shrunk down to 4, 5 minutes of inspection after which the paralegal is sort of triggered to say, okay, this is the things missing. And it works in a kind of an aid to the paralegal to make his job much, much more succinct. That's the kind of use case. So anyone who's in a similar industry and has such of overhead for the people who are working, it's an applicable solution. In the same way, it's any forms that are being filled up, any paperwork that's being done, that there's manual inspection, that can be automated to a large extent and aided for the person doing it. So that's the broad industry. Now each industry has its own nuances and all. That's the reason we are sticking to this 3 verticals where we are putting specialized knowledge. But the core competency of the text passing and all, that is more or less generic. You have to specifically train it for the particular field that you are trying to attract.
Rohan Choksi
analystRight. Understood. Sir, I just have one last question, if that's okay. And you spoke about the profitability as soon as possible. And I understand the industry itself is facing its challenges, but -- correct me if I'm wrong, I think you've gone from having 100 employees to 50 now. So maybe from the cost-cutting point of view, you might have -- you might be over it. But from the revenue or from the growth point of view, like what's the next step that you have to take to reach profitability or at least EBITDA positive?
Srinivas Koora
executiveYes. So as far as this part is concerned, maybe you are seeing that the number of employees were 100 or even at times 110, 120, et cetera. We understand that earlier, we have taken up a couple of projects, which are more towards helping government, et cetera. But we have seen that those transactions are not helping us to grow. And at the same time, we were burning cash. That's one of the key reasons why you have seen that there is a drop in revenues and also there is a drop in expenditure.
Operator
operatorDoes that answer your question.
Rohan Choksi
analystYes.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] the next question is from the line of Abhishek Agrawal from [ Gemsquest ].
Abhishek Agrawal
analystMy question is with respect to our business model, and we have been invested since past 5 years now. And then I've seen company do several things and close down a few. And then we had so much of potential. We were doing so much of things together and so many industries that we could have catered to and we're already in AI/ML and all of these stuff. And with so much of opportunities in AI, so many companies doing and trying out things and developing product and so what is our vision, what are we trying to do? And what is not working for us that we're not being able to scale our products and attract customers or get clients towards using our products and solutions?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveSo we were in the same field of AI/ML and all, but our manifestation was mostly through the start-up industry. That change of focus that we have done is what has been the main reason why we are right now starting almost at an initial level for entering into the commercial space and corporates to get the business. So yes, we were in the same field, but our focus was not towards making the products and doing services for corporates. That's a change we have taken, let's say, about 4 quarters back. And now those things are happening. Parallelly, we also started building our own products around that time. Because of the experience we had in the several start-ups and all we did, we could do it at a faster pace. Instead of the initial period that every company takes say 2, 3 years, we have been able to go to market with some product offerings in 1 year. That is the transition that you are seeing. And that was previously notified that there is a painful switch that we have to do on that part. At the same time, we have not been encouraging start-ups because of our own viability in terms of commercials and money factors. But if you look at our track record in terms of the success of the start-ups, that has been quite significant. If we had enough part and we had gone that way, that would have been a different part. But there was a funding winter. There is a start-up shakeout that's happening, and we thought prudent not to go that way, especially since we are a listed entity.
Abhishek Agrawal
analystSure. So sir, just an extension to that then if you can just in a little bit of detail, explain us what are we trying to do exactly as of now? And what is the potential that we see with respect to revenues or profitability 1 year, 2 year down the, any road map that we have or anything that we're targeting in terms of revenues or profit?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveYes. Just the previous question, we did explain as to what we are doing on the product and all. If you have queries, we can revisit that part which is there. But from an outlook of revenues and all the numbers that are being talked of, that forward-looking part, we really can't get into at this point of time until the stabilization happens, and we have a fresh outlook on that. As of now, what we have disclosed about the...
Abhishek Agrawal
analystSure, I get you. What I'm trying to understand is, say, for a product or 2 that we are developing, what kind of customers can we get with respect to revenues? I mean, what kind of revenue potential can that product per client per year have from services or products that we have to offer?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveIt is not fixed because the number of customers -- I mean, the agents that we are replacing and all will change from company to company. It's better to go with the sector and think of what that sector can offer. As of now, the potential market size for each of the sectors of legal tech and all is pretty high. If you think of it that if we are looking at market potential, it's about in many ways that you can think of it as the mid-tier employable people, about 6% to 7% of their cost is what can be the total market size for that. How much we are able to capture and all that will get clarity as we get the rollouts done.
Abhishek Agrawal
analystOkay. Sure. And anything else that we're trying to do or develop or get into in the future or anything that is on the drawing board for us?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveJaison mentioned just previously, the [ ElderTech ] piece, the first SaaS offering for the [ ElderTech ], that's something that we are taking to market right now.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The next follow-up question is from the line of [ Mehul from Forty Cents. ]
Unknown Analyst
analystI'm a bit confused about the company's operations. So while in my earlier questions, I got some insights about the ventures which you are -- which you have, like we have Woovly, The Star In Me, et cetera. And then in the following questions I heard about that you are developing some products which are catering to real estate, legal tech and BFSI. So the question is that these products, which are you mentioned about, to some extent, are these products driven by the Xelpmoc team itself or these are also with some third party are these start-ups which you are encouraging or supporting?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveNo, so what you heard was the previous portfolios that we have built and our interaction with them in terms of day-to-day operations or development is not existing as of now. This is our history. What you're hearing is the work that we are doing, and this is not through any start-ups or ventures that we have gone. It is independent development that we are happening through the brand of Xelpmoc.
Unknown Analyst
analystThese are independent ventures, real estate, legal tech and BFSI.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveCorrect. These are in our product lines. This is Xelpmoc product lines.
Unknown Analyst
analystYes. So when you say the others are mystery, so you are not doing any more work with start-ups. Is that correct understanding? Or it's completely wrong?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveBecause they have matured, we hold equity in them, and we have exposure to them. So whenever the wealth gain happens there, it adds to our holdings. But there are time to time when there is an innovation needed, we have contracts from them, but there is no regular revenue income flow or costs incurred on behalf of those portfolio companies.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo there's not a single penny which you are spending on these start-ups now anymore.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveNot anymore. See we have done the investment before. We are now looking at reaping the benefits. And that strategy that we had previously through which we have done this book building, that is not being pursued for the moment.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight. Sir, my next -- another question about the startups is that in the slides, which we have received as an investor presentation, there are names of the people who are mentioned as team like Tapani Barman and Venkat J and Mahua Mukherjee. So all these guys are leading these startups? Are they...
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveThey are the entrepreneurs. They are the entrepreneurs. They are the key guys. We hold equity in those companies run by them.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. Okay. And sir, my next question is on one of the slides, which talks about existing ventures and prospective engagements. So prospective engagements, I can see you have mentioned that, that is happening in the South African continent, African continent. So can you please elaborate on what kind of prospective engagements are we doing for the -- in that area of the geography -- I mean, in that geography?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveSrini, do you want to take that?
Srinivas Koora
executiveThat was done earlier, not the current 1 because that was 1 of the services that we have rendered earlier.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo then there is nothing right now, which we are doing in terms of South Africa.
Srinivas Koora
executiveNo, nothing we have a -- we are doing some work in U.S. and some bits and pieces, but mainly in U.S., we are doing some work. And 1 of the portfolio is there from U.S., which is a Catailyst, and 1 portfolio is there, which is from Singapore, which is Snaphunt.
Unknown Analyst
analystSnaphunt is in Singapore and which is the one in U.S., sorry, sir?
Srinivas Koora
executiveCatailyst is in U.S.
Unknown Analyst
analystCatailyst.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveYes. Yes.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. And sir, anything in Europe?
Srinivas Koora
executiveNo, we don't have any services.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveWe had some services which we have done, but at the moment, nothing. No.
Unknown Analyst
analystNothing at the moment. This MSME major in European market, can you elaborate a little bit on that, sir?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo basically, these are the services which we have rendered earlier, helping them in terms of R&D or building a product, et cetera.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight. Sir, with the kind of -- as you mentioned, that there's a shakeup in the start-up world. So what kind of hiring plans do you have for the next 2 years? .
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveWe have not done any hiring plans because as of now, we are adequately manned. And once the products and all have kind of show the expansions and all at that point, we'll restaff.
Operator
operatorThe next question is from the line of [ Raj from Ajay Partners. ]
Unknown Analyst
analystYou just mentioned on the call that you are doing a change of business model. I wanted to understand what exactly is it? Is it like you are stopping to invest into start-up companies and developing your own tech and going ahead? Is it so?
Srinivas Koora
executiveThat's correct.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveYes, 2, 3 things. I'm saying -- yes, you go ahead.
Srinivas Koora
executiveYes. So basically, we are focusing more on developing in-house products. and rendering services to corporate and services. But yes, as far as the start-ups are concerned, in case if there are any good lucrative start-ups reaching out to us in case if there is any potential in it, we are happy to look at those start-ups. But yes, earlier mainly was focused on start-ups. Now we are looking at start-ups, products and services, both.
Unknown Analyst
analystSo the products which you are developing on your own, how much investment have you made into them?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo basically, whatever burn that we are doing for last 1 year, maybe you can assume that the majority of it is going into those products. We are like talking to a few clients yet to come out with some green shoots, et cetera, but sounds very positive. And maybe in the next 1 or 2 quarters, you will see something on that side.
Operator
operatorThe next follow-up question is from the line of Rohan Choksi from Raas Capital.
Rohan Choksi
analystAgain. So can I just understand...
Operator
operatorI would request you to please use your handset.
Rohan Choksi
analystYes. I have on the handset. Hopefully, I am audible.
Operator
operatorSir, please speak a bit louder.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveIt's muffled a bit, but it's okay. Go ahead.
Rohan Choksi
analystOkay. Yes, I'll speak louder. Sir, my question was with regard to the start-up investment -- the start-ups that you have in your portfolio. Would you have any exit strategy at this point? Or you monitor on a year-by-year or quarter-by-quarter basis?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveWe do it on an opportunity basis, not quarter-by-quarter or year-by-year. But as you heard, our first exit from Mihup did happen, and we did a partial sell to the effect of over INR 10 crores.
Rohan Choksi
analystGot it. I just wanted to understand the revenue split between domestic and international as well. Between quarter 3 and quarter 4, there's a huge 20% change in the international. Is that -- is the international market going to drive the revenue going forward? Or am I reading it correct?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveSee, the thing is many of these contracts or POCs we are doing, they do have an international appeal, though we are doing the POCs in India. So how it will go, we are not fully clear on where the uptake will be higher. But I mean, for example, where the billing happens from Mix, International and National, but the execution could be in India or vice versa, right? So that, I think, is there. The sectors are what is going focus. For example, if there's a legal process outsourcing company and the parent company is in U.K., let's say, the revenue will be booked in U.K. But actually, the solution is being done for their center in India. So it's tough to say from the product perspective, unlike start-ups where we are very clearly [ demarcated on ] domiciles. This is more of an accounting part of it. But I don't think that should be a distinguishing factor.
Rohan Choksi
analystGot it. Understood. Sir, and now that the focus is going to be on the products that you -- that have in-house development. Could you expand a bit on the USP of them or what makes them different like the reasons why the clients would choose your products going forward?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveObviously, it's because it serves the problems that they're facing. And currently, whatever tools and processes they have are not coming up to either the accuracy level of it or the speed of it, right? That's essentially what is driving. And that's the reason why a lot of the development has gone and we are focused on sectors. We have gained knowledge specific to that sector. And as with any AI/ML or data science-oriented project, the key is apart from the technology execution, which is more or less standardized now and there is a minimum standard that you have to comply with. The core part of it is how well you're able to train the data and how well you're able to handle exceptions. And the amount of effort and skill you put into it is what differentiates you and makes you marketable. So what is our calling card on this part is the accuracy and the effectiveness in being able to assist with the focus. So there is a generic English language parcel and there is a slightly different training that you need to give to make the specific English, which is used in legal documents. And that changes slightly again when you go to other sectors. So that tweaking and making sure that those things are done properly and it's giving accuracy is what the skill and the ESP of what we are doing lies in.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The next question is from the line of Mukesh Patel who is an individual investor.
Unknown Attendee
attendeeRecently, it has been noticed that Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, which was holding 63,000 shares of our company since last 3 years, has sold its entire stake last month. Is it not a very disturbing sign for investors?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSir, as far as shareholder holding stake, when they buy it, when they sold, it is nothing is within the company or within this. It is their individual decision and individual choice whenever they want to buy and whenever they want to sell it.
Unknown Attendee
attendeeThat is true, but it makes real sense to know that [indiscernible] name like Franklin Templeton exits our company, it shows -- it sends very disturbing signs to investors.
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveI think, sir, that is something that's like Srinivas said. But what has to be considered are 2 factors. One is it was not a significant holding that they had. It was not even in one decimal play -- I mean, in single decimal play. The second aspect is they had held for 3 years, and they have certain policies in certain market sizes where they have to exit. That I don't see as a warning sign given the time period they have been in. It was not like a hasty retreat immediately after investing, which would have been worrying. And it is something that was not moving the needle too much for us because it was more of a check that they had put in, in my opinion, given the size of their fund and the amount they invested. So I don't think I read too much into it.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] The next follow-up question is from the line of [ Mehul from Forty Cents. ]
Unknown Analyst
analystHow much percentage of equity are we holding in Mihup?
Srinivas Koora
executiveMihup, now after exiting close to 2.5%, still we'll be having about 6.4% to 6.5% in the company.
Unknown Analyst
analystOkay. And sir, rest of the equity is held by?
Srinivas Koora
executiveSo there are other investors, right?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveThe entrepreneurs hold some part. There are investors who have been there from before like [ Astel, Idea Springs, ] who are there. And there have been new investors who have come who actually have them. For example, our sale was partially of the existing investors who wanted to not liquidate more onto that part. So our thing was bought by existing investors. So the investor pool has more or less remained constant with addition of a few people last the funding round and then some secondary tranches that happened, which we took participate in.
Unknown Analyst
analystSir, which is the private equity firm which is holding Mihup?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveI think that's something that you can look up at Mihup. I'm not sure if legally it is allowed.
Unknown Analyst
analyst[ Astel Partners.]
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executive[ Astel partners and Idea Springs. ]
Unknown Analyst
analystAnd sir, how much percentage you have sold so far for Mihup?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveWe just told 2.5%.
Unknown Analyst
analystWhat price point did you sell it for?
Srinivas Koora
executiveWe have exited at a valuation of about INR 402 crores.
Unknown Analyst
analystINR 402 crores for the entire valuation?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveEnterprise valuation.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight Sir, one last question, sir, since now we have moved to more of an in-house technology company, who is our CTO?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveI'm holding that post de facto because I was a technical person anyway.
Unknown Analyst
analystAnd sir, yourself, Mr. Sandipan, right?
Sandipan Chattopadhyay
executiveThat's correct.
Srinivas Koora
executiveAnd we also have other team members like Naushad Vali, et cetera, and who have been working with Sandipan for the last 10, 15 years.
Unknown Analyst
analystRight, sir. sir, very helpful. I will get in touch with your IR for further discussion.
Operator
operator[Operator Instructions] As there are no further questions from the participants, I would now like to hand the conference over to the management for closing comments.
Srinivas Koora
executiveThank you. Thank you, everyone, for joining us for today's call. Please do write to us in case if you have any further follow-up queries. In case if anybody wants to have a one-to-one call please reach out to Ravi Udeshi, who will set up a call and we can discuss further in detail. Thank you very much and take care.
Ravi Udeshi
attendeeThank you.
Operator
operatorOn behalf of Xelpmoc Design and Tech Limited, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines.
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