Frequently asked questions

About Volaris

Volaris means Vehicle on Lease at Rental Income Share. Volaris platform enables investors to buy commercial vehicles and lease it to end consumers and ecommerce companies on a revenue share basis.

Volaris is an extremely low risk investment product that offers significantly higher returns (Expected IRR ~ 25% p.a.). Investors directly own the two-wheeler assets that are leased to Bykemania Solutions for rental purposes, the proceeds of which is passed on to the investors on a monthly basis.

Volaris had its first investor in 2018. Since then we had multiple investors joining us from three different continents and returns have been as expected for all our investors. One of our big investors did suffer during COVID as he had a portfolio of premium motorbikes (used for local tourism), but even that segment has rebounded with a vengeance now. More details and references are available on request.

About Bykemania

Bykemania is an electric scooter and two wheeler rental and subscription platform. Bykemania offers both web and mobile based seamless booking platform for consumers & businesses’ - 200k+ mobile app downloads - 60k+monthly page views - Clocked 30 million+ km Strong track record of maintaining a large & growing fleet size (1200+ currently). Bykemania has been delighting customers in Bangalore for last 5 years.

Returns

Pre tax IRR 25% p.a.

2 Years

Returns are a portion of rental income generated by the motorbike. We get monthly payments from ecommerce companies and customers. Schedule of returns is in line with that. Returns are paid monthly. Attach Excel returns schedule

Monthly Amount paid to investor for each electric Motorbike is maximum of the below two Rs 2.25 x Number of miles driven by the motorbike 75% x Total Rental income generated

Number of miles driven can be independently checked on Loconav GPS platform. Overall Rental income can be verified via payment gateway as all the customer payments are digital. Access to both avenues of verification are available through a dedicated investor partner app.

Bykemania has a dedicated mobile app and web platform for its investor partners to track their returns live.

Bykemania has a dedicated mobile app and web platform for its investor partners to track their returns live.

Vehicle Maintenance, Safety & Insurance

Yes, Bykemania has a full time team of maintenance engineers. Our first set of motorbikes was deployed 6 years ago. Those motorbikes are still on the road and earning good rental income. We promote an active culture of performance linked incentives for our maintenance engineers. Performance is measured on basis of customer feedback and regular monthly checks done by a separate quality control team.

Bykemania takes full liability of the maintenance costs. Investor does not have to worry about any operations related headache.

Bykemania takes full liability of the maintenance costs. Investor does not have to worry about any operations related headache.

Bykemania has tied up with acko for commercial vehicle insurance. Insurance costs are born by Bykemania (apart from the 1st year as on road price includes first year insurance)

Covers cost of damages and theft.

We have 100% automated scheduling of our maintenance processes. Technology has enhanced our ability to do follow time bound preemptive maintenance procedures. This has resulted in low down time and subsequently high capacity utilization. We have effectively used the GPS tracking technology e.g. geo fencing to keep a check on any internal as well as external possible thefts.

Yes, Bykemania has a full time team of maintenance engineers. Our first set of motorbikes was deployed 6 years ago. Those motorbikes are still on the road and earning good rental income. We promote an active culture of performance linked incentives for our maintenance engineers. Performance is measured on basis of customer feedback and regular monthly checks done by a separate quality control team.

Yes, Bykemania has a full time team of maintenance engineers. Our first set of motorbikes was deployed 6 years ago. Those motorbikes are still on the road and earning good rental income. We promote an active culture of performance linked incentives for our maintenance engineers. Performance is measured on basis of customer feedback and regular monthly checks done by a separate quality control team.

Investment process

Yes, the lease agreement is available for preview before you make an investment. Additionally, investors can access all documents (e.g. Registration Certificate card) related to an asset in their ‘Portfolio’ section at any given time.

Limited liability partnership, also known as LLP. LLP setup costs are borne by Bykemania. For ticket size < ₹10L, you will give a loan to LLP, motorbikes will be treated as collateral against the loan. Rehypothecation agreement will be part of the loan agreement which forbids Bykemania from selling motorbikes before the amount due to investor is paid. LLP partnership and other modes like proprietorship, separate company can be considered for higher ticket sizes.

The VOLARIS investment agreement consists of the Risk Disclosure Agreement and the LLP Loan Agreement. Risk Disclosure Agreement is designed to let investors learn the risks involved with investing in assets and give their consent to proceed with the investment bearing those risks in mind. LLP Loan Agreement is a written contract between the partners of the LLP and the investor. It establishes the rights and duty of the partners towards the LLP and the investor.

Each investor must sign a Loan to LLP agreement.

No, everything is available on e-sign.

Bykemania takes the ownership of motorbikes as per lease agreement. Though Bykemania can only take the ownership once it has paid the expected returns to the investor.

Investor protection

All the liability is on Bykemania while the motorbike is leased to us. Investor does not have any responsibility as per the revenue share lease agreement. After purchase, vehicles are leased to Bykemania Solutions by the owners through the lease agreement and Permit is issued by RTO in favor of Bykemania Solutions. Therefore, Bykemania solutions is the legal custodian of the vehicles and all possible eventualities will be dealt from the office of Bykemania Solutions.

Everything is covered under commercial vehicle insurance

We extend the tenure of the contract and keep on sharing rental income till we have paid back the promised amount. This feature helps investors survive tail events like COVID.

Bykemania has net debt close to zero and is net EBITDA positive company. It’s a COVID survivor and has continued to grow. In worst case if Bykemania goes bankrupt, you still have the ownership of motorbikes. You can advise us to sell your motorbikes in second hand market.