BENGALURU : Consumer internet startups in hospitality, co-living and urban mobility are struggling to keep up with minimum business guarantee (MBG) payments to their vendors and suppliers—essentially property and vehicle owners—forcing them to suspend or tweak contracts.More than four months of lockdown has sharply affected demand, with the hospitality and mobility segments taking the biggest hit in revenues.Property owners who leased their homes and hotels to Oyo and NestAway were in for a shock when the latter invoked force majeure to suspend all minimum guarantees by April.
Mobility startups, including Drivezy and Zoomcar, have also stopped paying vehicle vendors since March, forcing vehicle owners to move courts and file police.