Summary of business and significant accounting policies (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of presentation	Basis of presentation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Telenav, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that our management believes are necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for the full fiscal year or for any subsequent interim period. Our condensed consolidated financial statements also include the financial results of Shanghai Jitu Software Development Ltd., or Jitu, located in China. Based on our contractual arrangements with the shareholders of Jitu, we have determined that Jitu is a variable interest entity, or VIE, for which we are the primary beneficiary and are required to consolidate in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, subtopic 810-10, or ASC 810-10, Consolidation: Overall. The results of Jitu did not have a material impact on our financial statements for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. The condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto for fiscal 2020, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on August 22, 2019, which we refer to as the Form 10-K. Effective July 1, 2019, we adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) as discussed in the section titled “Recently adopted accounting pronouncements” of this Note 1. All amounts and disclosures set forth in this Form 10-Q have been updated to comply with this standard.
Reclassification	Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation of discontinued operations.
Use of estimates	Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates and assumptions made by us include the determination of revenue recognition and deferred revenue, including estimating and allocating the transaction price of customer contracts, the recoverability of accounts receivable and short-term investments, the determination of acquired intangibles and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the fair value of stock-based awards issued, the determination of income taxes and the recoverability of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus first identified in China in late 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the U.S. and the world. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume, all of which are uncertain and we cannot predict. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, this uncertainty resulted in a higher level of judgment related to our estimates and assumptions concerning short-term investments, long-lived assets, non-marketable equity and debt investments, goodwill, and variable consideration related to revenue recognition. We expect uncertainties around our key accounting estimates to continue to evolve depending on the duration and degree of impact associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our estimates may change as new events occur and additional information emerges, and such changes are recognized or disclosed in our consolidated financial statements. Disaggregation of revenue
Contract assets	Contract assets Contract assets relate to our rights to consideration for performance obligations satisfied but not billed at the reporting date.
Recent accounting pronouncements	Recently adopted accounting pronouncements In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASU 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, or ASU 2018-15, which requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to defer and recognize as an asset. We early adopted ASU 2018-15 on July 1, 2019 on a prospective basis, and it did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) which supersedes the guidance in topic ASC 840, Leases. The new standard, including subsequent amendments, requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to previous guidance for operating leases under ASC 840, Leases. We adopted ASC 842, effective July 1, 2019. We adopted the standard using the modified retrospective transition approach applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application and not restating comparative periods. The most significant impact was the recognition of right-of-use, or ROU, assets and lease liabilities for operating leases that were not previously recorded. For information regarding the impact of ASC 842 adoption, see Leases and Note 6. Leases On July 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach by applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Results and disclosure requirements for reporting periods beginning after July 1, 2019 are presented under ASC 842, while prior period amounts have not been adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allowed us to carry forward our historical lease classification, our assessment on whether a contract was or contains a lease, and our initial direct costs for any leases that existed prior to July 1, 2019. We also elected to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Upon adoption, we recognized total ROU assets of $11.7 million, with corresponding liabilities of $13.0 million on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The adoption did not impact our beginning retained earnings, or our prior year condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of cash flows. We recognize operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities at the commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments we made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs we incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We include operating leases in operating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities, non-current on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which simplifies accounting for income taxes by revising or clarifying existing guidance in ASC 740, as well as removing certain exceptions within ASC 740. This guidance is effective for us on July 1, 2021 with early adoption permitted. We are evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our consolidated financial statements, but we do not expect it to have a material impact. With the exception of the recently adopted accounting pronouncements and recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted discussed above, there have been no other changes in accounting pronouncements during the nine months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the recent accounting pronouncements described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019, that are of significance or potential significance to us.
Leases	Leases On July 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach by applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Results and disclosure requirements for reporting periods beginning after July 1, 2019 are presented under ASC 842, while prior period amounts have not been adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting. We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allowed us to carry forward our historical lease classification, our assessment on whether a contract was or contains a lease, and our initial direct costs for any leases that existed prior to July 1, 2019. We also elected to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Upon adoption, we recognized total ROU assets of $11.7 million, with corresponding liabilities of $13.0 million on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The adoption did not impact our beginning retained earnings, or our prior year condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of cash flows. We recognize operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities at the commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments we made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs we incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We include operating leases in operating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities, non-current on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Summary of business and significant accounting policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Telenav, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that our management believes are necessary for a fair presentation of the periods presented. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results expected for the full fiscal year or for any subsequent interim period.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements also include the financial results of Shanghai Jitu Software Development Ltd., or Jitu, located in China. Based on our contractual arrangements with the shareholders of Jitu, we have determined that Jitu is a variable interest entity, or VIE, for which we are the primary beneficiary and are required to consolidate in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, subtopic 810-10, or ASC 810-10, Consolidation: Overall. The results of Jitu did not have a material impact on our financial statements for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

The condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto for fiscal 2020, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on August 22, 2019, which we refer to as the Form 10-K.

Effective July 1, 2019, we adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, No. 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) as discussed in the section titled “Recently adopted accounting pronouncements” of this Note 1. All amounts and disclosures set forth in this Form 10-Q have been updated to comply with this standard.

Reclassification

Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation of discontinued operations.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates and assumptions made by us include the determination of revenue recognition and deferred revenue, including estimating and allocating the transaction price of customer contracts, the recoverability of accounts receivable and short-term investments, the determination of acquired intangibles and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the fair value of stock-based awards issued, the determination of income taxes and the recoverability of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus first identified in China in late 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the U.S. and the world. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume, all of which are uncertain and we cannot predict. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, this uncertainty resulted in a higher level of judgment related to our estimates and assumptions concerning short-term investments, long-lived assets, non-marketable equity and debt investments, goodwill, and variable consideration related to revenue recognition. We expect uncertainties around our key accounting estimates to continue to evolve depending on the duration and degree of impact associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our estimates may change as new events occur and additional information emerges, and such changes are recognized or disclosed in our consolidated financial statements.

Disaggregation of revenue

Contract assets

Contract assets relate to our rights to consideration for performance obligations satisfied but not billed at the reporting date.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASU 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, or ASU 2018-15, which requires a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in

ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to defer and recognize as an asset. We early adopted ASU 2018-15 on July 1, 2019 on a prospective basis, and it did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) which supersedes the guidance in topic ASC 840, Leases. The new standard, including subsequent amendments, requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to previous guidance for operating leases under ASC 840, Leases.

We adopted ASC 842, effective July 1, 2019. We adopted the standard using the modified retrospective transition approach applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application and not restating comparative periods. The most significant impact was the recognition of right-of-use, or ROU, assets and lease liabilities for operating leases that were not previously recorded. For information regarding the impact of ASC 842 adoption, see Leases and Note 6.

Leases

On July 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective transition approach by applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application. Results and disclosure requirements for reporting periods beginning after July 1, 2019 are presented under ASC 842, while prior period amounts have not been adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting.

We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allowed us to carry forward our historical lease classification, our assessment on whether a contract was or contains a lease, and our initial direct costs for any leases that existed prior to July 1, 2019. We also elected to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Upon adoption, we recognized total ROU assets of $11.7 million, with corresponding liabilities of $13.0 million on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The adoption did not impact our beginning retained earnings, or our prior year condensed consolidated statements of operations and statements of cash flows.

We recognize operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities at the commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments we made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs we incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

We include operating leases in operating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities, non-current on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which simplifies accounting for income taxes by revising or clarifying existing guidance in ASC 740, as well as removing certain exceptions within ASC 740. This guidance is effective for us on July 1, 2021 with early adoption permitted. We are evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on our consolidated financial statements, but we do not expect it to have a material impact.

With the exception of the recently adopted accounting pronouncements and recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted discussed above, there have been no other changes in accounting pronouncements during the nine months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the recent accounting pronouncements described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019, that are of significance or potential significance to us.

Leases

We include operating leases in operating lease right-of-use assets, operating lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities, non-current on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.