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IPO rush amid market rally boosts demand for independent directors
Amid IPO frenzy, companies race to appoint independent directors with specific skill sets crucial for growth. Women lead key committees, while former bureaucrats remain sought after. The process overlooks competencies, favoring recommendations from bankers and auditors. Specialized firms aid in identifying professionals for board roles, ensuring compliance with listing regulations.
Zepto raises $665 million funding at $3.6 billion valuation to take on Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart
Company to double dark-store count to 700, taking on rivals Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Big Basket’s BB Now; DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Avenir Growth Capital and Avra joined as new investors in the round led by Glade Brook Capital, StepStone Group and Nexus Venture Partners.
ETtech Q&A | We pivoted multiple times, have been close to bankruptcy: Ixigo founders
Le Travenues Technology, the company behind the travel platform Ixigo, saw its shares listed on stock exchanges at a 48.5% premium to the IPO price. Cofounders Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar discussed the successful IPO and investor response with ET.
Oyo finalises Rs 1,000 crore fundraise from Indian family offices
Oyo fundraise: Hospitality startup Oyo is raising around Rs 1,000 crore from family offices and investors. The fundraise aims to value Oyo at about $2.5 billion, marking a significant decrease from its peak valuation of $9 billion in 2021. Oyo is slated to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Tuesday to approve the fundraise.
Zomato to infuse Rs 300 crore in quick commerce unit Blinkit as battle intensifies with Swiggy, Zepto
Food delivery company Zomato will infuse Rs 300 crore into its quick commerce unit Blinkit, as per filings made with the RoC. With this, Zomato has infused nearly Rs 2,300 crore since acquiring Blinkit in August 2022. Zomato will pump Rs 100 crore in Zomato Entertainment Pvt Ltd – the unit that runs the company’s live events and ticketing business.
Ixigo IPO fully subscribed; more layoffs at Paytm
The initial public offering of subscription travel firm Ixigo sailed through on the first day on robust retail interest. Details on this and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
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How investors struck gold in the new-age IPO boom
In the last month, several new-age companies backed by venture capital, have or are set to hit the public markets. This has resulted in a gold rush for their investors. Travel tech platform Ixigo is set to go public next week, while insurtech firm Go Digit and coworking startup Awfis have already listed on the exchanges in the past one month. Their investors, including Peak XV Partners, Elevation Capital, ChrysCapital and TVS Capital and A91 Partners, are sitting on multiple returns from some of these investments.
How Unacademy board tweaked targets for founders’ voting rights
Edtech unicorn Unacademy has changed the target for its cofounders Gaurav Munjal and Hemesh Singh to access additional voting rights through bonus shares issued to them in 2022. Industry sources said this move throws light on Unacademy’s changing ambitions as well as the broader sluggishness in the startup funding ecosystem.
Flipback Tax: Razorpay restructures to cut levy; Groww pegs tax outgo at $70 million
US-registered Razorpay is quickening plans to shift its domicile to India. For the same, it has initiated a restructuring exercise through which half a dozen India units are being brought under one holding company.
Quick commerce 2.0, and other top tech & startup stories this week
Quick commerce, the buzziest sector in the consumer internet industry, is undergoing a significant transformation. We, at ETtech, have been tracking the sector super closely and bringing the biggest and most impactful stories to you, first.
Digit IPO: tempering tech valuations & other top startup stories this week
This is Pratik Bhakta in Bengaluru. Insurance startup Digit, by valuing itself at a discount of 25% to its last known private market valuation, seems to have stuck its neck out. And it’s a move that’s certainly got everyone talking.
Swiggy IPO: Food-delivery major secures shareholder nod for potential $1.25 billion public offering
Swiggy IPO: Swiggy plans to raise up to Rs 3,750 crore ($450 million) in fresh capital, in addition to an offer-for-sale (OFS) component of up to Rs 6,664 crore ($800 million). The food-delivery major is also looking to raise about Rs 750 crore from anchor investors in the pre-IPO round.
Cultfit elevates Naresh Krishnaswamy as CEO, Mukesh Bansal takes on executive chairman role
Naresh Krishnaswamy was previously the head of fitness services at Cultfit. He has been running all key operations at the firm since cofounder and former chief executive Mukesh Bansal moved to Tata Digital as its president.
ETtech In-depth: How a diversified capital pool is changing dealmaking for Indian startups
Startups witness a shift in investment trends. Domestic investors, family offices, and public market investors like ValueQuest and Singularity Ventures actively back ventures. Investment landscape changes as global funds retreat, and founders turn to investment banks for funding.
Simplilearn cuts down on experiments, costs to prep for IPO by 2026
Simplilearn, led by Krishna Kumar, aims for profitability, with focus on partnerships and core profitability metrics. The company targets customers with 1-10 years' experience, halting unsuccessful experiments like job guarantees and expansion into new markets.
Swiggy records $200 million loss, document shows, as it plans IPO
SoftBank-backed Swiggy plans IPO after $200 million losses. Cost-cutting measures implemented. Paytm faces share drop due to high valuation. Zomato shares surge. Swiggy valued at $10.7 billion.
VCs looking for partial exits, investors eyeing IPO-bound firms push up secondary deals
Founders of mid-scale startups, who spoke to ET, said existing investors in their cos are demanding exits even at reduced valuations.
Nexus MD Sameer Brij Verma quits; will launch multi-stage fund
The fund will likely be $150-200 million in size, Verma will be a solo partner with a team of around a dozen executives.
Indian startups seen raising $10-12 billion this year: Peak XV’s Rajan Anandan
Rajan Anandan, who is the managing director at Peak XV Partners, said that in the next seven to eight years, there will be at least 100 Indian startups that will go for initial public offerings (IPOs).
India’s startup landscape: Funding winter continues as investment plummets
A new report brings out the continuing downward trend in funding, as investors remain more cautious and selective, even as India remained the fourth largest venture market in the world in 2023.
Smaller IPOs an alternative for shrinking VC exits: Blume report
According to a report from Blume, startups which are not seeing a lot of interest from growth investors, or hitting a growth ceiling and ‘feel better to build profitably than burn for growth’ should be exploring IPOs.
Razorpay’s payments entity reports flat profit of Rs 7.3 crore in FY23
Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd saw its revenue from operations grow 54% in FY23 to Rs 2,279 crore from Rs 1,481 crore in FY22. Employee benefits and salaries were one of the biggest cost centres for the startup, comprising 28% of the total expenses.
Tax payout for domiciling to India is high but we have accounted for it: Razorpay CEO
“We are at least two years from an IPO... Before that we want other parts of our business to break even and be profitable on all fronts. Our (online) payments business is break-even,” said cofounder and chief executive Harshil Mathur.
Elevation Capital’s massive gamble on Paytm backfires
The Ravi Adusumalli-led fund’s 15% stake in One 97, which was valued at about Rs 6,100 crore when the post-IPO lock-in expired in November 2022, had shrunk by nearly 40% to Rs 3,800 crore at the end of trading on Thursday.
Oyo may back out of IPO plan, opt for private raise
In a response to emailed queries by ET, Oyo said the information is inaccurate. Oyo’s first public offer filing was returned by the markets regulator in January 2023, requiring the SoftBank-backed firm to refile its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with updates and revisions. The startup then made a confidential pre-filing with Sebi for a significantly smaller-sized IPO.
More startups India-bound, map ‘reverse flip’
Pine Labs and Udaan are the latest to plan shifting their holding companies to India with an eye on the long term. They join several other well-funded and highly valued startups that are moving their overseas holding companies to India — or ‘reverse flipping’ ahead of listings.
ETtech State of Startups 2023: Founders resist valuation cuts as funding drought drags on
In ETtech's annual State of Startups survey, conducted among 80 of India’s top founders, investors and internet executives, turning profitable emerged as the top theme amid predictions of more restructuring, layoffs and possible bankruptcy cases in 2024.
Startup story set for better script in new year after unicorns, funds fall in 2023
Startups with sustainable business models as well as the well-capitalised ones are expected to weather the current turmoil. And the horizon in 2024 is expected to be "exciting" as well as "challenging".
Software startup ServiceTitan prepares for 2024 IPO
ServiceTitan is working with investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on its latest preparations for a stock market listing that could come as early as the second quarter of 2024.
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