Paytm Gears Up For Mega $2.23 Billion IPO, India's Biggest
ABP NewsNew Delhi: China's Ant Group and Japan's Softbank backed Paytm, India's digital payments leader is seeking regulatory approval to raise up to Rs 16,600 crore, making it the country's largest stock market debut ever, exceeding Rs 15,000 crore raised by state-owned Coal India a decade back. The offering may value the company over Rs 1.86 lakh crore and comes at a time when India's digital economy is experiencing a pandemic-fueled boom, as well as an intensifying battle for market share with Alphabet Inc's Google Pay and Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp Pay. The startup, which Berkshire Hathaway Inc. also backs, hopes to capitalize on the same strong investor demand that has propelled fellow unicorn Zomato Ltd.'s massively popular share sale. Paytm hopes to capitalize on the growing popularity of internet-based consumer companies among investors following the pandemic's acceleration of global adoption of digital technologies.