Initial public offering is the process by which a private company can go public by sale of its stocks to general public.

It
could be a new, young company or an old company which decides to be listed on an exchange and hence goes
public.

On July 23,
Zomato
NSE -3.20 % Ltd. listed on the Indian stock exchanges at more than 50% premium to its issue price of Rs 76. That was exactly a week after the food-
delivery and restaurant discovery platform's initial public offering went live, setting the stage for a crush of startups which are looking to go public over
the next few months.

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The issue was subscribed 51.79 times by the qualified institutional buyers (QIBs). Non-institutional investors subscribed for
32.96 times of their reserved portion. Retail investors subscribed their portion 7.45 times while the portion reserved for
employees was subscribed 0.62 times.

Zomato will utilise the net proceeds from the IPO for two main purposes: Around 75% of the net issue
will be used to fund organic and inorganic growth initiatives. The remaining 25% will be used to meet
general corporate purposes. Looking at the structure of the IPO, we can confidently say that Zomato will
prioritise its efforts on achieving growth objectives. Meanwhile, the promoters will continue to hold a
significant stake in the firm, which fosters a sense of confidence and validation in the company’s future
prospects. Financial P

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The investors who invested in Paytm’s IPO were allotted shares at a price of
Rs 2,150 per share. On Thursday, when the stock was listed, its price fell and
closed the day at Rs 1,564.2, or 27 per cent down from its allocation price.

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Let’s start with Zomato. The IPO was oversubscribed more than 38 times. So,
for every one share on sale, bids were made for 38 shares. The retail portion
of the IPO was oversubscribed 7.5 times. Nykaa was oversubscribed close to
82 times, with the re...

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As already explained, the demand for the Paytm stock among investors was
very low. In fact, the institutional portion of the stock was oversubscribed just
2.8 times. What this means is that investors bought the stories of the other
unicorns, they si...

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his was the simple part of the story. Now for the more complicated part, or
why Paytm’s story did not catch investors’ fancy as Zomato, Nykaa and
Policybazaar did. Let’s start with Zomato. The IPO was oversubscribed more
than 38 times. So, for every...

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