UNTANGLING PAYTM

PAYTM IS SET TO DEBUT ON STOCK EXCHANGES. SOARING PRIVATE VALUATIONS, DESPITE HUGE LOSSES, INDICATE A BUMPER LISTING. CAN ITS MULTIPLE ENGINES DELIVER?

BY ANAND ADHIKARI

As on date of draft offer (July 16, 2021) India’s startup ecosystem is hogging the stock market limelight. Investors have barely digested food-delivery company Zomato’s initial public offering (IPO), and soon they will be served another. This time it will be a super-sized one from Paytm, India’s largest fintech and the second-biggest startup by valuation. The numbers in the IPO prospectus filed by One97 Communications Ltd, which runs Paytm, are staggering. The 11-year-old company plans to raise $2.2 billion, or ₹16,600 crore, which would make it India’s biggest-ever IPO, displacing Coal India’s ₹15,000-crore offering nearly a decade back. The IPO is expected to value Paytm at between $25 billion and $30 billion. That is not only more than half the market value of State Bank of India, India’s largest bank, but also…

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