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The company is looking to raise Rs 5,700 crore at a Rs 44,000-crore valuation
The Japanese venture fund currently has a 13 per cent stake in the IPO-bound company
The IPO comprises a fresh issue of Rs 3,750 crore, along with an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs 1959.72 crore by existing promoters and shareholders
As per the draft papers, the firm may consider raising around Rs 750 crore by way of a private placement of equity shares ahead of the IPO
Of the total fundraising, a large chunk would be garnered by technology-driven companies
The IPO comprises a fresh issue of Rs 3,750 crore worth of equity shares and an offer for sale (OFS) of Rs 2,267.50 crore by existing shareholders
Of this, Rs 3,750 crore will be fresh issue portion and OFS of Rs 2,267.5 crore
Policybazaar was founded in 2008 to tap the large population of under-insured in a country of 1.3 billion people
Views follow a stellar response to India's first unicorn IPO by food delivery company Zomato, which was subscribed nearly 40 times
The Softbank-backed insurance aggregator is also likely to consider offer for sale from some of its investors
In a Q&A Sarbvir Singh dwells on the current trends in the insurance space and how his firm's business model will change now that it has got a broking licence
The brand will eventually expand to 100 locations
During devastating second wave in April and May, the numbers of people aged between 25 and 35 buying term insurance was 30% higher than in previous 3 months combined, said PolicyBazaar
True North disclosed neither the quantum of stake sold nor the value
This indicates a sharp increase in awareness and demand for high cover protection policies
Business Standard breaks down key listing requirements in India, in the US and the possibility in a few other scenarios
Leading online insurance policy aggregator Policybazaar.com has got a capital boost from investment management firm Bay Capital, ahead of its initial public offering (IPO) in the next 12-15 months. Bay Capital, which manages money on behalf of institutions and endowments from the US and the Europe, has infused an undisclosed sum into the parent company PB Fintech of Policybazaar.com. "Bay Capital has completed a secondary transaction, ahead of the insurance aggregator's plans to launch an IPO in the next 12-15 months," Bay Capital said on Wednesday. However, how much capital has been infused by Bay Capital could not be ascertained. PB Fintech had attained the status of a unicorn in 2018 when it raised USD 200 million in a Series-F round led by Japan's Softbank. Siddharth Mehta, founder and CIO of Bay Capital, said PB Fintech has transformed the way insurance is bought in India. "Customer centricity has been the heart of their proposition and has helped them become the platform of
Having created over 1.4 million jobs annually, Indian startups have taken eight years on an average to hit the unicorn milestone