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Bluestone board approves Rs 1,000 Cr IPO, CEO invests Rs 75 Cr

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Omnichannel jewellery retailer Bluestone appears close to filing a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) as it has received the board’s approval for an initial public offering worth Rs 1,000 crore ($120 million) through a mix of fresh issues and offers for sale. According to company filings accessed by Entrackr, the board at Bluestone has passed a special resolution to approve its initial public offer of equity shares amounting to Rs 1,000 crore. The equity shares are proposed to be listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The utilization of the fresh proceeds to be raised via the IPO will be disclosed in the offer documents, the filings added. Bluestone has also passed a resolution to issue 13,00,000 equity shares to Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, the founder and CEO of the company, to raise Rs 75 crore ($9 million). The fresh investment by Kushwaha is aimed at meeting the minimum capital requirement for promoter shareholders, as mandated by the Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements (ICDR) regulations. As of now, Kushwaha’s aggregate shareholding, eligible for computing the minimum promoter contribution requirement for the company’s proposed IPO, stands at 9.15%, according to the filings. In September, Bluestone initiated its pre-IPO round worth Rs 900 crore. According to sources, Bluestone plans to price its IPO shares between Rs 550 -600 each. Data from TheKredible indicates that the company's post-money valuation reached approximately Rs 7,750 crore (around $922 million) excluding ESOP, following its latest private funding round. During the previous fiscal year (FY24), Bluestone reported a 64% year-on-year growth in revenue, reaching Rs 1,266 crore from Rs 771 crore in FY23. Simultaneously, the company managed to reduce its losses by 15%, bringing them down to Rs 142 crore in FY24. Titan-owned CaratLane, a competitor to BlueStone, reported revenue of Rs 3,081 crore in the last fiscal year (FY24). The company remained profitable during the year; however, its profit saw a slight decline, dropping to Rs 79 crore in FY24 from Rs 82 crore in FY23.