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Elevation trims Paytm stake via Rs 1,556 Cr bulk deal

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Elevation trims Paytm stake via Rs 1,556 Cr bulk deal
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Elevation trims Paytm stake via Rs 1,556 Cr bulk deal Paytmโ€™s parent One97 Communications witnessed a significant shareholder shift this week as Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners) offloaded a 1.86% stake in the fintech major through a bulk deal worth Rs 1,556 crore. According to data available on the National Stock Exchange, Elevation Capital and an affiliated entity together sold 1.19 crore equity shares at an average price of Rs 1,305 per share. The share sale trims Elevationโ€™s ownership in One97 from 15.33% to nearly 13.47%, as per regulatory disclosures. While the investment firm has been one of Paytmโ€™s earliest and most influential backers, this transaction does not mark a full exit. This comes months after Ant Group, the financial services arm of Alibaba, divested around 4% in One97 Communications for Rs 2,103 crore (about $246 million). Simultaneously, domestic institutional investors have shown growing interest. Motilal Oswal has increased its stake to 5.15% in the Noida-based fintech player. Paytmโ€™s regulatory environment has also seen movement this year. In August, its subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) secured in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as an online payment aggregator under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. On the financial front, One97 reported a 24% year-on-year growth in revenue to Rs 2,061 crore during Q2 FY26, alongside a profit of Rs 21 crore in the same period. Elevation Capitalโ€™s partial offload highlights a broader shift in the venture ecosystem, where early-stage funds are increasingly monetizing legacy positions in unicorns. For Elevation, the move may free up capital for fresh bets across deeptech, fintech, and B2B categories, areas where the firm has been actively deploying in recent years.

Paytm posts Rs 2,194 Cr revenue and Rs 225 Cr profit in Q3 FY26

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Paytm posts Rs 2,194 Cr revenue and Rs 225 Cr profit in Q3 FY26
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Fintech firm Paytm announced its financial results for the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year (Q3 FY26) on Thursday. The Noida-based company reported a revenue of Rs 2,194 crore and a net profit of Rs 225 crore for the period. According to Paytmโ€™s unaudited quarterly report filed with the National Stock Exchange, its revenue from operations increased by 20% year-on-year from Rs 1,828 crore in Q3 FY25. The company also added Rs 212 crore from other non-operating sources, bringing its overall revenue to Rs 2,406 crore in Q3 FY26. For the nine-months period, Paytmโ€™s revenue rose 24% to Rs 6,173 crore from Rs 4,989 crore, a year earlier. For the Noida-based firm, its employee benefits remained the largest cost center, accounting for 33% of the overall cost, which decreased by 5% to Rs 721 crore in Q3 FY26. Its payment processing charges increased by 17.5% to Rs 671 crore, and marketing expenses increased by 3.5% to Rs 146 crore in Q3 FY26. Software, communication, legal, cashback, and other overheads took the total expenditure to Rs 2,175 crore in Q3 FY26, as compared to Rs 2,220 crore in Q3 FY25. Paytm recorded a net profit of Rs 225 crore in Q3 FY26, in contrast to a loss of Rs 208 crore in Q3 FY25. On a sequential basis, the companyโ€™s profit increased by more than 10X from Rs 21 crore in Q2 FY26. Last quarter was eventful for the company as it received authorisation from the RBI to operate as a payment aggregator for physical or offline payments and cross border transactions. The company also granted ESOPs worth Rs 16.6 crore and Rs 60 crore under its ESOP Scheme 2019. Paytm also witnessed a significant shareholder shift as Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners) offloaded a 1.86% stake in the fintech major through a bulk deal worth Rs 1,556 crore. Five days later, BNP Paribas sold 1 crore shares of Paytm worth Rs 1,331 crore. Alongside this, Integrated Core Strategies sold 32.55 lakh shares worth Rs 410 crore. As of January 29, Paytmโ€™s share price stood at Rs 1,172 with the total market capitalization standing at Rs 74,963 crore ($8 billion).

SBI Mutual Fund buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company for Rs 632 Cr

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SBI Mutual Fund buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company for Rs 632 Cr
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SBI Mutual Fund buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company for Rs 632 Cr SBI Mutual Fund picked up an additional 4% stake in Urban Company through bulk and block deals on Tuesday worth Rs 632 crore across the NSE and BSE, which led the companyโ€™s shares to soar over 16%. According to bulk and block deal data, SBI Mutual Fund purchased 3.51 crore shares at Rs 109.85 apiece on the NSE and 2.25 crore shares at Rs 109.83 per share on the BSE, which together amounted to around Rs 632 crore. On the selling side, Wellington Hadley Harbor AIV Master Investors, DF International Partners, and ABG Capital offloaded a combined 4.6% stake worth Rs 734 crore, with ABG Capital selling 1.74 crore shares for Rs 191.2 crore, DF International Partners exiting via sale of 1.77 crore shares worth Rs 193.9 crore, and Wellington Hadley Harbor AIV Master Investors (Cayman) III divesting a 2.2% stake through multiple transactions worth Rs 349.2 crore. SBI Mutual Fund held a 1.89% stake in Urban Company as of December 2025, which rose to around 5.9% after the bulk purchases. In Q3 FY26, Urban Company reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 21 crore and an adjusted EBITDA loss of Rs 17 crore, largely due to heavy investment in its InstaHelp vertical, which crossed 50,000 daily bookings within a year of its pilot launch in March 2025. Urban Companyโ€™s share is trading at Rs 127.7 per share as of 2:22 PM (today), with a market capitalization of Rs 18,657 crore (around $2 billion).

Schroder Fund enters Ixigo via Elevation stake acquisition

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Schroder Fund enters Ixigo via Elevation stake acquisition
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Schroder Fund enters Ixigo via Elevation stake acquisition Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners) sold Rs 135 crore ($15.7 million) worth of shares in Ixigo parent Le Travenues Technology via block deals on Thursday. This partial exit is estimated to have delivered a 25X return on investment for the venture capital firm. According to a filing accessed from the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Elevation Capital offloaded 75.48 lakh shares at an average price of Rs 179.25 apiece. At the same time, global investor Schroder Fund made its entry into Ixigo by acquiring 53.68 lakh shares worth Rs 96.8 crore. Schroder Fund is a British multinational asset management firm with a presence in 37 locations across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. At present, it reportedly manages assets worth around $950 billion. Notably, the fund holds significant investments in Indian companies, particularly HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, which together make up around 6โ€“7% of its total portfolio. In the startup space, Schroder is one of the largest stakeholders in e-commerce-focused packaging company Bizongo and also participated in Agrostarโ€™s $70 million Series D round. It has also backed Lenskart, FirstCry, Cultfit, Peel Works and Miko, among others. As of FY25, Elevation Capital held 5.46 crore shares in Ixigo (14.02%). After the partial sale, its stake will drop to 12.08%. This records Elevationโ€™s fourth partial exit from Ixigo. Most recently, it sold 21.5 lakh shares for Rs 38.27 crore (about $4.5 million). Earlier, the firm had offloaded shares worth Rs 100 crore ($12 million) in a pre-IPO secondary deal and Rs 180 crore ($21 million) during the IPO. For the quarter ended March 2025, Ixigo reported a 72% year-on-year increase in revenue to Rs 284 crore, while profit rose 2.4X to Rs 17 crore. Its revenue grew 39% to Rs 914 crore, but net profit fell 18% to Rs 60.2 crore in FY25. At the close of trading on Thursday (June 19), Ixigoโ€™s shares were priced at Rs 175, giving the company a market capitalization of Rs 6,885 crore.

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