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Decoding Groww’s $200 Mn pre-IPO funding round

EntrackrEntrackr · 3m ago
Decoding Groww’s $200 Mn pre-IPO funding round
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Decoding Groww’s $200 Mn pre-IPO funding round The development comes just days after the company filed a confidential DRHP with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Groww is looking to raise $700 million to $1 billion through an IPO. Billionbrains Garage Ventures Limited, the parent firm of Groww, is raising Rs 1,735 crore (approximately $200 million) in a fresh round led by Singapore-based GIC and existing investor ICONIQ Capital. The development comes just days after the company filed a confidential DRHP with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Groww is looking to raise $700 million to $1 billion through an IPO. The board at Groww has passed a special resolution to issue 3.59 crore preference shares at an issue price of Rs 482.8 each to raise the aforesaid amount, its filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), through its affiliate Viggo Investment, will be injecting Rs 867.5 crore ($100 million) while ICQNIC Capital will contribute a similar amount through its entity ISP VII-B Blocker GW. According to the filing, the company will use these proceeds for the growth of its existing business and its subsidiaries. Following the fresh proceeds both ISP Blocker and Viggo Investment will hold 1.43% each. As per Entrackr’s estimates, Groww will be valued at $7 billion post-money. Groww has raised close to $600 million so far from investors including Peak XV, Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, and YC Continuity. The company was last valued at approximately $3 billion after securing $251 million in its Series E round in October 2021. According to a company internal document, Groww reported a 31% jump in its revenue to Rs 4,056 crore in FY25 whereas its profit jumped 3X jump to Rs 1819 crore in the same period. Groww reported revenue of Rs 3,145 crore and an operating profit of Rs 545 crore in FY24. However, it paid a one-time tax of Rs 1,340 crore for shifting domicile to India, leading to a net loss of Rs 805 crore in FY24. Its audited financial numbers for the fiscal year ending March 2025 has yet to be reported with the RoC.

Groww files revised DRHP with strong financials ahead of Rs 7,000 Cr IPO

EntrackrEntrackr · 1d ago
Groww files revised DRHP with strong financials ahead of Rs 7,000 Cr IPO
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Digital investment platform Groww has filed a revised draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as it gears up for a Rs 7,000 crore initial public offering (IPO). The public issue will include a fresh issue of Rs 1,020 crore alongside a large offer for sale (OFS) by existing investors and co-founders. As per the estimates, the OFS will see secondary share sales worth about Rs 5,000 crore. Peak XV will divest 15.8 crore shares, while YC Holding and Ribbit Capital will offload 10.5 crore and 11.8 crore shares, respectively. Tiger Global, Kauffman Fund, and co-founders Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, and Neeraj Singh will also participate in the sell-down. This development comes weeks after the Bengaluru-based firm secured SEBI’s nod for its confidential filing. The IPO will be managed by Kotak, JP Morgan, Citi, Axis Capital, and Motilal Oswal, with MUFG Intime as registrar. Groww plans to deploy the fresh issue proceeds towards strengthening its cloud infrastructure, brand building, investments in subsidiaries, acquisitions, and general corporate purposes. According to the draft red herring prospectus, Peak XV remains Groww’s largest external stakeholder with a 21.73% stake, followed by YC Holding (12.05%). Ribbit Capital and Tiger Global also hold meaningful ownership, while co-founders Keshre, Jain, and Singh own 9.13%, 6.72%, and 6.26%, respectively. On the financial front, Groww posted a 50% year-on-year jump in revenue to Rs 3,902 crore in FY25, up from Rs 2,609 crore in FY24. The company also turned profitable, reporting Rs 1,824 crore versus a loss of Rs 805 crore in FY24. In Q1 FY26, Groww clocked Rs 904 crore in revenue with a profit of Rs 378 crore. The platform reported 18.07 million transacting users, including 14.38 million active clients, during the quarter.

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