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SoftBank-backed Unicommerce secures $15 Mn from anchor investors

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Unicommerce, an e-commerce SaaS platform, has allocated shares worth Rs 124.4 crore (around $15 million) to anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). The board at Unicommerce has passed a resolution to offer 11,523,831 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 18 each (upper-band) to its anchor investors, its regulatory filing accessed from the Bombay Stock Exchange shows. SBI, ICICI, Morgan Stanley, Nippon, Kotak, Aditya Birla, HDFC, and Franklin India are some key anchor investors for Unicommerce. Out of the total issue, 75.75% of the total allocation was made to 8 domestic mutual funds through 10 schemes, the filing further added. Unicommerce initiated its public offering today (06th August – 08th August) at a price band of (Rs 102-108) with a minimum bid quantity of 138 equity shares. Before the anchor round, AceVector Limited held a 34.91% of Unicommerce followed by SoftBank and B2 Capital Partners own 29.09% and 9.91%, respectively. Madhuri Madhusudan Kela (1.65%), Dilip Vellodi (3.44%), and Anchorage Capital (7.73%) also command significant stakes in the Gurugram-based company. Notably, AceVector’s co-founders, Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, won’t be selling any shares in the OFS. This is probably the only IPO from the internet sector where the founders/promoters aren’t selling any shares. For the fiscal year ending March 2024, Unicommerce reported Rs 103.5 crore in operating revenue against Rs 90 crore in FY23. The company’s profits surged more than two-fold to Rs 13 crore in FY24 from Rs 6.4 crore in the previous fiscal year.