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

EntrackrEntrackr · 2d ago
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 Paytm’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 Elevation’s ownership in One97 from 15.33% to nearly 13.47%, as per regulatory disclosures. While the investment firm has been one of Paytm’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. Paytm’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 Capital’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.

Peak XV, others divest stake worth Rs 1,600 Cr in MamaEarth’s parent

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Peak XV, others divest stake worth Rs 1,600 Cr in MamaEarth’s parent
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Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital), along with Stellaris Ventures, Sofina Ventures, and Fireside Ventures, collectively sold shares worth Rs 1,600 crore ($190 million) in Honasa Consumer Limited, the parent company of the direct to consumer (D2C) skincare and beauty brand MamaEarth. The aforementioned investors sold 3.24 crore shares of MamaEarth at an average price of Rs 495.48 per share, according to the company’s bulk deal data accessed from the National Stock Exchange. Peak XV and its former entity Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund III divested around Rs 753 crore ($90 million) worth of shares, while Sofina Ventures, Stellaris Ventures, and Fireside Ventures sold shares worth Rs 298 crore, Rs 225 crore, and Rs 326 crore, respectively, during the bulk deal. Importantly, ICICI Prudential Life and Morgan Stanley collectively purchased Rs 262 crore worth of shares in MamaEarth. According to Entrackr’s estimates, MamaEarth sold 10% of its shares in this single bulk deal. The firm’s total outstanding shares stood at 32.42 crore as of June 30, 2024. The sale of shares came at a time when the Gurugram-based firm reached its all-time high share price of Rs 547 on Tuesday this week. As per NSE data, MamaEarth’s overall market capitalization stood at Rs 16,046 crore ($1.91 billion) as of September 12. In the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the company reported a 17.6% quarter-on-quarter increase in revenue, reaching Rs 554 crore, up from Rs 471 crore in Q4 FY24. This marked the firm’s most profitable quarter, with Rs 40 crore in profit after tax (PAT). Peak XV’s recent exit portfolio includes companies like Blinkit, Zomato, Freshworks, Awfis, Ixigo, Go Fashion, MamaEarth, and others.

QRG Investments offloads Awfis’ shares worth Rs 141 Cr

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QRG Investments offloads Awfis’ shares worth Rs 141 Cr
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QRG Investments offloads Awfis’ shares worth Rs 141 Cr QRG Investment has sold its 82% stake in co-working solutions firm Awfis through a bulk deal. The investor has offloaded its 24,07,800 shares at Rs 585.14 per share for Rs 140.9 crore. According to a corporate disclosure on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the investor has offloaded its 24,07,800 shares at Rs 585.14 per share for Rs 140.9 crore. Prior to this, QRG had offloaded 3,67,408 Awfis’ shares last month, aggregating to Rs 22 crore, taking its total disinvestment to 94% of its overall stake in the company. As of March 2025, QRG Investments owned 29,39,074 shares of Awfis, forming a total of 4.11% of Awfis' total captable. QRG Investments and Holdings Limited, the promoter holding arm of QRG Group, operates as a mid-tier NBFC. On the other hand, HSBC MUTUAL FUND picked up 9,18,300 shares of Awfis at a price of Rs 585 per share, which totaled to Rs 53.72 crore in a bulk deal. Earlier this month, VBAP Holdings Private Limited also sold its 23.6% stake in Awfis through a bulk deal for Rs 56.8 crore. Awfis’ revenue from operations grew 30% year-on-year to Rs 335 crore in Q1 FY26 from Rs 258 crore in the same quarter last year. The company’s profit surged 3.5X to Rs 10 crore in Q1 FY26, from Rs 2.8 crore in Q1 FY25 in the same period. Awfis’ stock is trading at Rs 577 with a total market capitalization of Rs 4,126 crore.

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