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Unicommerce investors made over 2X return on opening day

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Unicommerce investors made over 2X return on opening day
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Unicommerce, the e-commerce SaaS platform, made an impressive stock market debut, opening at Rs 235 per share—a 2.18X premium over its IPO price band of Rs 108. The Gurugram-based firm launched an IPO of Rs 276 crore, open to the public from August 2 to August 6, with a price band of Rs 102-108 per share. Unicommerce’s popularity is evident in its oversubscription rate, which soared over 168 times. Companies like Unicommerce will be setting examples for mid-stage SaaS companies which do not have such high valuations but strong fundamentals that are enough to attract a large investor base. Recommended read: Unicommerce IPO interest paves way for small, profitable startups to go public. According to the National Stock Exchange, the company touched its highest of Rs 256 per share and is currently trading at Rs 219 (as of 13.55 today). Unicommerce reported a revenue of Rs 104 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024, with a profit of Rs 13 crore. The company is yet to file its quarterly results for the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year (FY25).

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Unicommerce IPO sees 5.6X oversubscription from retail buyers

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The initial public offering of e-commerce SaaS platform Unicommerce was fully subscribed by retail investors within the first three hours of its opening. The Unicommerce IPO is scheduled from August 6 to 8, with a price band set at Rs 102-108 per share and a minimum lot size of 138 shares. To participate, investors must make a minimum investment of Rs 14,076. As of 3:11 PM (August 6), the retail portion in the Gurugram-based firm’s IPO has been oversubscribed by 5.58 times, while non-institutional investors have filled 82% of their allotted portion. The SoftBank-backed company also allocated Rs 124 crore or $15 million to its anchor investors yesterday. SBI, ICICI, Morgan Stanley, Nippon, Kotak, Aditya Birla, HDFC, and Franklin India are some key anchor investors for Unicommerce. The company demonstrated strong financial growth in the past two years as its revenue surged from Rs 59 crore in FY22 to Rs 104 crore in FY24. Significantly, the firm’s profit spiked over 2X in the same period.

SoftBank-backed Unicommerce secures $15 Mn from anchor investors

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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.

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