Digbijay Mishra is a Deputy Editor, Startups at The Economic Times. He focuses on areas such as startups, markets, IPOs, and venture capital, with additional insights into retail, e-commerce, finance, and business economics. Digbijay has been featured extensively in The Economic Times.
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By: Digbijay Mishra
Walmart-backed PhonePe is poised to enter the quick commerce market, driven by growth prospects in the red-hot sector and its impending public listing, marking its third foray into online retail. After exiting the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) last year, PhonePe's ecommerce venture, Pincode, has fully pivoted to the quick model.
The New Year has started with a flurry of activity on deal street, with several early- to mid-stage consumer brands busy finalising funding rounds, signalling a rebound in deal-making momentum.
Venture funds are sitting on ample dry powder and will accelerate deal-making in early-stage startups. Funds like Accel, 3One4 Capital, Peak XV Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners and others are on the hunt for new deals across sectors and themes.
By: Digbijay Mishra
Venture funds are sitting on ample dry powder and will accelerate deal-making in early-stage startups.
Early investors in Oyo, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, are in talks with a group of family offices to sell part-stakes in the hospitality startup at a valuation of around $3.9 billion, people briefed on the matter said.
Hospitality startup Oyos early investors, such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, are in talks with family offices to divest a portion of their stake at a valuation of around $3.9 billion, sources told us. This stake sale is at a premium of more than 60% to the Rs 1,457 crore funding round in August 2024 when top family offices invested in the now profitable hospitality startup.
By: Digbijay Mishra
After two previously shelved attempts, the hospitality company Oyo is reviving its initial public offering (IPO) plans, aiming to file draft papers by the first quarter of the next financial year, ET has learnt.
By: Digbijay Mishra
Sources told ET that online pharmacy startup PharmEasy could hit the bourses this year, two years after its previous attempt. The company will discuss its IPO plans with the board next month, including options such as a reverse merger with Thyrocare. It aims to use its improved finances and revamped business model to attract public investors.
By: Digbijay Mishra
Quick commerce company Zepto is considering increasing the size of its public offering from $800 million to $1 billion, including secondaries, sources told us. In recent weeks, CEO Aadit Palicha discussed Zeptos listing plans with top mutual funds.
By: Digbijay Mishra
Cocoblu Retail, Amazons largest seller, has established a new entity for its quick commerce operations to enable the ecommerce giants rapid delivery business Tez, per a recent filing with the Registrar of Companies (RoC).
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