This year, India is witnessing an increasing number of high-profile internet startups going public. Food delivery giant Zomato listed its shares on the public markets earlier in July and saw its market cap hitting USD 13 billion. Other big wig companies like digital payments firms Paytm and MobiKwik, omnichannel beauty product retailer Nykaa, online travel booking firm ixigo, and digital insurance marketplace PolicyBazaar, among others, have already filed with the Indian market regulator to get listed. The market for initial public offerings in India is turning into a feeding frenzy. The amount of money raised in IPOs this year has reached $8.8 billion, already surpassing the totals of the past three years though it's only August. At the current pace, 2021 would exceed the all-time record of $11.8 billion. In this live episode of the Bharatvaarta podcast, Rajeev Mantri and Nimish Joshi speak about the process of growing as a startup to going public in an IPO. Tune in with your questions on the IPO boom and discuss the golden age of going public in India.
