Shares of Zomato Ltd nearly doubled on Friday in a stellar first listing of local unicorn in India, setting pace for a slew of such debuts by internet-based startups that are thriving during pandemic
Investors bragged on Twitter about snagging shares in the startup, yearning for the sort of returns Facebook Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. generated
Zomato IPO has opened the doors for new-age tech businesses to tap primary markets. Paytm, PolicyBazaar and Mobikiwik are some other names gearing up to tap the primary maket
Forty-one companies, including RIL, JSW Steel, SBI Card, YES Bank and Federal Bank will report their quarterly numbers today
Major websites went down in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage. The websites of Airbnb, AT&T, Costco and Delta showed error messages around midday Eastern time on Thursday. They seemed to be operating normally, however, by 12:45 pm. Akamai, a major behind-the-scenes internet network company, said the disruption lasted about an hour and that it was due to a software update in the system that directs browsers to websites. It said there was no cyberattack. The company said it was reviewing how it updates software to try to prevent outages in the future.
Fintech major Paytm had tweeted that "some Paytm services are affected due to global outage at Akamai".
Views follow a stellar response to India's first unicorn IPO by food delivery company Zomato, which was subscribed nearly 40 times
Zomato's listing was initially scheduled for July 27. However, investment banks managed to complete share allotment and listing formalities ahead of deadline
Overall, about half a million rejected on technical grounds
Internet infrastructure provider Akamai confirmed that it is experiencing a service disruption
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In the grey market, Zomato shares are available at a premium of Rs 23, up Rs 2 from its GMP of Rs 21 yesterday
The company, which is backed by Ant Group, will be valued at up to $8 billion following the IPO which is the first for a food delivery group in India.
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Zomato is essentially a "concept stock" because it has neither made profits, nor has issued any guidance on ever getting to profitability, notes Shyamal Majumdar
Foreign money is pouring into India when the US dollar is gaining strength against emerging markets currencies.
As RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka again took to Twitter to take a swipe at Zomato's mega IPO despite platform running into losses, an online debate has erupted
India had $6.3 billion of deals for technology startups in the second quarter, while funding to China-based companies dropped 18% from a peak of $27.7 billion in fourth quarter
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Nearly three-fourth of bids came from institutional investors, with QIB portion garnering 52x subscription