E-commerce

Institutions bid 3.42 times, non-institutional investors 8.53. When the fastest money leads the book, there is nobody left to buy on day one.

Non-institutional investors bid 8.53 times, institutions 3.42. A book weighted that way is chasing a listing gain rather than taking a position.

The accounting change buried in the disclosure matters more than the date. Wholesale revenue is now recognised as commission, not vehicle value.

The issue is expected to be about 90 per cent offer for sale. With ₹1,177 crore of net cash, the company does not need the money, and its investors want an exit.

SoftBank is the largest seller and the founders are selling nothing. The company turned free cash flow positive in FY26 for the first time.

The used-car retailer converted its parent to a public company in August and has added two independent directors. It sells close to 15,000 cars a month.

Hinglish is the feature. Handling a sentence that switches language halfway is harder than handling either language, and it is how Indians actually speak.

Seven of the twenty fulfilment centres and all six sort centres are in non-metro cities, with Raipur, Ranchi and Varanasi getting their first.

A 12 August inspection produced an improvement notice. Blink Commerce filed a compliance report. The re-inspection found the problems still there.

The fast-fashion retailer raised $1.74 billion at the midpoint of its range, about 73 per cent below its 2022 valuation. Hong Kong's appetite has moved elsewhere.

The proposed share swap values the former unicorn a little above its cash pile of more than $90 million. The operating business is worth close to nothing.

Around 240 roles go with the closure of Customer Delight operations in Hyderabad. What stays in-house moves to Gurugram, to sit beside product and engineering.

SoftBank's second Lenskart sale in two months landed 26% above its June price. Y Combinator and Qualcomm Ventures trimmed listed positions in the same fortnight.

Vingo has raised ₹10 crore in seed funding led by India Quotient for a C2C marketplace in pre-owned goods, five months after being founded

Zepto and its investors are discussing a post-money IPO valuation of about $3 billion, less than half the mark set in October 2025. No decision on pricing or structure has been taken.

Fixxly plans 30-minute delivery of building materials to contractors through a network of dark stores in Bengaluru. The company has not yet begun commercial operations.

Turnover at BigBasket's consumer arm rose 7.7% in FY26 while losses widened 66%. The two entities together lost ₹3,175 crore, close to two-thirds of parent Tata Digital's net loss for the year.

Group chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy said food delivery will be another use case on the main platform, starting with a pilot. The commission structure, rider model and launch date were not disclosed.

The e-commerce giant faces operational disruption at a critical North Indian logistics hub as workers protest alleged 28% pay reductions and tightening attendance penalties.

Led by former Flipkart and Cleartrip executive Ayyappan R, the Bengaluru-based startup is leveraging a $255 million valuation to scale its lab-tested grocery model and penetrate adjacent consumer segments.

Backed by IvyCap Ventures, the tech-first platform is rapidly deploying fresh capital to scale its proprietary supply chain and AI personalization engines across the UAE and global corridors.

The ₹220 crore investment signals strong institutional backing as the government-backed network scales its infrastructure to expand digital retail access and break traditional platform dominance.

Backed by Bertelsmann India Investments, the Gurugram-based platform is aggressively expanding its 60-minute wholesale delivery network to capture 100,000 active retailers this fiscal year.

As the B2B e-commerce giant significantly halves its monthly burn rate, this $60 million top-up round could mark its final private capital injection before launching a major domestic public offering.