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Walmart-owned PhonePe has filed confidential papers with Sebi for a ₹12,000 cr IPO via offer for sale. Walmart, Tiger Global, and Microsoft are expected participants in the 10% stake dilution. The firm reported ₹7,115 cr revenue in FY25.
Source: MoneyControl | Published on Sept 24, 2025
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As quoted in MoneyControl, the digital payments platform, PhonePe, has submitted draft documents to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for approximately ₹12,000 crore through the confidential pre-filing route. The offering comes as a pure offer for sale (OFS) from the company’s biggest backers, including Walmart, Tiger Global, and Microsoft. Overall dilution should be approximately 10% of the company’s equity.
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IPO size estimated at ₹12,000 crore via OFS
Shareholders Walmart, Tiger Global, Microsoft to participate
Combined dilution expected around 10%
Filed under Sebi’s confidential pre-filing route
Advisors include Kotak Mahindra Capital, Citi, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan
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The privately confidential route, initiated by Sebi in November 2022, enables issuers to mask key financial and business information until final approval on listing. It allows companies to preserve flexibility, and discretion if they do not go to market. Several Indian firms including Tata Capital, Oyo, Swiggy, have also taken the secretly confidential route.
PhonePe's revenue increased by 40% year-on-year to ₹7,115 crore in FY25. The company generated free cash flow of ₹1,202 crore, recorded positive adjusted EBIT (ex-ESOP costs) of ₹117 crore, and achieved adjusted profit after tax of ₹630 crore.
Metric | Value |
Revenue | ₹7,115 crore |
Free cash flow | ₹1,202 crore |
Adjusted EBITDA | ₹1,477 crore |
Adjusted PAT | ₹630 crore |
Adjusted EBIT | ₹117 crore |
Established in 2016, PhonePe has diversified interests including lending, insurance, wealth management, and stock broking. It also introduced its hyperlocal commerce platform Pincode and the Indus Appstore. PhonePe recently disclosed that it has 53 crore registered users, 20 crore monthly active customers, and over 50 lakh payment devices as of March 2024. The company stated that it processes more than 770 crore transactions every month, with a total payment value of ₹10.5 lakh crore.
PhonePe has even expanded its UPI partnerships worldwide. It’s available in countries such as Singapore, UAE, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Mauritius. For you as an investor, this information illustrates how broadly the company is operating in the fintech ecosystem.
PhonePe and Google Pay are the leading players in the UPI payments market in India. With increasing interest from investors in the sector--specifically last year when One97 Communications (Paytm) shared news of a 73.43% increase in its share price in the previous year--these companies in the fintech space are coming to the public markets, and you'll probably follow a potential initial public offering from PhonePe.
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