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Paytmmmmm Karooooooo! Most of us have heard this jingle right?
After the much-celebrated #IPO of Zomato, all eyes are now on #PayTM!
So let's not wait and let's understand everything about PayTM in the below thread 👇
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- The DRHP mentions a Rs 16,600 Cr Fundraise
- Split - 50% Fresh, 50% OFS
- Valuation of $25-30 billion targeted from this IPO
Let’s put all of these numbers into perspective here –
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Some big numbers, right? Ok back to PayTM now –
What does it do?
Well, it does a lot of things but at the core of it let's term it a fintech company.
- It started as a digital wallet-based platform focused on mobile SIM top-ups and utility payments in 2010
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- They pivoted to marketing, mobile phone top-ups, payments, e-comm, then a full-scale fintech services company – The avatar that we see today
- The Paytm ecosystem has payments (wallet / UPI), merchant acquiring, credit, savings, broking, wealth management, and insurance.
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Total users - 333 mn
Monthly active users - 50 mn
Merchants - 21.1 mn
RedSeer - Paytm has a payments transaction volume market share of ~40% and wallet payments transaction mkt share of 65-70% in India for FY21
After the much-celebrated #IPO of Zomato, all eyes are now on #PayTM!
So let's not wait and let's understand everything about PayTM in the below thread 👇
1/
- The DRHP mentions a Rs 16,600 Cr Fundraise
- Split - 50% Fresh, 50% OFS
- Valuation of $25-30 billion targeted from this IPO
Let’s put all of these numbers into perspective here –
Paytm Pre IPO info -
— Aditya Kondawar (@aditya_kondawar) July 7, 2021
Unlisted price - \u20b92450-2500
Valuation - \u20b9151,250 Cr
Targeting 25-30bn$ as per various news sources
25 bn $ - \u20b9185,925 Cr
30 bn $ - \u20b9223,110 Cr
6.05 cr shares - FY21 (FV\u20b910)
Recent split to \u20b91 FV, 60.5 Cr shares
Exchange rate 74.37 taken
No reco!
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Some big numbers, right? Ok back to PayTM now –
What does it do?
Well, it does a lot of things but at the core of it let's term it a fintech company.
- It started as a digital wallet-based platform focused on mobile SIM top-ups and utility payments in 2010

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- They pivoted to marketing, mobile phone top-ups, payments, e-comm, then a full-scale fintech services company – The avatar that we see today
- The Paytm ecosystem has payments (wallet / UPI), merchant acquiring, credit, savings, broking, wealth management, and insurance.

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Total users - 333 mn
Monthly active users - 50 mn
Merchants - 21.1 mn
RedSeer - Paytm has a payments transaction volume market share of ~40% and wallet payments transaction mkt share of 65-70% in India for FY21
