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East or west, we can now raise money from anywhere: Paytm's Vijay Sharma

In conversation with Deepsekhar Choudhury and Neha Alawadhi, Sharma speaks about his journey and the road ahead

Paytm founder could see his stake go up by 2-4% in parent firm ahead of IPO

In August this year, the company had doubled its ESOPs pool from 24,094,280 to 61,094,280, this was approved by shareholders earlier this month

Paytm shareholders approve Rs 12,000 cr primary fundraise at company EGM

Vijay Shekhar Sharma declassified as promoter; the company will raise Rs 2,000 cr before IPO

Paytm to file draft prospectus next week for $2.3-bn IPO: Report

Paytm has plans to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore by issuing fresh equity for which it will seek shareholders' nod in an EGM on July 12

Indian SPACs to raise nearly $1 billion through IPOs in US stock market

To acquire domestic media, tech, and consumer goods firms

IPO-bound Paytm narrows losses to Rs 1,701 cr, reduces expenses in FY21

Revenue from operations fell 14.5 per cent to Rs 2,802.41 crore during the year, according to the Ant Financial-backed company's annual report

Paytm to raise $1.5 bn via primary issue of shares ahead of IPO: Source

Company is looking to file its DRHP by July

Paytm said to target $3-billion IPO, largest ever for India: Report

If successful, Paytm's initial share sale would surpass Coal India Ltd.'s offering, which raised more than Rs 15,000 crore in 2010 in the country's largest IPO so far

TrulyMadly raises Rs 16 crore funding; investors include Paytm founder

The funding was raised from from Venture Catalysts, 9 Unicorns, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and others

IPV, Vijay Shekhar Sharma lead angel round in homegrown OTT startup Stage

The company says it's the only artist-based OTT platform in the country with content in art forms such as comedy, poetry, folk, and storytelling

Paytm NUE licence consortium most diverse: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

The NUE, whose idea was floated by RBI in August last year, is an alternative to the NPCI, which is the sole entity that manages retail payments right now

Paytm CEO doubles commitment, aims Rs 200-cr investment fund by Dec

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Tuesday said he has doubled his commitment for an investment fund being set up by alternative asset manager Root Ventures. Root Ventures expects to close the fund in December with a corpus of Rs 200 crore, according to its founder Japan Vyas. It plans to invest in "direct-to-consumer" brands that provide natural and organic categories, plant based protein, and healthy beverages like tea monk. "I am happy to increase my investment with Vyas and the team at Roots Ventures who have an investing track record of picking winners across business cycles over more than a decade," Sharma told PTI. Sharma added that right from his days when he invested in Paytm in 2010 or later when he bet on firms like RBL Bank, NSE, Indusind Bank, Veeba and Hindustan Foods, Vyas has been able to identify emerging trends and invest into them ahead of others. "Their low-profile investing style has held them in good stead even in their current fund which has weathe

Paytm targets a million apps on its mini app store to take on Google

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma called Google "judge, jury and executioner" after his app was temporarily removed from the Android app store last month

'Would be massive': Paytm Money looks to tap India's stock trading mania

Paytm Money hopes to stand in competitive stock broking industry with features that could allow users to automate the entry, exit and monitoring of investments.

Paytm reports Rs 3,629 cr revenue for FY20; eyes profitability by 2022

The Noida-based firm also claimed it has narrowed losses 40 per cent year-on-year on account of optimisation of expenses which will help it become profitable by 2022

Paytm, CEO Sharma to acquire general insurer Raheja QBE for Rs 568 crore

Raheja QBE will be acquired through QorQl Pvt. Ltd, a technology company in which Vijay Shekhar Sharma has majority shareholding.

Prism Johnson up 10% as board approves divestment of entire stake in RQBE

The company informed that the board has approved divestment of stake to "QORQL Private Limited, a technology company with a majority shareholding of Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

Paytm to gradually shift Delhi-NCR ops to new Noida campus by end of 2020

Noida has been the headquarters of Paytm for over two decades now and the company is on-track to shift to the new premises by December this year

Paytm is clearly ahead of competition, says CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm is bigger than everybody else combined in the market, added the Paytm CEO

Govt should reimburse firms for acquiring merchants: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm launches All in One QR code for Paytm wallet, Rupay cards and all UPI based transactions