PolicyBazaar IPO — Today is the last day to subscribe, grey market premium at ₹150

• PolicyBazaar launched its public issue on November 1, at a price band of ₹940-₹980.
• Investors have bid for 5.47 crore shares from 3.45 crore shares open for subscription.
• PB Fintech intends to raise ₹5,709 crore at a valuation of $6.1 billion (₹45,500 crore).

The initial public offering (IPO) of PB Fintech — the parent company of insurance selling platform PolicyBazaar and lending platform PaisaBazaar — has been subscribed by 1.59 times in the first two days of its initial public offering (IPO).

PolicyBazaar, which intends to raise ₹5,709 crore at a valuation of $6.1 billion (₹45,500 crore), launched its public issue on November 1 and today is the last date to subscribe.

The shares are available at a price band of ₹940-₹980. The lot size has been set up at 15 shares, taking the value of one lot to ₹14,700.

Overall, investors have bid for 5.47 crore shares from 3.45 crore shares open for subscription. Retail investors subscribed to PolicyBazaar’s IPO 2.04 times. Qualified institutional buyers (QIB) have subscribed to the Policybazaar’s IPO by 2.08 times and non-institutional investors have subscribed 23%. Overall, the IPO was subscribed 1,59 times.


According to reports, Policybazaar shares are available at a premium of ₹150 in the grey market. You can easily apply to the Policybazaar IPOs via mobile applications of new age investment platforms like Zerodha, Paytm, Upstox and others.

PolicyBazaar’s IPO will include fresh issue of ₹3,759 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of ₹1,959 crore from existing investors.

According to PB Fintech’s red herring prospectus (RHP), the company will use ₹1500 crore of the proceeds to create brand awareness for PolicyBazaar and PaisaBazaar. Besides this, PolicyBazaar will also invest an additional ₹600 crore on funding strategic investments and acquisition.

The company will also invest capital to grow its user base both online and offline as well as build its presence online.

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