Supam Maheshwari, cofounder and CEO of mother and child care e-commerce platform FirstCry has reportedly offloaded 6.2 million shares prior to filing for the company s initial public offer (IPO).
The Firstcry IPO comprises of issuance of fresh equity shares worth ₹1,816 crore as well as an offer for sale by existing shareholders and promoters. It has not announced the opening and closing dates for the IPO subscription yet in its DRHP or its price band.
In the last six months, Mamaearth parent Honasa Consumer is the sole VC-backed unicorn to have submitted draft papers to SEBI. Following the IPOs of Zomato, Paytm, PB Fintech and others, companies have realised that public shareholders have different perceptions of their businesses and valuations as compared to private investors.