The initial public offering will include a new issue worth INR 1,250 Cr and a sale offer of 109.45 million share by existing shareholder. Digit Insurance’s after tax loss stood at INR 295.86 Cr, 141% higher than the INR 122.76 Cr reported in the previous fiscal year. Digit also reported INR 6,095.24 Cr in premium received in FY22, up 68% from FY21
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Insurtech Unicorn Digit
Virat Kohli-backed Insurtech unicorn Digit Insurance has filed the draft red herring prospectus DRHP for an initial public offering IPO with the Securities and Exchange Board of India SEBI.
The IPO will include a new issue worth INR 1,250 Cr and an Offer for Sale OFS of 109.45 million shares from existing shareholders. The full size of the offering will become clear in subsequent filings with the market regulator, it seems.
ICICI Securities, Morgan Stanley, Axis Capital, Edelweiss, HDFC Bank and IIFL Securities are the agents for the IPO.
Speculation surrounding the big insurtech’s initial public offering was rife in recent months, with media reports in May suggesting the startup could go public in a $500 million initial public offering, with a valuation of $4.5 5 billion. Media reports had suggested that Digit Insurance would file the DRHP in September and make it public in January 2023.
The insurance regulator, the Insurance Regulation and Development Authority IRDAI, requires insurtech companies to be at least five years old before going public. Looking at this, Digit Insurance would not have been eligible to go public before October 2022 as it was founded in October 2017.
While the startup hasn’t clarified the IPO dates in the draft prospectus, the IPO is likely to open after October 2022.
Digit Insurance
The public offering makes Digit Insurance the second insurtech startup to go public after Policybazaar did so last year. In 2021, it raised INR 121 Cr in a funding round that brought its valuation to $4 billion. The insurtech major is therefore looking to achieve a higher valuation on the stock exchanges.
Founded in 2017 by Kamesh Goyal, Insurance offers insurance policies across multiple verticals. Digit has served more than 20 million customers in the auto, bike, health and travel insurance segments, according to its website.
According to its financial report for FY22, Digit Insurance posted an operating loss of INR 375.15 Cr across all its insurance businesses, 102% higher than the INR 185.49 Cr it reported for FY21. , the startup’s after-tax loss stood at INR 295.86 Cr, up 141% from the INR 122.76 Cr it reported in the previous fiscal year.
Digit Insurance also reported INR 6095.24 Cr in premiums received in FY22, which includes advance receipts. The insurtech startup had recorded INR 3,616.79 Cr in premiums received in FY21.
