Stake sale
Peak XV sells ₹1,756 crore worth of Groww shares
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Billionbrains Garage Ventures (Groww)
- What it does
- Online investing platform
- Kind
- Stake sale
- Amount
- ₹1,756.23 crore
What they do
Peak XV Partners sold 9.17 crore Groww shares at ₹191.49 each via a bulk deal on 17 Sep 2026
What happened
Peak XV earlier sold 6.20 crore Groww shares at ₹180.01 each on 12 May 2026
Why it matters
Peak XV sold about 15.83 crore shares at ₹100 each in Groww's IPO in Nov 2025
The details
- Peak XV Partners sold 9.17 crore shares of Groww at ₹191.49 each on 17 Sep 2026.
- The transaction was a bulk deal on the NSE worth ₹1,756.23 crore.
- After this sale, Peak XV holds about 89.23 crore shares, roughly 14.2% of Groww.
- Earlier, on 12 May 2026, Peak XV sold 6.20 crore shares at ₹180.01 each, worth about ₹1,116 crore.
- In Nov 2025, Peak XV sold about 15.83 crore shares at ₹100 each in Groww's IPO, worth about ₹1,583 crore.
- Other investors also sold large blocks: Y Combinator sold 7.47 crore shares at ₹192.16 each on 18 Aug 2026 (₹1,435 crore).
- Ribbit Capital entities sold about 11.31 crore shares on 26 Aug 2026 at ~₹196 each, worth about ₹2,217 crore.
- In total, Peak XV, Y Combinator, and Ribbit sold about 29.52 crore shares on 12 May 2026, worth about ₹5,326 crore.
The bigger picture
- Peak XV is gradually reducing its stake in Groww after the company's IPO in Nov 2025.
- The sales come as Groww's stock price has risen from the IPO price of ₹100 to over ₹191.
- Other early backers like Y Combinator and Ribbit Capital have also been selling shares in 2026.
- The combined sales by these investors in 2026 total over ₹8,900 crore.
About the business
- Groww is an online investing platform in India.
- It offers stocks, ETFs, IPOs, F&O (futures and options), commodities, mutual funds, bonds, and credit products.
- Credit products include loan against securities and personal loans.
- Groww claims to be India's #1 investing platform with 2 crore+ active investors.
- In Q1 FY27 (Jun 2026), Groww reported revenue of ₹1,501.42 crore (up 66% YoY) and PAT of ₹735.04 crore (up 94% YoY).
The deal
- Type
- stake-sale
Investors
- Peak XV Partners (seller) — Venture capital firm, previously known as Sequoia Capital India.
Founders
- Lalit Keshre, Co-founder
- Ishan Bansal, Co-founder
- Harsh Jain, Co-founder
- Neeraj Singh, Co-founder
- Subramanya SV, Co-founder
- Anand Dalmia, Co-founder
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