IPO · Financial Services
Fibe gets SEBI nod for ₹750 crore IPO
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Fibe
- What it does
- Digital lending platform
- Kind
- IPO
- Amount
- ₹750 crore
- Stage
- public
- Based in
- Pune
- Founded
- 2015
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
Fibe is a Pune-based digital lending platform offering personal loans and purpose-driven financing
What happened
It received SEBI's final observation for an IPO with a fresh issue of ₹750 crore and an OFS of 40.07 million shares
Why it matters
The company plans to invest ₹562.6 crore in its NBFC subsidiary to boost lending capacity
The details
- Fibe, the brand of Social Worth Technologies Ltd, has received SEBI's final observation for its IPO on 15 September 2026.
- The company had filed its DRHP with SEBI on 29 June 2026.
- The IPO includes a fresh issue of up to ₹750 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 40.07 million shares by existing shareholders.
- The company may consider a pre-IPO placement of up to ₹150 crore, which would reduce the fresh issue size.
- Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used to invest ₹562.6 crore in its NBFC subsidiary EarlySalary Services Pvt Ltd (ESPL) over the next two fiscal years.
- The remaining fresh proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
- The company will not receive any proceeds from the OFS portion.
The bigger picture
- Fibe's AUM grew at a CAGR of 45.49% from ₹4,064.2 crore in FY24 to ₹8,602.7 crore in FY26.
- Its net profit more than doubled from ₹113.7 crore in FY25 to ₹257.5 crore in FY26.
- The IPO will help Fibe strengthen its capital base to support growing lending demand.
About the business
- Fibe is a digital lending platform based in Pune, formerly known as EarlySalary.
- It offers personal loans up to ₹10 lakh with no collateral required.
- It also provides loan against mutual funds and purpose-driven financing for education, healthcare, insurance, rooftop solar, travel, e-commerce, and consumption.
- The company uses AI, ML, and data science for customer onboarding, underwriting, risk management, fraud detection, operations, and collections.
- As of 31 March 2026, Fibe had an AUM of ₹8,602.7 crore.
- Personal loans make up ~77% of AUM, while purpose-driven financing accounts for 22.62%.
- The company has facilitated over 9.8 million cumulative loans and disbursed over ₹48,000 crore cumulatively.
- Its app has been downloaded over 46 million times, serving over 3.3 million customers.
- Fibe earns revenue from interest income on loans (₹1,023.17 crore in FY26, 64.6% of revenue) and processing fees, servicing fees, late-payment/bounce charges, and commissions (₹393.6 crore in FY26).
What happens next
- Fibe will invest ₹562.6 crore in its NBFC subsidiary ESPL over the next two fiscal years to augment its capital base and support lending requirements.
- The remaining fresh proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
The deal
- Type
- IPO
Investors
- TPG's The Rise Fund (seller) — Selling up to 11.7136 million shares in the OFS.
- Norwest Venture Partners (seller) — Selling up to 6.7384 million shares in the OFS.
- Eight Roads Ventures (seller) — Selling up to 6.556 million shares in the OFS.
- Piramal Finance (seller) — Selling shares in the OFS.
- TR Capital (seller) — Selling shares in the OFS.
- IDG Ventures (seller) — Selling shares in the OFS.
- Chiratae Ventures (seller) — Selling shares in the OFS.
Founders
- Akshay Mehrotra, Managing Director and Group CEO
- Ashish Sohan Goyal, Chairperson, Executive Director and Group CFO
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