IPO · Financial Services
Kissht parent gets SEBI nod for ₹1,000 crore IPO
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Kissht
- What it does
- Digital lending platform
- Kind
- IPO
- Amount
- ₹1,000 crore
- Stage
- ipo
- Founded
- 2015
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
OnEMI Technology Solutions runs digital lending platform Kissht, offering unsecured personal loans up to ₹5 lakh
What happened
SEBI issued observations on 8 Jan 2026 for its IPO comprising a fresh issue of up to ₹1,000 crore and an OFS of 88.8 lakh shares
Why it matters
The company reported FY25 net profit of ₹160.62 crore, down 18.6% YoY, and operating revenue of ₹1,337.47 crore
The details
- OnEMI Technology Solutions, which owns the digital lending app Kissht, got SEBI clearance on 8 January 2026 for its IPO.
- The company submitted its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) in August 2025.
- The IPO has a fresh issue of up to ₹1,000 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 88.8 lakh equity shares from current shareholders.
- Selling shareholders in the OFS are Vertex Ventures, Ventureast Proactive Fund, Endiya Seed Co-creation Fund, AION Advisory, and Ammar Sdn Bhd.
- A pre-IPO placement could lower the fresh issue size.
- Up to ₹750 crore of the proceeds will boost the capital base of its NBFC arm, Si Creva Capital Services.
- The rest of the money will go toward general corporate purposes.
- The company became a public limited firm in July 2025 and changed its name to OnEMI Technology Solutions Ltd.
The bigger picture
- The IPO follows a drop in financial performance: net profit fell 18.6% YoY to ₹160.62 crore and operating revenue declined 20% to ₹1,337.47 crore in FY25.
- Kissht competes with other digital lenders such as Kreditbee, Fibe, Navi Finserv, Moneyview, and Lendingkart.
- The company has raised more than $142 million in total funding so far.
About the business
- Kissht is a digital lending platform that gives unsecured personal loans of up to ₹5 lakh using technology-driven underwriting.
- It also sells health insurance and provides secured loans against property.
- The company uses a hybrid model with 62 physical branches across six states and Puducherry for secured lending.
- It gives personal loans through its NBFC arm, Si Creva Capital Services.
- As of 31 March 2025, Kissht had 53.23 million registered users, served 9.16 million customers, and had 1.9 million active customers.
- Unsecured personal loans accounted for 98.15% of its assets under management (AUM) as of 31 March 2025.
What happens next
- The company plans to use IPO proceeds to strengthen its NBFC arm's capital base and for general corporate purposes.
The deal
- Type
- IPO
Investors
- Vertex Ventures (selling shareholder)
- Ventureast Proactive Fund (selling shareholder)
- Endiya Seed Co-creation Fund (selling shareholder)
- AION Advisory (selling shareholder)
- Ammar Sdn Bhd (selling shareholder)
Founders
- Ranvir Singh, Co-founder
- Krishnan Vishwanathan, Co-founder
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