印度最大外送業者Zomato上市 首日股價飆逾8成

印度最大外送業者Zomato上市 首日股價飆逾8成

印度食品外送服務龍頭Zomato完成印度今年最大、規模937億5000萬盧比（約新台幣350億元）的首次公開募股（IPO）後，今天首日公開上市，股價飆漲逾80%。

今年印度約有30家公司宣布上市計畫，儘管許多新創公司尚未開始獲利，已吸引多達數十億美元的投資。

Zomato的股東包括中國大亨馬雲的螞蟻集團與優步（Uber）子公司。該平台與主要競爭對手Swiggy，主導了印度蓬勃發展的外送應用程式（App）平台。

Zomato股票的IPO價格為每股76盧比（約台幣28.6元），並於上週末獲得40.38次認購。孟買證券交易所敏感指數（Sensex index）開盤後，Zomato隨即飆漲82.8%至每股116盧比（約新台幣43元），與IPO發行價相比溢價52.6%。開盤短短10分鐘內，該股就飆升80%，Zomato的市值也突破1兆盧比（約新台幣3769萬元）。

在印度525個城市營運的Zomato尚未開始獲利，根據公司財報，截至今年3月的會計年度中，共虧損81億6000萬盧比。

Zomato執行長戈亞（Deepinder Goyal）23日表示：「我們將專注不懈地投入未來10年及更久之後的發展，不會為了追求短期獲利而改變方向，以致犧牲公司的長期成功」。

疫情使印度經濟遭受重創，引發1947年獨立以來最嚴重的衰退。但該國的新創部門一直是其經濟上的一大罕見亮點。

單是在今年，印度就出現約20家市值超過10億美元的「獨角獸」企業。在四月，更是短短4天內就出現6家。

Internet start-up Zomato soars on its India debut

Internet start-up Zomato soars on its India debut

Reuters, BENGALURU, India

Shares of food delivery firm Zomato Ltd nearly doubled yesterday in a stellar first listing of a local unicorn in India, setting the pace for a slew of such debuts by Internet-based start-ups that are thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc-backed Paytm, hospitality company Oyo Hotels and ride-hailing firm Ola, both backed by Softbank, are among the Indian start-ups set to enter markets, riding on support from foreign funds and local investors.

Shares of Zomato soared 82.8 percent after opening at 116 rupees in pre-open trade, a 53 percent premium to the offer price of 76 rupees for the 93.75 billion rupees initial public offering, valuing the company at about US$12 billion.

China’s Ant Group (螞蟻集團) holds a 16.53 percent stake in Zomato, while its top shareholder is online technology company Info Edge (India), which holds a 18.55 percent stake.

“Today is a big day for us…we couldn’t have gotten here without the incredible efforts of India’s entire Internet ecosystem,” Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said in a blog post.

Goyal, 38, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, launched Zomato in 2008 with fellow graduate Pankaj Chaddah. As of March 31, it operated in about 525 cities in India and has partnered with close to 390,000 restaurants.

It is the first start-up to go public in India’s food delivery market, which research firm RedSeer estimated is worth US$4.2 billion. It offers home delivery of food, allows customers to book tables for dining-in and collates restaurant reviews, making it a competitor to Softbank-backed Swiggy and Amazon.com’s food delivery service.

The company’s offering last week drew bids of US$46.3 billion, making it more than 38 times oversubscribed, with big institutional investors placing major bets.

“Growth is key here. Zomato might not be profitable but it is growing exponentially and is enviably positioned to keep that momentum,” said Danni Hewson, a financial analyst with AJ Bell, an investment platform in England.

Zomato’s loss for the year ended March 31 narrowed to 8.13 billion rupees, while revenue from operations fell slightly year-on-year to 19.94 billion rupees.

“We are … not going to alter our course for short term profits at the cost of long term success of the company,” Goyal said.

Zomato Takes ‘Food Is Our Love Language’ To Another Level, Find Out How

All of us have different ways of showing love - some believe in flamboyant expressions, while some like to keep it a hush-hush affair. But things take an interesting turn if you are trying to confess your love but don’t really want to spell it outright. Usually, in a situation like this, we will get innovative and find ways of saying it without really saying it. How, you ask? Zomato India recently came up with an innovative idea to do the same. Zomato took to Twitter to share their way of expressing love - and obviously, it had something to do with food. Take a look:

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As soon as the tweet went live people started pouring in their similar suggestions and experiences.

Twitter users from all over the country took the opportunity to fill in on their ways of expressing their love with food - from different states came in different suggestions and soon the variety ranged from Kerala parottas to momo, dabeli, and kathi roll and more.

It didn’t take a lot of time for the coffee lovers to come looking for their part of the spotlight too.

With every passing hour the comments keep getting more varied and delicious. This love for food has left us salivating and we can’t wait to get our hands on every single delicacy mentioned in the comments.

(Also read: Zomato’s ‘Chhole Bhature’ Tweet On Yoga Day May Leave You In Splits)

What food do you relate to the most when we say ‘love’? Let us know in the comments below.