NEW DELHI: Online food delivery platform Zomato has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the market regulator SEBI.  The company intends to raise Rs 8,250 crore this year amid the growing business in the pandemic.

In a draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the Sebi, Zomato said it aims to raise Rs 8,250 crore in capital by offering the company's equity shares for sale. Of this, Rs 7,500 crore will be through fresh issuance and the rest of the Rs 750 crore will be an offer for sale for its existing investor Info Edge.

Zomato has already converted itself into a public limited company from a private one. It is planning for a USD 750 million-USD 1 billion IPO later this year, as more and more people are ordering food online amid the ongoing pandemic.

In February, Zomato raised USD 250 million (around Rs 1,800 crore) in a new funding round from five different investors. The transactions valued Zomato at a post-money valuation of USD 5.4 billion. The new funding for Zomato came just a couple of months after closing a $660 million financing round.

Many Unicorns have announced plans to tap the IPO market. At present, more than a dozen companies have received the market regulator's approval, and another dozen are awaiting the same to go public.

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