Ola Electric is planning a stock market listing by the end of this year, and has engaged investment banks Goldman Sachs and Kotak Mahindra to manage the share sale, according to a report by news agency Reuters. More investment banks are likely to be added closer to the deal.
Backed by investors such as SoftBank Group Corp and Tiger Global Management, Ola Electric was valued at $5 billion in its last fundraise in 2022. Founded by Bhavish Aggarwal, who also established ride-hailing firm Ola and competes with Uber, Ola Electric is trying to capture the country’s electric vehicle market.
The electric scooter company has not finalised how much it plans to raise in the initial public offering (IPO), but it will seek a valuation higher than $5 billion. If it sells 10 per cent in the IPO – the minimum legally required to list – at that price, it could be India’s biggest IPO this year amid tepid market conditions.
Filing its draft documents, marketing to investors and listing by the end of the year will be “difficult,” the source said, but added that Chief Executive Aggarwal was insistent on the timeline.
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Aggarwal recently teased the Ola S1 Air electric scooter online, which was launched in India last year. The electric scooter is the company’s most affordable e-scooter yet. It is offered in three different variants and comes with a starting price of ₹84,999 for the base model. The mid and top variants on the other hand are priced at ₹99,999 and ₹1,09,000, respectively.
Earlier this year, Ola Electric Mobility signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tamil Nadu government at Chennai Secretariat today. The company aims to establish a 20 GW battery manufacturing facility in the state to produce its four-wheeler electric vehicles.
