After four days, Meesho's Initial Public Offering (IPO) is ready to start its subscription from December 3 and will cross its subscription on December 5. It is, in fact, a great market event of the year that is looked at closely by the crowd.
Meesho has accomplished this feat through its focus on value e-commerce that looks for price-conscious shoppers in India not only in the cities but also in rural areas. At the same time, the price band is between ₹105 and ₹111 per share, so that the retail investor will be able to invest with a minimum outlay of about ₹15,000.
By any chance, at the upper end of the price band, a full subscription of the issue may result in a market cap that is worth more than ₹50,000 crore, as the issue size is set to be more than ₹5,400 crore.
Over the last year, Meesho's IPO has been talked about as one of the brightest stars having its performance as the subject matter. In the fiscal year 2025, Meesho's Net Merchandise Value (NMV) - the total value of all successful transactions after returns and cancellations, shot up by 29% year-on-year, thus coming very close to the ₹30,000-crore mark.
On top of that, Meesho has done a fantastic job of drastically lowering its loss before tax and exceptional items and is therefore sending a strong signal to the market that the company has now turned its focus to efficiency and profitability.
Meesho would like to know that you are quite eager to discover how the company plans to spend all those crores? The official plan involves a bold investment into cloud infrastructure, as that is where the backbone technology will keep getting stronger, while they are also setting aside money to hire the best AI engineers and be aggressive in marketing.
These tactics are not only a way to expand the Meesho empire but also a statement of the company's intention of overwhelming their segment.
So, the investors will be able to purchase the shares. What a splendid question for the investors to put forward! Firstly, Meesho's skyrocketing business, bettering accounts, and concentration on tech stack safeguarding make the company a very convincing case.
What if the opponents are well-established and the fact that the company is still making losses should be enough for anyone to realize that a risk is involved in this case.
As for the retail actors, opening an account with a relatively modest amount of money to be able to take part in the share capital increase is within their reach and a potential of price increment is there if Meesho's undertaking is successful. Whether to apply or not depends on the person's risk-taking capacity and trust in the rise of e-commerce in the Indian market.
In essence, Meesho's IPO is not only another technological company on the stock market—it may be your way of becoming a part of the online shopping revolution in India. Please share with us in the comments: are you going to subscribe, or will you be watching from the sidelines?
