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Indian new-age companies saw substantial secondary market activity in August, with 17 block and bulk deals worth Rs 26,337 crore or $2.77 billion across 12 companies. The deals were largely led by early-stage investors and promoters offloading their holdings, while mutual funds, insurers and global institutional investors emerged as key buyers. Lenskart accounted for the largest share at Rs 7,445 crore across three deals. In the wearable firm, SoftBank sold shares worth Rs 2,888 crore, while Alpha Wave offloaded Rs 1,857 crore. In another Rs 2,700 crore block deal, BNP Paribas Financial Markets and Societe Generale sold shares, with most of the stake picked up by BlackRock. The transactions saw participation from institutional investors including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, ICICI Prudential and SBI Mutual Fund. Overall, institutional investors have offloaded around Rs 14,200 crore, or $1.5 billion, in Lenskart shares over the last few months.” Paytm followed with two transactions worth nearly Rs 4,986 crore. SAIF Partners and Elevation Capital sold a combined 2.33% stake in One97 Communications for Rs 2,037 crore. Vijay Shekhar Sharma-backed Resilient Asset Management later offloaded a 3% stake for Rs 2,949 crore. SBI Mutual Fund was among the largest buyers in the latter transaction. Groww also saw two large investor exits worth Rs 3,649 crore. Y Combinator sold shares worth Rs 1,435 crore, offloading its 1.2% stake, while Ribbit Capital sold shares worth Rs 2,217 crore. The transactions came as Groww continued to lead the stockbroking space with 1.31 crore active users and a 28.88% market share as of July 2026. Foodtech and quick commerce platform Eternal also witnessed a Rs 3,265 crore transaction, with BNP Paribas Financial Markets and Millennium Management affiliate Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) offloading nearly 10 crore shares. BNP Paribas sold shares worth Rs 1,671 crore, while Integrated Core Strategies sold Rs 1,594 crore worth of shares. Meesho witnessed two investor exits worth Rs 2,919 crore. Peak XV Partners and Elevation Capital sold a combined 2.27% stake for Rs 1,949 crore, followed by Y Combinator's Rs 970 crore sale. Several large institutional investors participated in the first transaction, including Societe Generale, Axis Mutual Fund, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Outside these four companies, Hero MotoCorp acquired a Rs 1,758 crore stake in Ather Energy from GIC, raising its holding in the electric two-wheeler maker to 32.8%. Unlike most transactions during the month, the deal represented strategic buying rather than an investor exit. PhysicsWallah saw Lightspeed Venture Partners exit its 1.61% stake through a Rs 550 crore deal, with ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund emerging as a key buyer. Urban Company saw Accel and VY Capital sell shares worth Rs 428 crore to SBI Mutual Fund. Amagi also recorded a Rs 600 crore transaction involving Accel, Trudy Holdings and AVP Fund. Alpha Wave sold its entire stake in Aye Finance for Rs 322 crore, while WeWork Global offloaded a 2.52% stake in WeWork India for Rs 244 crore. Capillary Technologies' promoter Capillary Technologies Pte Ltd also sold a 4.14% stake for Rs 171 crore. The August activity points to rising liquidity in India’s listed startup ecosystem, with Paytm, Lenskart, Groww, Eternal and Meesho accounting for nearly Rs 18,999 crore, or about 72% of the total deal value. The flurry of deals reflected profit booking and strategic partial exits by early and institutional investors, as deeper market liquidity allowed early backers to monetise their holdings while institutional investors provided the demand to absorb these large exits.
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