Resurfacing a July 2021 move: Zomato IPO drew 1.05x subscription on Day 1, led by retail investors

Resurfaced report: Zomato's initial public offering was subscribed 1.05 times on the first day of bidding back in July 2021, with retail investors driving early demand for the food-delivery platform's shares.

— Filed Tue, 4 Aug, 2026, 09:32 IST · Source Inc42 · Quick Commerce · Updated

Zomato’s IPO was oversubscribed 1.05 times on the first day of bidding, with retail investors driving demand.

Why this matters

The 2021 IPO-demand snapshot sits alongside Zomato and Blinkit helping 100,000 delivery partners file ITRs and Zomato’s inclusion in a retail-tech watchlist as India’s retail market reached Rs 215 trillion.

Retail-company signals are accelerating, up +198914% QoQ.