Zepto joins India’s 2026 startup IPO watchlist, Inc42 reports
Inc42 names quick-commerce platform Zepto alongside OYO and PhonePe in its outlook for what it calls India’s biggest startup IPO year in 2026. The report signals growing investor attention on consumer-tech and rapid-delivery businesses, rather than confirming a Zepto listing timeline.
Inc42 highlights OYO, PhonePe and quick-commerce platform Zepto as part of what it describes as India’s biggest startup IPO year in 2026.
Why this matters
Zepto’s inclusion follows signals that it was a potential 2025 IPO candidate and has been expanding dark stores while Blinkit widened its India quick-commerce scale lead.
Retail-company signals are accelerating, up +1,072,300% QoQ.