InsuranceDekho owner is said to plan $400 million India IPO

The Gurugram-based insurance aggregator has held recent discussions with investment banks about a potential listing and is expected to appoint advisers in the coming weeks

Bloomberg

February 16, 2026 / 16:13 IST

The company had received listing and trading approvals from both exchanges on February 12 for 2,34,95,91,262 equity shares.

InsuranceDekho plans Mumbai IPO to raise up to $250 million
IPO may include new shares and secondary sales by investors
Company operates an online insurance comparison platform

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Girnar Insurance Brokers Pvt., which operates insurance tech startup InsuranceDekho, is weighing an initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise as much as $400 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Gurugram-based insurance aggregator has held recent discussions with investment banks about a potential listing and is expected to appoint advisers in the coming weeks, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The IPO is likely to include a mix of new share issuance and secondary sales by existing investors, and could take place later this year, they said.

A representative for InsuranceDekho didn’t respond to requests for comment.

India’s market for first-time share sales is off to a slow start in 2026, after two consecutive years of record fundraising, as weakness in the stock market has undercut valuations. This week, listings by lender Aye Finance Ltd. and data analytics company Fractal Analytics Ltd. showed subdued demand, even after both issuers postponed and downsized their offerings.

Indian stocks have been pressured by slowing earnings growth, global trade uncertainty and patchy foreign inflows, even as sentiment improved following a recent trade pact with the US. The Nifty 50 index has declined more than 2% this year, compared with a gain of more than 11% in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index.