Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The RBI did not extend the PIDF subsidy scheme beyond 2025, potentially causing a INR 200 crore annualized revenue loss for leading fintech giant <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/one-97-communications-limited-paytm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26149:1" rel="noopener">Paytm (PAYTM IN)</a> .</li>
<li>This withdrawal of state support acts as a competitive moat, reinforcing the existing duopoly by pricing out new players from challenging established incumbents.</li>
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Companies are nowexpected to hike merchant device rentals by INR 10 monthly to offset the subsidy cliff and sustain their long-term growth.</li>
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The RBI did not extend the PIDF subsidy scheme beyond 2025, potentially causing a INR 200 crore annualized revenue loss for leading fintech giant Paytm (PAYTM IN) .
This withdrawal of state support acts as a competitive moat, reinforcing the existing duopoly by pricing out new players from challenging established incumbents.

Companies are nowexpected to hike merchant device rentals by INR 10 monthly to offset the subsidy cliff and sustain their long-term growth.


India Fintech: Who Survives the PIDF Subsidy Cliff?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/urban-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33475:1" rel="noopener">Urban Company (UCL IN)</a> (UC) raised around US$220m in its India IPO. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>UCL is a tech-enabled platform offering home and beauty services delivered by trained professionals at customer’s location.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Urban Company (UCL IN) (UC) raised around US$220m in its India IPO. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
UCL is a tech-enabled platform offering home and beauty services delivered by trained professionals at customer’s location.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: Urban Company IPO Lockup - US$1bn Release for >57% of the Stock

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, after a stellar listing for Montage, other listings during the week didn't do much.</li>
<li>On the placement front, we had a look at a few of the upcomng lockup expiries.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, after a stellar listing for Montage, other listings during the week didn't do much.
On the placement front, we had a look at a few of the upcomng lockup expiries.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (16 February 2026)- Montage, Axera, Wuxi Lead, Woer, Top Toy, Anker, PhonePe

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, A/H lsitings show no signs of slowing down, despite CNY fast approaching.</li>
<li>On the placement front, Japan deals accounted for the bulk of the flows this week</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, A/H lsitings show no signs of slowing down, despite CNY fast approaching.
On the placement front, Japan deals accounted for the bulk of the flows this week


Aequitas ECM Weekly (2 February 2026)- Eastroc, Muyuan, Han's CNC, Wuxi Lead, Sungrow, Kokusai

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

Amagi Media Labs / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amagi-media-labs" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45644:1" rel="noopener">Amagi Media Labs (1232899D IN)</a> raised around US$189m in its India IPO. AML provides cloud-native software infrastructure for content owners, broadcasters, and streaming platforms.</li>
<li>AML enables its clients to manage, distribute, and monetize live, linear, and on-demand content seamlessly across traditional TV, Over-The-Top (OTT), and Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platforms.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Amagi Media Labs (1232899D IN) raised around US$189m in its India IPO. AML provides cloud-native software infrastructure for content owners, broadcasters, and streaming platforms.
AML enables its clients to manage, distribute, and monetize live, linear, and on-demand content seamlessly across traditional TV, Over-The-Top (OTT), and Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) platforms.
We have looked at the past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: Amagi Media Labs IPO Trading - Healthy Demand with Decent Anchor

India

Phonepe Private Limited designs and develops application software. The Company offers digital payments, recharge mobile, data cards, make utility payments, buy gold and shop online and offline, tickets, and other related service through application. Phonepe serves customers in India.

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Phonepe Pvt Ltd (1732974D IN)

India Fintech: Who Survives the PIDF Subsidy Cliff?

RBI's decision not to extend PIDF subsidy scheme leads to potential INR 200 crore annual revenue loss for Paytm, causing fintech stocks to tumble...

Nimish Maheshwari

Aequitas: Urban Company IPO Lockup - US$1bn Release for >57% of the Stock

Urban Company (UCL IN) (UC) raised around US$220m in its India IPO. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (16 February 2026)- Montage, Axera, Wuxi Lead, Woer, Top Toy, Anker, PhonePe

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (2 February 2026)- Eastroc, Muyuan, Han's CNC, Wuxi Lead, Sungrow, Kokusai

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Amagi Media Labs IPO Trading - Healthy Demand with Decent Anchor

Amagi Media Labs (AML) raised around US$189m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

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India Fintech: Who Survives the PIDF Subsidy Cliff?

​RBI's decision not to extend PIDF subsidy scheme leads to potential INR 200 crore annual revenue loss for Paytm, causing fintech stocks to tumble...

Nimish Maheshwari

Aequitas: Urban Company IPO Lockup - US$1bn Release for >57% of the Stock

Urban Company (UCL IN) (UC) raised around US$220m in its India IPO. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (16 February 2026)- Montage, Axera, Wuxi Lead, Woer, Top Toy, Anker, PhonePe

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (2 February 2026)- Eastroc, Muyuan, Han's CNC, Wuxi Lead, Sungrow, Kokusai

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Amagi Media Labs IPO Trading - Healthy Demand with Decent Anchor

Amagi Media Labs (AML) raised around US$189m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

RBI's decision not to extend PIDF subsidy scheme leads to potential INR 200 crore annual revenue loss for Paytm, causing fintech stocks to tumble...