Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing, Sacra

Sacra

Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction. Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>Rapido's most recent funding was a $15 million Series E extension in June 2025, with existing investors participating.</li><li>Rapido currently operates in 270+ cities and targets 500 cities by late 2025.</li><li>Bike taxi operations face inconsistent regulations across Indian states, with some jurisdictions such as Delhi and Karnataka implementing periodic bans.</li></ul>

Rapido's most recent funding was a $15 million Series E extension in June 2025, with existing investors participating.Rapido currently operates in 270+ cities and targets 500 cities by late 2025.Bike taxi operations face inconsistent regulations across Indian states, with some jurisdictions such as Delhi and Karnataka implementing periodic bans.

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lenskart-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45634:1" rel="noopener">Lenskart Solutions</a> raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book.</li>
<li>Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book.
Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-September in October. There are companies with significant float changes from end-June and/or end-March.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 20 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 6 could have passive outflows in November.</li>
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Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-September in October. There are companies with significant float changes from end-June and/or end-March.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 20 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 6 could have passive outflows in November.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in November

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lenskart-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45634:1" rel="noopener">Lenskart Solutions</a> is looking to raise about US$825m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.</li>
</ul>



Lenskart Solutions is looking to raise about US$825m in its upcoming India IPO.
Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.


Lenskart Solutions IPO - Is Pricey but Has a Strong Market Position

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Eternal Ltd’s Q2FY26 revenue surged 183% YoY to INR 135B, driven by Blinkit’s shift to an owned-inventory quick commerce model, a major operational transformation.</li>
<li>The new model boosts revenue and gross margins but pressures profits amid higher marketing costs, dark store expansion, and increased working capital needs.</li>
<li>Eternal is prioritizing scale over near-term profits, investing heavily to strengthen its long-term leadership in Q-commerce and digital retail.</li>
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Eternal Ltd’s Q2FY26 revenue surged 183% YoY to INR 135B, driven by Blinkit’s shift to an owned-inventory quick commerce model, a major operational transformation.
The new model boosts revenue and gross margins but pressures profits amid higher marketing costs, dark store expansion, and increased working capital needs.
Eternal is prioritizing scale over near-term profits, investing heavily to strengthen its long-term leadership in Q-commerce and digital retail.


Eternal: Blinkit Leads Scale-Up as Inventory Model Lifts Margins

India

Swiggy is an Indian online food ordering and delivery company. It also operates quick-commerce services under Instamart for grocery and household items, and offers restaurant reservation services through Dineout. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and was founded in 2013.

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Primer: Rapido - 12 Nov 2025

Ride-hailing platform offering bike taxis, auto rickshaws, cabs, and local parcel delivery services

Sacra

Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in November

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in November. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

Lenskart Solutions IPO - Is Pricey but Has a Strong Market Position

Lenskart Solutions is looking to raise about US$825m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valautions.

Sumeet Singh

Eternal: Blinkit Leads Scale-Up as Inventory Model Lifts Margins

Eternal Ltd's revenue soars 183% YoY to INR 135B in Q2FY26 due to Blinkit's shift to owned-inventory quick commerce model, prioritizing scale over...

Sudarshan Bhandari

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Primer: Rapido - 12 Nov 2025

Ride-hailing platform offering bike taxis, auto rickshaws, cabs, and local parcel delivery services

Sacra

Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in November

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in November. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

Lenskart Solutions IPO - Is Pricey but Has a Strong Market Position

Lenskart Solutions is looking to raise about US$825m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valautions.

Sumeet Singh

Eternal: Blinkit Leads Scale-Up as Inventory Model Lifts Margins

​Eternal Ltd's revenue soars 183% YoY to INR 135B in Q2FY26 due to Blinkit's shift to owned-inventory quick commerce model, prioritizing scale over...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Eternal Ltd's revenue soars 183% YoY to INR 135B in Q2FY26 due to Blinkit's shift to owned-inventory quick commerce model, prioritizing scale over...