Omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart’s anchor book has received bids worth Rs 68,000 crore, people briefed on the matter said. This is almost tenfold of Lenskart’s IPO size of Rs 7,300 crore.
The anchor book has received bids from foreign institutional investors such as BlackRock, Fidelity, Nomura and Singapore’s GIC.
Domestic investors and mutual fund houses including SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prudential, HDFC and Birla Sun Life have bid to pick up Lenskart shares ahead of its initial public offering, which launches Friday.
SBI Mutual Fund and Dmart promoter Radhakishan Damani have already bought Rs 190 crore worth of shares in pre-IPO secondary transactions from Lenakart cofounder Neha Bansal.
