Up, down, and on the way up again? Ritesh Agarwal and Oyo’s ride on the IPO roller coaster

Up, down, and on the way up again? Ritesh Agarwal and Oyo's ride on the IPO roller coaster
Up, down, and on the way up again? Ritesh Agarwal and Oyo's ride on the IPO roller coaster

Synopsis

In the last three years, Oyo massively trimmed its workforce, maintained decent top-line growth, and improved profitability. It has reduced debt and courts private equity interest now. But there are more knots to undo. A tortuous IPO process is just one.

The buzz around fresh funding for Oyo became louder last week after a report that claimed Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional was talking to the hotel-tech platform to lead a USD400 million round. Khazanah is the latest among a slew of large private equity (PE) investors that are said to have held discussions with Oyo for a funding round in the past four months. While the fundraise might still take a few more months, the newfound interest

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