Pune-based Social Worth Technologies Ltd, the parent company of digital lending platform Fibe, has filed draft papers with India’s market regulator SEBI for an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed listing would raise up to ₹750 crore through a fresh issue of equity shares. In addition to the new share sale, the IPO includes an offer for sale (OFS) component in which existing shareholders plan to sell equity shares, with the draft papers indicating a sell-down of more than 4 crore shares.
The company says proceeds from the fresh issue are intended to strengthen its capital base at ESPL, a material subsidiary, to support onward lending requirements, alongside general corporate purposes. Social Worth Technologies, incorporated in 2015, operates under the Fibe brand and offers digital credit products including personal loans and purpose-driven financing. The draft materials also describe the use of technologies such as AI, machine learning and data science across customer onboarding, underwriting, risk management, fraud detection, operations and collections.
The investor backing cited includes International Finance Corporation, TPG Inc. and Norwest, and the issue is supported by book-running lead managers including Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Axis Capital, DAM Capital Advisors and JM Financial.