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Zepto pauses its IPO, sealing a pre-IPO placement at a $4.5B valuation instead

CEO Aadit Palicha told staff the quick-commerce unicorn will now target a listing between February and May 2027, raising roughly ₹1,000 crore from existing investors at $4.5B in the meantime — a sharper reset than the $3.5–4.5B bids reported just two weeks earlier.

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