Travel and hospitality technology services provider RateGain Travel Technologies Pvt. Ltd is planning an initial public offering (IPO), two people aware of the development said. With this, RateGain joins a list of companies headed for the capital markets in the coming quarters.
In 2015, private equity firm TA Associates invested $50 million in the company, which provides software-as-a-service products. The firm, which was founded in 2004, claims its services are used by more than 25 out of the top 30 online travel agencies, airlines, hotel chains, and tour operators in India.
“The tech firm has picked up two banks to start work on its IPO. It has appointed Kotak Mahindra Capital and IIFL to manage the process and more will be added later. They might raise around ₹1,200 crore through the IPO, which will be a mix of primary and secondary share sale. TA Associates is an investor and will look to sell down part of its stake,” one of the two people mentioned above said on condition of anonymity.
RateGain helps travel and hospitality firms in revenue management, e-distribution, and brand engagement. It claims to support more than 250,000 hotel properties globally, by providing 240 billion rate and availability updates and handling more than 30 million bookings every year.
The company’s plans make it the third Indian company from the travel sector to seek a public listing, at a time the industry hopes to emerge from the pandemic on the back of mass vaccination programmes globally.
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