What It Takes To IPO India's First Profitable Fintech | Upasana Taku x Salone Sehgal | AW Ep. 5 episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 31, 2026 · 3 MIN

What It Takes To IPO India's First Profitable Fintech | Upasana Taku x Salone Sehgal | AW Ep. 5

from Alpha Women by Lumikai

In 2021, it was worth almost a billion dollars. Then, everything that could go wrong, went wrong. In December 2024, she was able take it public the NSE & BSE and the IPO closed nearly 120x oversubscribed.On this episode of Alpha Women, Salone Sehgal, Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai, is joined by Upasana Taku, Co-Founder and CFO of MobiKwik and the first Indian woman to take a digital payments company public. She pulls back the curtain on founding MobiKwik and taking it all the way to IPO, the discipline required to turn losses back into profits, the friction women still face, and always having her eyes on the prize. Episode 5 of Alpha Women, out at 3 PM on 28/08, watch it only on @LumikaiFundIn partnership with Spotify | Media partner: Outlook Business.#alphawomen #mobikwik #UpasanaTaku #digitalpayments #fintech #ipo #womenleadership #nationalstockexchange #bombaystockexchange #SaloneSehgal

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