Zepto has confirmed a pre-IPO private placement and pushed its listing to a later quarter. Behind the announcement is a domestic institutional base that has stopped underwriting private-market optimism.
In October 2025, the largest public pension fund in the United States backed Zepto at a $7 billion valuation. In July 2026, India’s mutual funds offered less than half of that.
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