Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale, HDFC Life Insurance Company, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Bay Pond Partners, Ithan Creek Master Investors (Cayman) are some of the marquee names in the anchor book

Mumbai : Aye Finance, which is a non-banking financial company – middle layer (NBFC-ML) focused on providing loans to micro- scale micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across India, has garnered Rs 454.5 crore from anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering that opens for public subscription on February 9. The company informed the bourses that it allocated equity shares at Rs 129 per share to anchor investors     

Some of the marquee institutions that participated in the anchor include New York State Teachers Retirement System, Societe Generale, HDFC Life Insurance Company, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Bay Pond Partners and Ithan Creek Master Investors (Cayman).

Amongst equity- oriented schemes, the company has allocated shares to Goldman Sachs Funds – Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio, Bank of India Small Cap Fund, Nippon Life Inda Trustee – Nippon India Banking & Financial Services Fund and 360 One Equity Opportunity Fund.

Out of the total allocation of 3,52,32,558 equity shares to the anchor investors, 76,74,560 equity shares were allocated to 2 domestic mutual funds through a total of 4 schemes.

Axis Capital Limited, IIFL Capital Services Limited, JM Financial Limited, and Nuvama Wealth Management Limited are the book-running lead managers, and KFin Technologies Limited is the registrar of the offer.