Five largest Indian IPOs to date as Jio Platforms eyes record IPO

MUMBAI: Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms filed regulatory papers for an IPO on Friday that sources said ‌would raise about $3.8 billion, making it the country's biggest-ever stock offering.Another IPO that is in the pipeline - by the National Stock Exchange of India - is likely to be worth about $3.3 billion.Here are the five largest Indian IPOs to date:Hyundai Motor IndiaHyundai, the world's third-largest automaker and India's fourth-biggest passenger vehicle maker, raised ⁠278.7 billion rupees ($2.95 billion) in October 2024 in what is currently India's biggest-ever IPO.The manufacturer's South Korean parent sold a 17.5% stake in a pure offer-for-sale, where existing shareholders sell shares and no new capital is raised. Jio Platforms is ‌expected to use a similar approach, with the company's major investors set to dilute their stakes.Life Insurance Corporation Of IndiaThe government pocketed roughly 205 billion rupees ($2.17 billion) from ‌selling a 3.5% stake in India's largest insurer and biggest ‌domestic financial investor, a far cry from its initial target of up ‌to $12 billion.The shares slid nearly 8% ‌on their debut.PaytmPaytm, an Indian fintech firm, raised 183 billion rupees in November 2021 in a mix of a fresh share ‌issue and an offer for sale. Ant Group reduced its stake ⁠to 23% from 28% and SoftBank's Vision Fund pared its holding to 16%.Paytm lost more than 27% on its debut, the biggest listing-day drop in Indian IPO history at ⁠the time.Tata CapitalThe Tata ⁠Group's financial services arm raised 155 billion rupees in October 2025, with Tata Sons and IFC among those selling in the offer for sale component alongside a ⁠fresh issue. The IPO was the largest-ever by a non-banking financial company in India. The shares listed at a slight premium of 1.23%.LG Electronics IndiaSouth Korean parent LG Electronics offloaded a 15% stake in its Indian unit, a maker of refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and televisions, in a pure offer for sale ‌issue, netting 116 billion rupees in October 2025.The IPO was oversubscribed 54 times - the most heavily subscribed major Indian IPO since Reliance Power's listing in 2008 - attracting bids worth about 4.4 trillion rupees.LG's shares surged 50% on their first day of trading, valuing the unit higher than its Seoul-based parent. ($1 = 94.3800 Indian rupees)