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Access to capital, whether public or private, is the real moat: Paytms Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Company Business News
2025-04-17 02:45:05| Spiritual Career Counseling
Access to capitalwhether public or privatedefines a companys long-term advantage, said Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm, on Friday.Thinking that public listing is a moat or being private is a moatI think, visibility in the long term all companies, in my opinion, access to capital definitely is a moat, he said at the Startup Mahakumbh in New Delhi.Also Read: Mental health startups look at offline play to boost patient retentionBut if you dont need the capitalthen the listing doesnt matter. At the end of the day, investors are there for capital. Access to capital and the size of capital is what matters. For example, Flipkart was able to raise billions in private, and then even public markets hadnt been that private. So, the need is the capital. The method could be any. And if you dont need it, you dont," he added.To be sure, Paytm raised 18,300 crore in its November 2021 public listingIndias largest at the time. Despite the scale of the initial...
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