- Financial Express
SME IPOs jumped 84% in 2022 from previous year; raised nearly Rs 2,000 cr
The number of SME IPOs hitting stock exchanges (BSE SME and NSE Emerge combined) jumped 84 per cent from 59 IPOs raising Rs 787 crore in the calendar year 2021 to 109 raising Rs 1,980 crore in 2022 — third highest after 144 SME IPOs in 2018 and 135 in 2017, showed data from market tracker Chittorgarh.com. The SME IPOs have been on an upswing since 2020 when the count plunged to 27, the lowest since 2012 when the two SME exchanges BSE SME and NSE Emerge were launched.