Strategic and financial preparation for public listing — from corporate restructuring and DRHP support to SME IPO execution and mainboard readiness.
An IPO is not just a capital event — it is a transformation of your business into a public institution. Stratnest's IPO Advisory practice helps companies navigate the multi-year journey from IPO aspiration to listing — ensuring financial, governance, and regulatory readiness at every stage, while managing the intensity of the public markets process.
Gap analysis across financials, governance, promoter structure, related party transactions, and compliance — years before the actual IPO.
Pre-IPO restructuring of shareholding, subsidiary rationalisation, related party cleanup, and promoter group reorganisation.
Three-year restated financials, Ind AS migration, accounting policy normalisation, and audit facilitation.
Working with lead managers on the Draft Red Herring Prospectus — financial disclosures, MD&A, and risk factor preparation.
Pre-IPO valuation analysis, comparable company benchmarking, and pricing strategy for optimal listing and anchor investor conversations.
Full-service SME IPO advisory — from BSE SME/NSE Emerge eligibility to post-listing compliance framework.
Governance upgrades, financial statement cleaning, corporate restructuring, and ESOP/management team alignment.
Process management for selecting lead manager, legal counsel, registrar, and other IPO intermediaries.
Financial disclosure preparation, DRHP support, SEBI observation letter management.
Roadshow preparation, analyst meetings, anchor book building, and retail investor communications.
Listing coordination, lock-in management, continuous disclosure obligations, and quarterly result announcements.
Formulation companies, hospital chains, and diagnostic businesses.
Specialty manufacturers and engineering companies.
IT services companies and SaaS businesses for SME IPO.
Agro-processing and food companies targeting SME IPO.
EPC and infrastructure services companies.
Consumer brands and D2C companies planning public listing.
IPO preparation is a 2-3 year journey. We are with you from aspiration to listing — not just for the last 6 months.
Our deep accounting expertise ensures restated financials are defensible, SEBI-compliant, and convey the right business narrative.
We have navigated the BSE SME and NSE Emerge platforms multiple times — practical knowledge of process nuances that save time and cost.
We don't just help companies list — we help them become the governance-ready institutions that sustain a public market premium.