Lenskart Solutions Ltd. began taking public orders for an initial public offering that could raise as much as 72.8 billion rupees ($821 million) as India’s market for new listings heats up.

The eyewear retailer, founded by Indian “Shark Tank” judge Peyush Bansal, plans to offer its shares at 382 rupees to 402 rupees each until Tuesday, with the stock scheduled to start trading on Nov. 10. The pricing values Lenskart at as much as 700 billion rupees.

Lenskart joins the flood of companies going public in one of the world’s hottest IPO markets, which is increasingly being fueled by money pumped in from domestic mutual funds, insurers and millions of retail investors. It comes as another major deal — Billionbrains Garage Ventures Ltd., the parent of online investment platform Groww — prepa

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