ShareChat, India’s Meta Rival, Plans $400 Million IPO Next Year
THE SO WHAT
A $400M listing for ShareChat/Moj/QuickTV is less about cash and more about putting a public-market multiple on India’s non-English social graph. If you’re building in India, assume local-language distribution and creator economics will be priced as their own asset class, not a derivative of US social platforms.
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