India, Dec. 2 -- Ahead of the commencement of the bidding for its public issue tomorrow, contract manufacturing company Aequs has raised INR 413.9 Cr from anchor investors.

As many as 33 investors subscribed to 3.3 Cr equity shares of the company at a price of INR 124 apiece, the upper band of its IPO price band.

Of the total, 1.9 Cr shares or 56.7% of the total anchor round were picked up by 10 domestic mutual funds through 18 schemes. The domestic mutual funds that led the Aequs' anchor round were SBI, HDFC, Bank of India, Motilal Oswal Manufacturing Fund, Axis Mutual Fund, among others.

Other investors who participated in the round included Edelweiss, BlackRock, Steadview Capital, Susquehanna, among others.

With this, the contract ...