What are the different types of Investor categories in IPO?
Last updated August 22, 2026
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- Retail individual Investor (RII)
- Retail individual investor means an investor who applies or bids for securities for a value of not more than Rs. 2,00,000.
- Non-Institutional Investor (NII)
- Non-Institutional Investors i.e. individuals/corporate, mean an investor who applies or bids for securities for a value of more than Rs 2,00,000.
- Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs)
- A public financial institution as defined in section 4A of the Companies Act, 1956.
- Foreign institutional investor registered with SEBI.
- Venture capital funds registered with SEBI.
- Foreign venture capital investors registered with SEBI.
- Provident Funds with minimum corpus of Rs 25 crores.
- Pension Funds with minimum corpus of Rs 25 crores.
- Know more on RII Vs NII Vs QIB
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