While talking about online backlash over Lenskart's ₹70,000 crore IPO valuation, CEO Peyush Bansal said at ET Startup Awards 2025 that backlash means people care. "It's also a learning journey for us, and this coming right at the beginning of it, I would say, is a blessing in disguise," he added. Lenskart's ₹7,278-crore IPO was fully subscribed on Day 1.