New Delhi, April 29 -- Smartphone care and warranty provider Servify is looking to close a string of acquisitions to expand its service categories before it files papers for a public listing.

Like several initial public offering (IPO)-bound companies, Servify has taken a step back to wait for markets to stabilise amid the ongoing war in West Asia before filing its draft papers. It joins the list of companies such as PhonePe, Curefoods, and Turtlemint that have put their public market plans on hold.

"We're in the middle of some initiatives which will likely help us become a larger entity than we are currently," company founder and chief executive Sreevathsa Prabhakar told Mint.

The Mumbai-based company is pursuing acquisitions across it...