bengaluru dec 16 reuters  indian ridehailing company ola said on thursday it had raised 500 milllion loan from international institutional investors as the softbank group 9984t backed startup preps to make its stock market debut next year ola which has a majority share of indias ridehailing market where it competes with uber technologies ubern has plans to raise up to 1 billion through an initial public offering read more earlier this month ola chief executive officer bhavish aggarwal said the company planned to go public in the first half of 2022 read more the proposed loan issuance got a staggering response from investors with interest and commitment of about 15 billion the bengalurubased company said aggarwal also plans to list olas separate electric vehicle business in the future  a segment it has bet heavily on  and is currently building it out starting with electric scooters ola began deliveries of its electric scooters on dec 15 reporting by chandini monnappa in bengaluru and aditi shah in new delhi editing by rashmi aich