Share-based payments - Complex vesting conditional upon listing (Details) - Complex vesting conditional upon listing - employee		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Nov. 18, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Number of employee who were granted options	1
Contractual term		2 years	2 years

Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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