Startup Profile

PhonePe

Legal entity: PhonePe Private Limited

Indian financial technology company

FinTechUnicornFintech (Payments)· Bengaluru, Karnataka· Est. 2015Website ↗

PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company, headquartered in Bengaluru. It was founded in December 2015, by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. The PhonePe app, based on the Unified Payments Interface, went live in August 2016.

Funding raised

₹50000.00 Cr

Total disclosed

Latest valuation

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Most recent round

Latest revenue

₹7115.00 Cr

FY FY25

Employees

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FY FY25

Financials

MCA / self-reported

Fiscal year	Revenue	Profit / (Loss)	Employees
FY25	₹7115.00 Cr	—	—

The full story

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Timeline

2026-05-28Data, Distribution Will Be The Moats In The Age Of AI: PhonePe’s Rahul Chari — [Inc42] As AI makes building and delivering functionality easier, PhonePe cofounder and CTO Rahul Chari believes that the distribution and the…
2026-05-28UPI In April: PhonePe Tightens Grip With Over 47% Market Share — [Inc42] IPO-bound PhonePe continued to lead the UPI market in April, processing more than 1,033 Cr transactions during the month. According…

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