BharatPe Valuation, Funding & Investors

BharatPe is valued at $2.9B as of August 2021.

Last BharatPe valuation

$2.9B

Series E · Aug 2021

Last BharatPe funding round

$350M

Series E · Aug 2021

Cumulative funding BharatPe raised

$600M

across 6 funding rounds

Key investors in BharatPe

  • Insight Partners
  • Peak XV Partners
  • BEENEXT
  • Ribbit Capital
  • Coatue
  • Steadview Capital

BharatPe Overview

About BharatPe

BharatPe is a Delhi-headquartered fintech company enabling digital payments for small merchants via UPI QR codes and POS terminals across India. The platform provides business loans, vendor financing, and soundbox devices for transaction confirmations, partnering with banks like Axis and Unity Small Finance Bank.


Founded

2018

HQ

IndiaNew Delhi

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Commission, Product sales

Valuation

$2.9B (Aug 2021)

BharatPe Valuation

BharatPe is currently valued at $2.9B, based on its Series E in August 2021. Read the announcement ↗

The $350M round was led by Tiger Global, with participation from Dragoneer, Amplo, Steadfast Capital Management, Ribbit Capital, Coatue and 2 other investors.

BharatPe's valuation has grown 13x from $225M at its Series B in August 2019 to $2.9B in August 2021, across 4 priced rounds.

BharatPe valuation by funding round

BharatPe valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Aug 2021Series E$2.9B
Feb 2021Series D$900M
Feb 2020Series C$425M
Aug 2019Series B$225M

BharatPe Funding History

BharatPe has raised a total of $600M across 6 funding rounds.

BharatPe's first fundraising round was a $2M seed round in October 2018. The most recent completed round was a $350M Series E in August 2021.

BharatPe funding rounds

BharatPe funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Aug 2021Series ETiger Global (lead); Dragoneer; Amplo; Steadfast Capital Management; Ribbit Capital; Coatue; Insight Partners; Peak XV Partners$350M$2.9BBharatPe, a New Delhi-based fintech founded in 2018, provides interoperable QR code payments enabling merchants to accept digital payments via UPI from apps like Paytm, PhonePe, and Google Pay without fees, targeting small retailers with cross-sold working capital loans. The company raised $370 million in its Series E round in August 2021, led by Tiger Global, with participation from Dragoneer Investment Group, Steadfast Capital, Coatue, Insight Partners, Peak XV Partners (Sequoia Growth), Ribbit Capital, and Amplo, valuing it post-money at $2.85 billion and marking its unicorn status as India's 19th that year. This more than tripled its prior $900 million valuation from a $108 million Series D in February 2021, bringing total equity raised to over $580-660 million including $20 million in secondary transactions. The funding positions BharatPe with $0.5 billion in cash to scale as India's first digital bank, focusing on lending to small merchants, having onboarded over 6-7 million across 100 cities and disbursed loans exceeding INR 1,800 crore ($243 million). It facilitates around $7.5 billion in annual payments volume. In June 2021, BharatPe acquired Payback India from American Express and ICICI to enhance merchant promotions and cashback. Tiger Global's investment reflects its aggressive India push, backing over a dozen startups that year with $300 million deployed. BharatPe's growth from $425 million valuation in 2020 underscores investor confidence despite executive changes and controversies, with plans for operational expansion and product enhancement.
Feb 2021Series DCoatue (lead); Amplo; Sigurd Venture; BEENEXT; Steadview Capital; Ribbit Capital; Insight Partners; Peak XV Partners$108M$900MBharatPe is an Indian financial services company focused on serving merchants through digital payment and lending solutions. Founded in 2018, the company operates a universal QR code aggregation platform on UPI that allows merchants to consolidate payment acceptance while avoiding per-transaction charges. The company also offers lending services to small merchants, which became a key revenue driver. In February 2021, BharatPe closed its Series D funding round at a $900 million post-money valuation, raising $108 million in equity ($90 million primary and $18 million in secondary exits for angels and ESOP holders). The round was led by existing investor Coatue Management, with participation from all existing institutional investors including Ribbit Capital, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, Beenext, Amplo, and Sequoia Capital. At the time of the round, BharatPe served more than 6 million merchants, had deployed over 50,000 point-of-sale machines, and facilitated monthly transactions worth more than $123 million. The company had also facilitated over Rs. 800 crores in merchant disbursements since launch. CEO Ashneer Grover indicated the company had more than $200 million in cash and targeted $30 billion in total payment volume and a loan book of $700 million by March 2023, with the lending business having grown 10x during 2020. The company operated across 75 cities at the time of funding.
Feb 2020Series CCoatue (lead); Ribbit Capital (lead); Tiger Global (lead); Amplo; AngelList India; Survam Partners; Steadview Capital; Insight Partners$75M$425MCoatue Management and Ribbit Capital led a USD 75 million Series C round in BharatPe in February 2020, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners and Steadview Capital, and from Amplo and other backers. Press reports put the company's valuation after the round at about USD 425 million. BharatPe said the bulk of the proceeds, around USD 70 million, would be channelled into its non-banking financial company, Resilient Capital, to expand lending to small merchants. BharatPe is a New Delhi-based fintech company founded in 2018. It operates a single QR code and payments interface that lets small merchants accept payments from any UPI app and offers them working-capital loans. The round followed a USD 50 million Series B in June 2019 and a Series A in early 2019, and preceded larger rounds in 2021 that took the company to a valuation near USD 2.85 billion.
Aug 2019Series BInsight Partners (lead); Ribbit Capital (lead); Steadview Capital (lead); BEENEXT; Sequoia Capital; Peak XV Partners$50M$225MBharatPe raised $50 million in a Series B round announced in August 2019, co-led by Ribbit Capital and Steadview Capital, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Beenext and Insight Partners. The round valued the company at about $225 million, according to chief executive Ashneer Grover, and lifted total funding to about $65 million. It came roughly four months after a $15.5 million Series A led by Insight Partners. BharatPe operates a merchant payments and lending platform in India that interoperates UPI payment apps through a single QR code for small merchants. The company said it would use the funds to grow its merchant base from about 1.45 million to more than five million within a year, and to expand its lending and product offering. BharatPe was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
Apr 2019Series APeak XV Partners (lead); BEENEXT; Insight Partners; Venture Catalysts$15M-BharatPe raised a Series A round of about $15.5 million in April 2019 from Insight Partners, Sequoia and Beenext, according to press reports. Sequoia and Beenext were existing backers, and the company said the proceeds would be used to scale its operations. BharatPe is a merchant-focused payments company headquartered in Delhi, founded in 2018 by Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani. Its product gives merchants a single interface that works with multiple UPI payment apps, lets them track transactions and settlements, manage sales records and earn periodic cashbacks. At the time of the round, co-founder Ashneer Grover said BharatPe handled about 10 percent of UPI merchant transactions and about 1 percent of all UPI transactions, and operated in 11 Indian cities.
Oct 2018SeedBEENEXT (lead); Peak XV Partners (lead); Nitin Gupta; Utsav Somani Investments; Nipun Mehra; Sanjay Rishi$2M--

Who has invested in BharatPe?

19 investors have backed BharatPe across its funding rounds, including Insight Partners, Peak XV Partners, BEENEXT, Ribbit Capital, Coatue and Steadview Capital.

Lead investors include Tiger Global, Coatue, Ribbit Capital, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital and 2 other investors.


BharatPe Investors

Investors in BharatPe by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Insight PartnersUnited StatesNew York City, NY5LeadApr 2019
Peak XV PartnersIndiaBangalore5LeadOct 2018
BEENEXTSingaporeSingapore4LeadOct 2018
Ribbit CapitalUnited StatesPalo Alto, CA4LeadAug 2019
AmploUnited StatesUnited States3ParticipantFeb 2020
Steadview CapitalUnited KingdomLondon3LeadAug 2019
CoatueUnited StatesNew York City, NY3LeadFeb 2020
Tiger GlobalUnited StatesNew York City, NY2LeadFeb 2020
DragoneerUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantAug 2021
Sigurd VentureIndiaDelhi1ParticipantFeb 2021
Nitin GuptaIndiaBangalore1ParticipantOct 2018
AngelList IndiaIndiaDelhi1ParticipantFeb 2020
Steadfast Capital ManagementUnited StatesNew York City, NY1ParticipantAug 2021

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Acquisitions by BharatPe

BharatPe has acquired 2 companies to date.

Last acquisition by BharatPe was on March 22nd 2023. BharatPe acquired Trillionloans for $36M.


Latest Acquisitions by BharatPe

Trillionloans
Payback
Description
Trillionloans is a Nigeria-based digital lending platform targeting SMEs and consumers underserved by traditional banks. The service uses alternative data sources including mobile money transactions and utility payments for credit scoring. Trillionloans disburses short-term loans via mobile app with repayment through USSD and bank transfers. The platform operates in Lagos and Abuja with expansion into other West African markets.
Payback is a loyalty program operator with 27 million active customers in Germany, serving Italy, Poland, India, and Mexico through a single card for point collection at partners like REWE, Aral, and dm-drogerie markt. The multichannel platform facilitates offline, online, and mobile redemptions.
HQ CountryIndiaIndia
HQ City
Mumbai
Gurgaon
Deal Date22 Mar 202310 Jun 2021
Valuation$36M$30M
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Investments by BharatPe

BharatPe has invested in 1 company to date.

Latest investment by BharatPe was on August 16th 2024. BharatPe invested in Trillionloans in their $9M Strategic investment round.


Latest Investments by BharatPe

Trillionloans
Description
Trillionloans is a Nigeria-based digital lending platform targeting SMEs and consumers underserved by traditional banks. The service uses alternative data sources including mobile money transactions and utility payments for credit scoring. Trillionloans disburses short-term loans via mobile app with repayment through USSD and bank transfers. The platform operates in Lagos and Abuja with expansion into other West African markets.
HQ CountryIndia
HQ City
Mumbai
Deal Date16 Aug 2024
RoundStrategic investment
Raised$9M
Investors-
Valuation$100M
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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BharatPe Competitors

BharatPe competitors include listed companies like Kakao Pay and Banco Invex, and private ones like OakNorth, Ualá, OnePay and Uzum.

Public and private companies comparable to BharatPe
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
OakNorthUnited KingdomManchesterPrivate--$2.8B-
UaláArgentinaBuenos AiresPrivate--$3.2B-
OnePayUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate--$2.5B-
UzumUzbekistanTashkentPrivate$691M-$2.4B3.5x
Kakao PaySouth KoreaSouth KoreaPublicly listed$716M$60M$3.4B3.8x
Banco InvexMexicoMexicoPublicly listed$388M-$3.7B119.1x

BharatPe Public Comps

BharatPe is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Manappuram Finance, IREDA, HUDCO, Hercules Capital, IIFL Finance, Kakao Pay, Federal Agricultural, OSB Group, Encore Capital Group and Banco Invex.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Manappuram Finance$581M-14.5x11.6x--
IREDA$856M$501M12.9x27.9x22.0x-
HUDCO$361M-49.8x33.8x--
Hercules Capital$531M-10.7x9.9x--
IIFL Finance$803M-11.7x10.2x--
Kakao Pay$716M$60M4.8x3.8x57.3x24.3x
Federal Agricultural$408M-85.6x74.4x--
OSB Group$895M-1.5x1.5x--

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Common questions about BharatPe

When was BharatPe founded?BharatPe was founded in 2018.
Where is BharatPe headquartered?BharatPe is headquartered in New Delhi, India.
Is BharatPe publicly listed?No, BharatPe is a private, VC-backed company.
What is BharatPe's valuation?BharatPe was last valued at $2.9B in its Series E in August 2021.
How much funding has BharatPe raised?BharatPe has raised $600M across 6 funding rounds.
What was BharatPe's last funding round?BharatPe's last funding round was a $350M Series E in August 2021, led by Tiger Global.
Who are BharatPe's investors?BharatPe's investors include Insight Partners, Peak XV Partners, BEENEXT, Ribbit Capital, Amplo, Steadview Capital, Coatue, Tiger Global, Dragoneer, Sigurd Venture and 9 others.
Which companies are comparable to BharatPe?Companies comparable to BharatPe include OakNorth, Ualá, OnePay, Uzum, Kakao Pay and Banco Invex.
How many companies has BharatPe acquired?BharatPe has acquired 2 companies, including Trillionloans and Payback.
What was the largest acquisition by BharatPe?The $36M acquisition of Trillionloans in March 2023 is the largest acquisition BharatPe has made to date.
How many companies has BharatPe invested in?BharatPe has invested in 1 company, including Trillionloans.
What was BharatPe's last investment?In August 2024, BharatPe invested in Trillionloans' $9M strategic investment round.

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