About PhonePe
PhonePe is a Walmart-backed digital payments platform in India and the market leader in UPI transactions, processing billions of transactions monthly and capturing roughly 45-46% market share. Spun off from Flipkart, the platform offers QR code payments, card transactions, and online payments for consumers and merchants, and has expanded into insurance, lending, stockbroking, and wealth management. PhonePe serves hundreds of millions of users across India and has been preparing for an initial public offering.
Founded
2015
HQ
Website
Status
Acquired
Customer focus
B2B & B2C
Revenue model
Commission, Usage-based, Advertising
Revenue
$761M (Oct 2025)
Valuation
$15B (Oct 2025)
PhonePe Acquisition
PhonePe was acquired by Walmart for an undisclosed price on 24 December 2022.
Before the acquisition PhonePe had raised $2.6B across 18 funding rounds.
| Acquirer | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Dec 2022 | Strategic M&A |
PhonePe Valuation
PhonePe is currently valued at $15B, based on its secondary sale in October 2025.
The $600M round was led by General Atlantic.
PhonePe's valuation has grown 2.1x from $7.1B at its strategic investment round in February 2020 to $15B in October 2025, across 9 priced rounds.
PhonePe valuation by funding round
Revenue multiple| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Secondary | $15B | 19.1x |
| May 2023 | Undisclosed stage | $12B | 15.9x |
| Apr 2023 | Undisclosed stage | $12B | 38.8x |
| Feb 2023 | Undisclosed stage | $12B | - |
| Jan 2023 | Undisclosed stage | $12B | 16.2x |
| Aug 2021 | Strategic investment | $5.6B | - |
| Dec 2020 | Strategic investment | $5.5B | 7.2x |
| Dec 2020 | Strategic investment | $5.5B | 211.5x |
| Feb 2020 | Strategic investment | $7.1B | - |
PhonePe Revenue
PhonePe's latest recorded revenue is $761M, as of its secondary sale in October 2025. At a $15B valuation, that implies a 19.1x revenue multiple.
Revenue grew from $26M in December 2020 to $761M in October 2025, while the revenue multiple moved from 211.5x to 19.1x.
PhonePe revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $761M | $15B | 19.1x | Secondary |
| May 2023 | $761M | $12B | 15.9x | Undisclosed stage |
| Apr 2023 | $312M | $12B | 38.8x | Undisclosed stage |
| Jan 2023 | $761M | $12B | 16.2x | Undisclosed stage |
| Dec 2020 | $761M | $5.5B | 7.2x | Strategic investment |
| Dec 2020 | $26M | $5.5B | 211.5x | Strategic investment |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
PhonePe Funding History
PhonePe has raised a total of $2.6B across 18 funding rounds, plus 1 secondary share sale.
PhonePe's first fundraising round was a $39M strategic investment round in October 2017. The most recent completed round was a $100M undisclosed-stage round in May 2023.
PhonePe funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Secondary | General Atlantic (lead) | $600M | $15B | PhonePe is a leading Walmart-backed digital payments platform in India, dominant in UPI transactions with 8.9 billion processed in September 2025, capturing 45-46% market share. It offers QR code payments, card swipes, online transactions, and is expanding into insurance, lending, brokerage, and wealth management. General Atlantic invested $600 million in a secondary transaction in October 2025, valuing PhonePe at $14.5 billion and increasing its stake to approximately 9%. The proceeds primarily covered employee ESOP tax liabilities. PhonePe cofounders Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari sold shares worth $430 million to General Atlantic in the deal ahead of the company's IPO. PhonePe reported operating revenue of ₹7,114.8 crore for FY25, up 40% year-on-year, with consolidated net losses narrowing to ₹1,727.4 crore and cash reserves around ₹6,000 crore. For H1 FY26 ended September 2025, revenue reached ₹3,918 crore, up 22% year-on-year, though net loss widened to ₹1,444 crore due to higher expenses. The company has raised prior funding including $850 million in May 2023 at $12.5 billion post-money valuation from Walmart, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, and General Atlantic, and $350 million from General Atlantic in January 2023 at $12 billion pre-money valuation. PhonePe filed a confidential DRHP and updated DRHP for an IPO structured as an offer for sale of 50 million shares, targeting $13-15 billion valuation, with partial exits by Walmart and full exits by Microsoft and Tiger Global. PhonePe faces regulatory scrutiny including NPCI's proposed 30% UPI market share cap deferred to end-2026, and restrictions on credit card rent payments and real-money gaming impacting nearly 15% of H1 FY26 revenue. |
| May 2023 | Undisclosed stage | General Atlantic (lead); Ribbit Capital; Tiger Global; TVS Capital Funds | $100M | $12B | PhonePe, a Walmart-backed Indian fintech platform spun off from Flipkart, dominates UPI transactions, processing a significant share alongside Google Pay, in a market handling over 8 billion monthly transactions. In May 2023, it raised $850 million in an ongoing primary funding round from investors including General Atlantic (lead with $350 million plus additional $100 million), Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, TVS Capital Funds, and Walmart ($200 million), at a post-money valuation of $12-12.5 billion, making it India's most valuable fintech ahead of competitors like Paytm ($5 billion valuation). The round, started in January 2023, targeted up to $1 billion total to fuel expansion into insurance, wealth management, lending, stockbroking, shopping, and account aggregators while growing its UPI dominance serving over 460 million users. General Atlantic's investments in this round included an initial $350 million in January at a $12 billion pre-money valuation, followed by tranches in April and May 2023 totaling $550 million from GA alone. PhonePe aimed to leverage the capital for new product launches amid a slowing global economy, positioning itself as India's leading payments app for consumers and merchants with services like bill payments, investments, and insurance. The company has since seen follow-on investments, including General Atlantic's $600 million secondary in 2025 at $14.5 billion valuation to aid employee ESOP taxes ahead of a planned IPO targeting Rs 12,000 crore via offer for sale. |
| Apr 2023 | Undisclosed stage | General Atlantic (lead) | $100M | $12B | PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech platforms focused on digital payments via Unified Payments Interface (UPI), raised $350 million in its initial tranche from lead investor General Atlantic in January 2023 at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion USD, marking the first part of an up to $1 billion fundraise following its separation from Flipkart and domicile change to India. General Atlantic continued investing with additional $100 million tranches in April and May 2023, each at the same $12 billion pre-money valuation, bringing total 2023 funding from General Atlantic and co-investors to $550 million by mid-year and $850 million overall by later reports. The funds were earmarked for infrastructure investments like data centers, expansion into new verticals including insurance, wealth management, lending, stockbroking, ONDC-based shopping, and account aggregators, as well as boosting UPI growth features like UPI Lite and Credit on UPI for greater financial inclusion. In April 2023, PhonePe dominated the UPI market with 47.39% share of transaction volume (421.6 crore transactions) and 50.47% of transaction value (INR 7.10 lakh crore), underscoring its leadership position ahead of competitors like Paytm, whose valuation had declined sharply post-IPO. The funding occurred amid a startup funding winter, making it a notable late-stage round that elevated PhonePe to India's most-valued fintech from its prior $5.5 billion valuation under Flipkart. Co-investors in later tranches included Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, and TVS Capital Funds. Subsequent developments included General Atlantic's $600 million secondary share purchase, doubling its stake to 9% to facilitate employee liquidity ahead of a potential IPO filed confidentially with SEBI, targeting Rs 12,000 crore via offer for sale at around $15 billion valuation. PhonePe's operating revenue grew to Rs 7,115 crore in FY25 from Rs 5,064 crore previously, though no FY23 revenue or EBITDA metrics were detailed in sources proximate to the 2023 rounds. |
| Mar 2023 | Strategic investment | Walmart (lead) | $201M | - | - |
| Feb 2023 | Undisclosed stage | Ribbit Capital; General Atlantic; Tiger Global; TVS Capital Funds | $100M | $12B | - |
| Jan 2023 | Undisclosed stage | General Atlantic (lead) | $350M | $12B | PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintech platforms focused on digital payments via Unified Payments Interface (UPI), raised $350 million in primary funding from General Atlantic on January 19, 2023, at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion. This marked the first tranche of an up to $1 billion fundraise, with additional investors like Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, and TVS Capital Funds participating in subsequent $100 million tranches in February and later, maintaining the same $12 billion pre-money valuation. The funding followed PhonePe’s full separation from Flipkart and change of domicile to India, enabling independent growth. The capital was earmarked for significant investments in infrastructure, including data centers, and expansion into new financial services such as insurance, wealth management, and lending. PhonePe aimed to accelerate UPI adoption, including features like UPI Lite and Credit on UPI, to drive financial inclusion across India. General Atlantic highlighted PhonePe’s mission to digitalize payments and broaden access to financial tools via the open API-based India Stack. This 2023 round built on PhonePe’s prior $5.5 billion spin-off valuation in 2020. Subsequent developments included further General Atlantic investments totaling around $550 million across tranches by mid-2023, ahead of later 2025 secondary deals at higher valuations like $14.5 billion and $15 billion targets for an impending IPO, which was filed confidentially as an offer for sale. |
| Aug 2021 | Strategic investment | Walmart (lead); Tencent; Tiger Global | $350M | $5.6B | - |
| Dec 2020 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $20M | $5.5B | PhonePe, a leading Indian digital payments platform founded in 2015 by former Flipkart employees Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari, and Burzin Engineer, was partially spun off from its parent Flipkart in December 2020. This separation reduced Flipkart's ownership from 100% to 87%, with Walmart holding 10% and other investors like Tiger Global at 3%. The move provided PhonePe with dedicated capital for growth in financial inclusion. The partial spin-off coincided with a $700 million primary funding round led by Walmart, with participation from existing investors, at a post-money valuation of $5.5 billion. Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal joined PhonePe's board alongside the co-founders. This valuation was independently assessed by Big Four firms and global banks, deemed appropriate by CEO Sameer Nigam. At the time, PhonePe dominated India's UPI payments market, surpassing Google Pay with 835 million transactions in October 2020 and nearly 1 billion in November. It had 250 million registered users and over 100 million monthly active users, focusing on expanding its merchant network in non-metro areas amid rising digital payments during the pandemic. The funding and spin-off enabled PhonePe to pursue independent capital raises and an eventual IPO on Indian exchanges. Flipkart had previously infused significant capital into PhonePe, totaling close to $1 billion prior to this event. This marked the initial step toward full separation, completed later in 2023. |
| Dec 2020 | Strategic investment | Walmart (lead) | $700M | $5.5B | PhonePe, a Bengaluru-based digital payments company founded by former Flipkart employees, raised $700 million in primary capital in a funding round led by Walmart in December 2020, coinciding with a partial spin-off from Flipkart. The round valued PhonePe at a post-money valuation of $5.5 billion, with Flipkart's stake reducing from 100% to 87%. At the time, PhonePe had surpassed Google Pay and Paytm in UPI transactions for October 2020, boasting over 100 million monthly active users from a total base of 250 million, and had expanded into services like travel bookings, insurance, and mutual funds. The funding aimed to support growth in digital financial services and financial inclusion. Analysts noted PhonePe's reduced reliance on Flipkart (from 50% to less than 1% of transactions) and positioned it as a potential IPO candidate within three years, amid rising competition including WhatsApp's UPI rollout. |
| Apr 2020 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $28M | - | PhonePe, a leading Indian digital payments platform founded in 2015 by former Flipkart employees, was acquired by Flipkart in 2016 and received multiple infusions from its parent, including a $28 million corporate round in April 2020 led by Flipkart to support operational and strategic goals. Another infusion of INR 1.5 billion occurred in December 2020 from Flipkart, aimed at strengthening financial position and growth. Later in December 2020, PhonePe partially spun off from Flipkart, raising $700 million primarily from Walmart, achieving a post-money valuation of $5.5 billion and becoming a separate entity with Flipkart retaining 87% stake. At the time of the April 2020 round, PhonePe was scaling its UPI-based mobile payments business, competing intensely in India's digital payments market. By late 2020 around the spin-off, PhonePe had over 250 million registered users, 100 million monthly active users, and was processing nearly 1 billion transactions monthly, leading UPI volumes with about 40% market share ahead of Google Pay. Flipkart's total infusions into PhonePe reached around $928 million by end-2020. The partial separation enabled PhonePe to access dedicated capital independently for financial inclusion goals. Subsequent rounds included a 2023 raise at over $12 billion pre-money valuation led by General Atlantic, following full separation from Flipkart. PhonePe continued dominating UPI with 400 million registered users and 40% transaction share by 2023. |
| Feb 2020 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $60M | $7.1B | PhonePe, a Bengaluru-based digital payments platform owned by Flipkart at the time, secured approximately $60 million in fresh capital from its parent company around late February 2020 via an equity issue of one million shares, marking the fourth such infusion in FY20 and bringing total FY20 funding from Flipkart to $236 million, down 40% from $387 million in FY19. The company, founded by former Flipkart employees, enables users to send money, pay bills, and shop online by linking bank accounts for UPI-based transactions, QR code scanning, and POS payments. By December 2019, PhonePe had crossed five billion transactions, with over 56% from tier-1 and tier-2 cities, and linked over 150 million bank accounts. In FY19 (ended March 2019, reported in early 2020 filings), PhonePe's revenue grew 400% to Rs 245 crore, though net loss widened more than two-fold to Rs 1,905 crore from Rs 791 crore the prior year, reflecting heavy investments in growth amid rising UPI adoption. The February 2020 round supported operations during a period of market challenges, including a reported 35% drop in digital payments usage due to early COVID-19 impacts. PhonePe maintained leadership in India's UPI payments market, processing significant transaction volumes and growing its user base to nearly 25 crore registered users by October 2020, with 10 crore monthly active transacting users. Flipkart remained the sole investor in this round, with no lead investor distinction noted beyond the parent entity. Later in December 2020, PhonePe partially spun off with a $700 million raise led by Walmart at $5.5 billion post-money valuation, reducing Flipkart's stake to 87%, but this was a distinct event. |
| Dec 2019 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $82M | - | PhonePe, founded in 2015 by former Flipkart executives Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari, is India's leading digital payments platform focused on UPI transactions, offline merchant digitization, and emerging services like wealth management and lending. Acquired by Flipkart in 2016 for under $20 million, it grew rapidly amid UPI adoption, reaching nearly 25 crore registered users by October 2020 with 10 crore monthly active transacting users. Results highlight a Rs 427.25 crore ($62 million approx.) capital infusion from Flipkart around that period and PhonePe's 2019 annual spend of $150-170 million to fuel expansion against rivals like Paytm and Google Pay. In late 2019, PhonePe was negotiating a $1 billion raise from investors like Tencent and Tiger Global post partial separation approval from Flipkart, seeking up to $8 billion valuation, but this did not close as described. Flipkart had committed capital post its Walmart acquisition, with over half pumped into PhonePe by then. The company separated fully from Flipkart by 2022-2023, enabling independent fundraising. Subsequent rounds included December 2020 primary capital of $700 million led by Walmart at $5.5 billion valuation (Rs 45,000 crore post-money in Rs 5,000 crore round per other sources), followed by 2023 raises like $350 million from General Atlantic at $12 billion pre-money valuation as part of up to $1 billion fundraise. Walmart retained majority stake, with investors like Tiger Global and Ribbit Capital. By 2023, PhonePe had 435+ million users, 35 million offline merchants, and 40% UPI market share processing billions of monthly transactions. Flipkart's valuation adjusted post-separation to around $33-37.6 billion. |
| Oct 2019 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $57M | - | PhonePe, a leading Indian digital payments platform founded by former Flipkart executives in 2015, was acquired by Flipkart early in its history for around $20 million and became a key asset within the Flipkart group following Walmart's $16 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Flipkart in 2018. The company specializes in UPI-based mobile payments, wallets, cards, and has expanded into services like bookings and offline merchant networks, commanding significant market share with hundreds of millions of users and billions of transactions by late 2020. It competes intensely with Paytm, Google Pay, and others in India's burgeoning digital payments ecosystem. Over the subsequent year, PhonePe raised nearly $400 million across multiple rounds from its Singapore-based parent entity, amid preparations for independence. In December 2020, PhonePe secured $700 million led by Walmart (with Flipkart involvement), achieving a post-money valuation of $5.5 billion (Rs 45,000 crore), reducing Flipkart's stake from 100% to 87% as part of a partial spin-off to access dedicated capital for expansion into lending and wealth management. By late 2020, PhonePe reported 250 million registered users, over 100 million monthly active users, and more than 1 billion transactions processed by October, leading UPI volumes with 835 million transactions that month. Annual spend was estimated at $150-170 million in 2019 to fuel growth against rivals. Later rounds included $350 million from General Atlantic in 2023 at $12 billion pre-money valuation, marking full separation from Flipkart and domicile shift to India, with Walmart expected to participate further. |
| Jul 2019 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $102M | - | PhonePe, a leading Indian digital payments platform founded in 2015, was a subsidiary of Flipkart following its acquisition by Walmart for $16 billion in 2018. In mid-2019, Flipkart planned to spin off PhonePe into a standalone entity and explored raising approximately $1 billion in a funding round, targeting a valuation of up to $10 billion. This valuation positioned PhonePe as a significant asset, potentially worth almost two-thirds of Flipkart's purchase price, amid its rapid growth in transaction volume and value, which had quadrupled over the prior year. Flipkart was set to remain a shareholder post-spin-off if the deal closed. Analyst Edward Yurma from KeyBanc Capital Markets suggested PhonePe could even reach up to $15 billion valuation. No specific investors like Flipkart leading a $101.5 million round or exact July 30, 2019, closing were confirmed in sources matching the query details, though the timeline aligns with Flipkart's involvement. PhonePe reported mounting losses of Rs 1904.72 crore in FY 2018-19, up from Rs 791.03 crore the prior year, with no revenue or EBITDA figures explicitly tied to the round date available. |
| Mar 2019 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $110M | - | PhonePe, Flipkart's digital payments arm founded by former Flipkart executives in 2015, received approximately INR 700 Cr (~$101-105 Mn) equity infusion from its Singapore-based parent (formerly Flipkart Payments) around March 2019, as part of Flipkart's $500 Mn commitment made in 2017 for growth, advertisements, and promotions including IPL campaigns. This followed Walmart's $16 Bn acquisition of Flipkart in May 2018, positioning PhonePe as a key asset. The infusion involved allotting equity shares at a premium, with similar tranches occurring later in July 2019 (Rs 698 Cr) and beyond. Flipkart's board gave in-principle approval in March 2019 for PhonePe to operate as a separate entity, a process that partially materialized in December 2020 with a $700 Mn round at $5.5 Bn post-money valuation led by Walmart, reducing Flipkart's stake to 87%. PhonePe, a leading UPI-based payments platform in India, had crossed 1 Bn transactions by December 2018 and claimed an annual total payment value run rate of $38 Bn as of November 2018, with over 100 Mn users and 1 Mn offline merchants by early 2019. It offered peer-to-peer transfers, recharges, bill payments, gold purchases, and expanded into wealth management via partnerships. By June 2019, it processed 290 Mn transactions worth $85 Bn. Competitively, PhonePe vied with Paytm, Google Pay, and Amazon Pay in India's booming digital payments market post-2016 demonetization, leading UPI volumes by late 2019 and surpassing Google Pay in October 2020 with 835 Mn transactions. Flipkart explored spinning off PhonePe for independent fundraising; by mid-2019, reports indicated board authorization for up to $1 Bn raise at up to $10 Bn valuation, with Morgan Stanley valuing it at $7 Bn in September 2019. Full separation from Flipkart occurred by 2023, followed by a $350 Mn raise at $12 Bn pre-money valuation led by General Atlantic. |
| Aug 2018 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $65M | - | PhonePe, a leading Indian fintech platform focused on digital payments via UPI, was acquired by Flipkart prior to its major growth phase and later saw investments from Flipkart and Walmart post-2018. PhonePe had crossed 1 billion transactions by November 2018 with an annualized TPV run rate of $38 billion, indicating strong early traction in merchant and consumer payments. By FY2019 (ended March 31, 2019), PhonePe reported revenue of USD 25.7 million (INR 184 crore) but incurred losses of USD 266 million (INR 1,904 crore) amid heavy investments in customer and merchant acquisition. Flipkart, PhonePe's parent at the time, was acquired by Walmart in May 2018 for $16 billion, bringing PhonePe under Walmart's umbrella. Subsequent funding included USD 60 million from a Singapore-based parent entity (PhonePe Private Ltd.) around 2019-2020 at a reported valuation of about USD 100 million, part of nearly USD 400 million raised across five rounds in 12 months. Speculation in late 2019 suggested PhonePe could raise $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation as Walmart considered spinning it off, implying significant embedded value within Flipkart's portfolio. Walmart infused around $280 million in two tranches post-acquisition to support growth. PhonePe reduced reliance on Flipkart transactions from over 50% initially to under 0.5%, competing with Paytm, Google Pay, and Amazon Pay in India's burgeoning digital payments market projected to reach USD 1 trillion. Later developments included partial separation from Flipkart in December 2020 and full separation by 2023, followed by a $350 million raise in January 2023 at $12 billion pre-money valuation led by General Atlantic. By then, PhonePe had 435 million registered users and digitized 35 million offline merchants across 99% of Indian pin codes, expanding into insurance, wealth management, and lending. |
| Apr 2018 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $50M | - | PhonePe, an Indian digital payments platform founded in 2015 and acquired by Flipkart in 2016, received Rs 451.66 crore from Flipkart Payments (a Singapore-based subsidiary) in a fresh capital infusion around August 2018, following an earlier Rs 518 crore investment in March 2018. This was part of Flipkart's $500 million commitment made the previous year, plus prior $75 million since acquisition. The funds supported expansion against rivals like Paytm and Google Tez, including services tie-ups with Goibibo, RedBus, Mumbai Metro, and Ola Cabs, offline payments growth via Zopper Retail acquisition, and development of a Bluetooth-based PoS device with partnerships at chains like Café Coffee Day and KFC. Flipkart infused close to $1 billion into PhonePe over multiple prior tranches, including Rs 585.66 crore in December 2019 and Rs 698 crore in July 2020. PhonePe aimed for $7-8 billion in the 2020 separation based on independent valuations. |
| Mar 2018 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $80M | - | Subsequent funding data from January 2023 shows PhonePe raising $350 million at a $12 billion pre-money valuation, at which point the company had 435 million registered users and had digitized approximately 35 million offline merchants across India. |
| Oct 2017 | Strategic investment | Flipkart (lead) | $39M | - | PhonePe was founded in December 2015 as a UPI-based digital payments app and was acquired by Flipkart in 2016. The company is operated through PhonePe Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary controlled by Flipkart Payments Pvt. Ltd. For the financial year ended March 2017, PhonePe registered net sales of Rs 3.03 crore, up sharply from Rs 19 lakh in the prior year. The company received Rs 254.43 crore ($38.7 million) in funding from Flipkart Payments Pvt. Ltd in October 2016, and an additional Rs 83.68 crore in April 2016. By mid-2018, PhonePe had achieved significant growth, crossing 100 million users in just 21 months from launch and reaching a $20 billion annualized gross transaction run rate. The app achieved a total payments volume annual run rate of $6.1 billion within 14 months of launch, with monthly transactions growing 8,200% since November 2016. PhonePe had secured partnerships with 25,000 merchants and formed collaborations with YES Bank for UPI payment solutions. The company was operating at a substantial loss, with a standalone net loss of Rs 129 crore for FY2016-17, representing approximately Rs 43 lost for each rupee in revenue. |
Who has invested in PhonePe?
7 investors have backed PhonePe across its funding rounds, including Flipkart, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Walmart, Ribbit Capital and TVS Capital Funds.
Lead investors include General Atlantic, Walmart and Flipkart.
PhonePe Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Lead | Oct 2017 | ||
| 5 | Lead | Jan 2023 | ||
| 3 | Participant | Aug 2021 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Dec 2020 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Feb 2023 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by PhonePe
PhonePe has acquired 6 companies to date.
Last acquisition by PhonePe was on July 29th 2022. PhonePe acquired Indus OS for $60M.
Latest Acquisitions by PhonePe
| Description | Indus OS is an Android-based regional operating system tailored for first-time internet users in India, supporting native languages to bridge the digital divide. It delivers a simplified smartphone experience through an end-to-end ecosystem focused on cultural and linguistic accessibility. | - | WealthDesk is a Mumbai-based platform enabling investments in curated baskets of stocks, PMS, and AIFs for long-term and short-term portfolios. It provides low-cost access to strategies from SEBI-registered managers like Motilal Oswal. The app features transparent NAV tracking and auto-rebalancing. Launched in 2020, it manages INR 500 crore+ AUM. | GigIndia is an Indian marketplace matching companies with on-demand gig workers for tasks like data entry and customer support. It employs machine learning for task assignment, quality assurance via automated checks, and rapid matching under 24 hours. The platform operates in major cities including Mumbai and Delhi, serving SMEs in IT and e-commerce. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | Mumbai | - | Mumbai | Pune | |
| Deal Date | 29 Jul 2022 | 18 May 2022 | 18 May 2022 | 21 Mar 2022 | |
| Valuation | $60M | $25M | $50M | undisclosed | |
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PhonePe Competitors
PhonePe competitors include listed companies like PicPay, PayPay, Paytm and Wise, and private ones like MTN Group Fintech and Mercury.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $1.2B | $205M | $1.2B | 0.5x | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.4B | $746M | $12B | 4.4x | ||
| Publicly listed | $854M | $41M | $12B | 11.8x | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.7B | $631M | $12B | 4.2x | ||
| Private | $83M | - | $5.3B | 63.5x | ||
| Private | $650M | - | $5.2B | 8.0x |
PhonePe Public Comps
PhonePe is no longer listed, but its public comps include Jio Financial Services, Enpara Bank, PayPay, Paytm, Chime, Wise, Kaspi.kz, Edenred, SoFi and KakaoBank.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $332M | $272M | 47.6x | 38.1x | 58.1x | - | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| $2.4B | $746M | 5.1x | 4.4x | 16.3x | 14.6x | |||
| $854M | $41M | 13.8x | 11.8x | 288.1x | 119.6x | |||
| $2.2B | ($979M) | 5.3x | 4.5x | (11.9x) | 30.5x | |||
| $2.7B | $631M | 4.3x | 4.2x | 18.3x | 16.7x | |||
| $9B | $3.2B | 2.0x | 2.0x | 5.9x | 5.3x | |||
| $3.4B | $1.3B | 2.8x | 2.8x | 7.7x | 6.5x | |||
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Common questions about PhonePe
| When was PhonePe founded? | PhonePe was founded in 2015. |
| Where is PhonePe headquartered? | PhonePe is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. |
| Is PhonePe publicly listed? | No, PhonePe was acquired by Walmart in December 2022. |
| Who acquired PhonePe? | PhonePe was acquired by Walmart in December 2022. |
| What is PhonePe's valuation? | PhonePe was last valued at $15B in its secondary sale in October 2025. |
| How much funding has PhonePe raised? | PhonePe has raised $2.6B across 18 funding rounds. |
| What was PhonePe's last funding round? | PhonePe's last funding round was a $100M undisclosed-stage round in May 2023, led by General Atlantic. |
| Who are PhonePe's investors? | PhonePe's investors include Flipkart, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Walmart, Ribbit Capital, TVS Capital Funds and Tencent. |
| What is PhonePe's revenue? | PhonePe's latest recorded revenue is $761M (October 2025). |
| What is PhonePe's revenue multiple? | PhonePe's latest valuation implies a 19.1x revenue multiple ($15B valuation on $761M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to PhonePe? | Companies comparable to PhonePe include PicPay, PayPay, Paytm, Wise, MTN Group Fintech and Mercury. |
| How many companies has PhonePe acquired? | PhonePe has acquired 6 companies, including Indus OS, OpenQ, WealthDesk, GigIndia and Indus App Bazaar. |
| What was the largest acquisition by PhonePe? | The $60M acquisition of Indus OS in July 2022 is the largest acquisition PhonePe has made to date. |
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