# PhonePe funding: rounds and investors

> PhonePe has raised $666M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Tiger Global Management, Tengxun Touzi and General Atlantic. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/phonepe (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

India · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *PhonePe*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Financial Services Fintech

Valuation: $12B, Oct 2024

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$666M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$66M** Round **$600M** Secondary

- **Latest round:** Secondary, $600M Oct 2025
- **Step-up i:** 9.1×
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$66M** Round

**$600M** Secondary

- **First round:** Round, $66M
- **Biggest round:** $600M
- **Between rounds:** 7.2 years

## The rounds

- **Oct 2025** Secondary **$600M** *4 new* [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) Source recorded
- **Aug 2018** Round **$66M** *1 new* [Flipkart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flipkart-ventures) Reported by Techcircle

## Founders and team

From PhonePe's own website: 3 founders, 2 on the team.

**Burzin Engineer** Founder and Chief Reliability Officer

**Rahul Chari** Founder, Whole-time Director

**Sameer Nigam** Founder, Whole-time Director

- **Chris Nicholas** Non-Executive Nominee Director (Additional)
- **Zarin Daruwala** Non-Executive Independent Director

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2018 **Secondary** 2025 [Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) [Flipkart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flipkart-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Tiger Global Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tiger-global-management) VC firm **1** round

[Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **1** round

[General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round

[Ribbit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ribbit-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Flipkart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flipkart-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list PhonePe as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[VestedVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vestedvc) VC firm Per its own site

[Financial Independence through knowledge And Action](https://millionrounds.com/fund/financial-independence-through-knowledge-and-action) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about PhonePe

### Who invested in PhonePe?

PhonePe's investors include Tiger Global Management, Tengxun Touzi, General Atlantic, Ribbit Capital and Flipkart.

### How much has PhonePe raised?

PhonePe has raised $666M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did PhonePe last raise?

PhonePe's most recent round was a Secondary of $600M in Oct 2025.

### What was PhonePe's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $600M in Oct 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed PhonePe first?

PhonePe's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by Flipkart.

### What stage is PhonePe at?

PhonePe's latest named round is a Secondary, in Oct 2025.

### Where is PhonePe based?

PhonePe is based in India.

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