No. 002 · Sameer Nigam
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This record has been revised 2 times. Each version is hash-chained to the one before it and anchored to Bitcoin; the values below are shown exactly as they were recorded at the time, not restated after the fact.
Version 2
2026-07-18
Bitcoin attested
- Raised: $2.89B total across 14 rounds $2.89B total (14 rounds)
- Backers: Flipkart, General Atlantic, Walmart and others Flipkart, General Atlantic, Walmart
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Version 1
2026-07-17
Bitcoin attested
Minted
- Founder: Sameer Nigam
- Company: PhonePe
- Founded: 2015 · Bengaluru
- Raised: $2.89B total across 14 rounds
- Backers: Flipkart, General Atlantic, Walmart and others
- Strap: He co-founded UPI payments company PhonePe in Bengaluru in 2015, backed across 14 rounds by investors including Flipkart, General Atlantic and Walmart.
- Moves: 2015 · Co-founded PhonePe in Bengaluru with Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer; 2025 · Total funding reached $2.89B across 14 rounds per Inc42, backed by Flipkart, General Atlantic and Walmart; 2025 · FY25 revenue ₹7,631.4 Cr, up 33.3% year over year per Inc42; 2025 · RBI fined PhonePe ₹21 lakh, order dated September 10, 2025, for escrow-account shortfalls under PPI rules
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