Founder · PhonePe

Burzin Engineer

Co-founder of PhonePe, a fintech company based in Bengaluru.

Co-founderBengaluruFintech
Founded
2015
Bengaluru, India
Raised to date
$1.6B
2 rounds on record
Latest round
Growth Round
$850M · 2023

About

Burzin Engineer is Co-founder of PhonePe, a fintech company based in Bengaluru, founded in 2015. PhonePe's most recent disclosed round was a funding round of $850M in 2023.

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Company

Est. 2015
PhonePe
Fintech · Bengaluru · Active

PhonePe is a Bengaluru-based digital payments and financial services company backed by Walmart. It operates India's largest UPI application by transaction volume, and runs lending, insurance, stock broking and mutual fund distribution businesses alongside the payments platform.

Funding
2023Growth Round$850MGeneral Atlantic, Walmart, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global, TVS Capital Funds
Dec 2020Primary Capital Raise$700MExisting Flipkart investors led by Walmart, including Tiger Global
Company profile →2 rounds on record

Journey with PhonePe

11 milestones
  1. 2015Founded

    PhonePe founded by former Flipkart executives Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer.

  2. 2016Milestone

    Acquired by Flipkart.

  3. 2018Milestone

    Passed to Walmart as part of its acquisition of Flipkart.

  4. Dec 2022Milestone

    Changed domicile to India and fully separated from the Flipkart Group.

  5. 2025Milestone

    Discontinued income from rent and related payment categories following Reserve Bank of India guidelines.

  6. Oct 2025Milestone

    General Atlantic reported to have invested $600 million at a valuation of about $14.5 billion, alongside a confidential IPO filing. Attributed to people familiar with the matter and not confirmed by the company.

  7. Dec 2025Milestone

    Discontinued Pincode's business-to-consumer operations to concentrate on B2B solutions for offline retailers.

  8. Mar 2026Milestone

    Deferred public listing plans citing conflict in West Asia and heightened market volatility.

  9. Jun 2026Milestone

    Akash Dongre, co-founder and chief product officer of PhonePe-owned Indus Appstore, stepped down.

  10. Jul 2026Milestone

    Vishal Gupta, head of the insurance arm, stepped down after more than a decade at the company.

  11. 25 Jul 2026Milestone

    FY26 filings showed operating revenue of ₹7,920.48 crore and a consolidated net loss of ₹2,791.59 crore.

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