BharatPe
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Financial service
Available inMultilingual
Founded2018 (2018)
HeadquartersNew Delhi,
Area servedIndia
Founder(s)Ashneer Grover
Shashvat Nakrani
Bhavik Koladiya
ChairmanRajnish Kumar
Key peopleNalin Negi (CFO)
Ankur Jain (CPO)
Aparna Kuppuswamy (CRO)
Pankaj Goel (CTO)
Parth Joshi (CMO)
IndustryInternet
E-commerce
ServicesUPI payments and digital money lending for merchants
RevenueIncrease 1,029 crore (US$130 million) (FY23)[1]
Net incomeNegative increase −941 crore (US$−120 million) (FY23)
ParentResilient Innovations Private Limited
URLbharatpe.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Current statusActive

BharatPe is an Indian fintech company that sells digital payment and financial services to small merchants and Grocery stores.[2]

History

According to Peerzada Abrar of Business Standard, "BharatPe was founded in 2018 by Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani, with the vision of making financial inclusion a reality for Indian merchants."[3]

In 2021, the company acquired Payback India, a "multi-brand loyalty programme"[4][5]

2023 data theft allegations

In 2023 Ashneer Grover, who had left the company, accused his fellow co-founder Bhavik Koladiya of data theft. Grover claimed that Koladiya, who has since left BharatPe, had stolen data of 150 billion users.[6]

Investments

BharatPe has a stake in Unity Small Finance Bank.[7]

Subsidiaries

Source:[8]

  • Loyalty Solutions & Research Private Limited
  • Resilient Payments Private Limited
  • Resilient Digi Services Private Limited (formerly Resilient TechServ Pvt Ltd)
  • Resilient Capital Private Limited
  • Trillionloans Fintech Private Limited

PostPe

In October 2021 BharatPe launched the country's first BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) product.

References

  1. "BharatPe's revenue crosses Rs 1,000 Cr in FY23". Entrackr. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. "BharatPe acquires loyalty platform PAYBACK, aims to expand merchant base to 20 million by 2023". www.cnbctv18.com. 10 June 2021.
  3. Abrar, Peerzada (4 August 2021). "BharatPe's valuation crosses $2.85 bn in $370 mn in Series E equity round". Business Standard India.
  4. "Valued at $2.85 billion, Bharat Pe raises fresh $370 million in funding led by Tiger Global". The Financial Express. 5 August 2021.
  5. Ranjan, Abhinav (10 June 2021). "BharatPe acquires loyalty platform Payback India". www.indiatvnews.com.
  6. "Ashneer Grover accuses BharatPe co-founder of biggest data theft in India". The Free Press Journal. 9 February 2023.
  7. "BharatPe nominates Partha Pratim Sengupta to Unity Small Finance Bank board". cnbctv18.com. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. "Corporate Governance". BharatPe. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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