Startup Atlas · Digital Payments
PhonePe Unicorn
Sameer Nigam · Co-Founder, Whole-time Director & Chief Executive Officer
Rahul Chari · Co-Founder, Whole-time Director & Chief Technology Officer
Burzin Engineer · Co-Founder & Chief Reliability Officer
$650 MnTotal funding (tracked)
3Funding rounds
17 Mar 2023Last round
12,265Team size (sourced)
PhonePe: Founders & Key People
Sameer Nigam
Rahul Chari
Burzin Engineer
Team size: 12,265 people (as reported by a public source).
FAQs on PhonePe
Who founded PhonePe?
PhonePe was founded by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari, Burzin Engineer in 2015.
Sources & corrections.
Every fact on this page is compiled from cited public sources — follow the “source” links beside each entry. Profile sources: www.phonepe.com · Last verified 13 Jul 2026. · Report a correction