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PhonePe, backed by Walmart, Turns to General Atlantic for Finance, Valued at $12 Billion.

by NIsha Jain
October 23, 2022
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Financial and payment services unicorn The Walmart-backed business PhonePe is reportedly in discussions to receive a new round of funding from General Atlantic at a valuation of over $12 billion, which would make it the most valuable fintech in India.

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One of the individuals mentioned above stated that “General Atlantic is anticipated to lead the round with an investment of $450-$500 million.”

According to a second source, the company’s aspirations to go public are at least 2-3 years away, thus this round is not a pre-IPO. The money raised by PhonePe will be used to advance its plans to develop into a super app for financial services, including everything from payments to insurance to investments to commerce.

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If the funding is approved, PhonePe will join companies like Flipkart, which Walmart purchased, Paytm (which went public last year), Byju’s, and Swiggy as a decacorn, or a company valued at over $10 billion. Additionally, Razorpay, a unicorn in the world of digital payments and neobanking, which was most recently valued at roughly $7.5 billion, would be valued lower than PhonePe.

In addition, it will be an unusual instance of a late-stage financing during a startup funding winter when investors are writing smaller checks as they become more cautious in a deteriorating macro climate. When PhonePe was split out by Flipkart into a different company, it was valued at $5.5 billion. Flipkart had contributed $700 million at the time.

The fundraising discussions between PhonePe and its closest rival Paytm occur at a time when public shareholders are raising concerns about the company’s potential to reach company-level profitability. Paytm’s valuation has fallen by more than 60% since it went public in November of last year. The overall market value of Paytm was little under $5 billion as of October 20.

However, Paytm generates a lot more revenue than PhonePe. Paytm and PhonePe each earned revenues of Rs 3,892.40 crore and Rs 1,646 crore, respectively, as of FY22.

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