Phonepe was acquired by Flipkart in 2016.
Later
In Dec 2022, PhonePe separated from Flipkart, but both companies are still owned by Walmart.
So, why need another UPI app?
A few days ago, Flipkart introduced its new UPI service, Supermoney.
⏮️The interesting part: Let's go back a few years -
Dec, 2015: 3 former Flipkart exec's start PhonePe.
Apr, 2016: Flipkart acquires PhonePe for $20 M.
Aug, 2018: Walmart acquires
PhonePe IPO Is Coming!
• PhonePe is planning an IPO to raise capital at a valuation of $8-10 billion.
• In 2023, PhonePe raised $200 million from Walmart at a pre-money valuation of $12 billion.
• PhonePe dominates the UPI payments business with a
Flipkart purchased Myntra in 2014.
Flipkart purchased Jabong via Myntra in 2016.
Walmart purchase Flipkart in 2018.
Flipkart killed Jabong in 2020.
Is it fair to purchase a company just to kill it?
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Case Study: PhonePe – India's UPI Leader
Founded in 2015, PhonePe dominates India's digital payments landscape.
Stats:
Users: 350M+ registered
Market Share: 40%+ of UPI transactions
Business Model: Transactions, financial services, advertising.
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If you are a businessman or starting your own and your idea is truly exceptional you will get funding and the same is demonstrated by PhonePe
One of the best decisions of Indian startup history was when Flipkart bought Phonepe.
But why so ? Let me
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Ashish Singh
Stealth • 29d
In 2024, Flipkart raised $350 million from Google as part of a funding round led by Walmart, bringing the total for this round to approximately $950 million. This investment aims to enhance Flipkart's digital infrastructure and expand its grocery bus
Which is the Indian made app store?
PhonePe, owned by Walmart Inc., launches Indus Appstore, a new Android-based mobile application store in India to compete with Google's Play Store. The store offers over 200,000 apps and games in 12 Indian language
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vishakha Jangir
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Set2Score • 20d
List of brands merged or acquired by Unilever !!
Unilever acquired many brands strategically to increase its competitive edge, market share, growth and profitability.
Some of the brands are :
↳ Knorr (2000, acquired with Bestfoods)
↳ Hellmann’s (
Why does capturing the market matter more than anything?
Let's take UPI as an example. While other UPI apps took time to build an excellent, cutting-edge product, Google Pay and PhonePe started by releasing their MVP first and later improved their
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Mahendra Lochhab
Stealth • 8m
WHERE THE WORLD'S SMARTPHONES ARE MADE?
Share of global smartphone production by region. A growing percentage is gradually shifting from China to India.
2016 2022 2023
CHINA 74% 65% 63%
INDIA