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Sameer Nigam
PhonePe · Mumbai
Two ex-Flipkart engineers built India's largest UPI app while sitting inside someone else's company — then spun out clean.
Platform-thinkingPatient distributionEngineering depth
Company
PhonePe
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 2009Founded Mime360 — sold to Flipkart.
- 2015Founded PhonePe inside Flipkart.
- 2018Spun out, scaled UPI to billions.
- 2023Demerged from Flipkart. India's largest UPI player.
Struggles
Faced WhatsApp Pay, Google Pay, Paytm — all richer, all earlier. Won on user obsession.
Family
Married. Co-founder Rahul Chari is closest collaborator.
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External references & backlinks.
- ↗wikipedia.orgSameer Nigam on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comPhonePe — official site
- ↗news.google.comSameer Nigam in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comPhonePe on Crunchbase
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Sameer Nigam, in 1 chapters.
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The story
Two ex-Flipkart engineers built India's largest UPI app while sitting inside someone else's company — then spun out clean.
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