Paytm

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Fintech Public

Paytm (Pay Through Mobile) is an Indian financial technology company operated by One97 Communications Limited, listed on the NSE and BSE since November 2021. It serves consumers and merchants across India with UPI and wallet payments, bill payments, money transfers, ticketing, merchant payment services and payment gateway infrastructure, and distributes financial products including loans, insurance and investments, with brokerage offered through its subsidiary Paytm Money. Its former associate Paytm Payments Bank lost its banking licence in April 2026 and is being wound up under a Delhi High Court order.

Public Company

Paytm is publicly traded

IPO'd on Nov 18, 2021

PAYTM NSE, BSE

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market. Shares can be traded publicly under PAYTM.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2010

Employees

10,000+

Total Funding

$3.35B

10 rounds

Last Private Valuation

$16B

Nov 25, 2019

Secondary Signals (Note: SetterVC does not verify the accuracy of these)

2 signals
Restructuring Recent 2026-04-24

RBI cancelled Paytm Payments Bank's licence; Delhi HC later ordered the bank wound up.

Removes a named subsidiary; core One97/Paytm app unaffected but regulatory overhang persists.

Strategic Recent amount ~Rs 19 crore (~$2.3M) for 49% of UAE subsidiary 2025-12-23

Sold 49% of UAE step-down subsidiary Paytm Arab Payments to Emaar founder Alabbar's SPV for ~Rs 19 crore.

Minor stake sale funding international (UAE/Indonesia/Luxembourg) expansion; not a company-level round.

Funding

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Total raised $3.35B across 10 rounds

Last updated 09-14-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
2021 Pre-IPO secondary Not disclosed —
Nov 25, 2019 Series G TechCrunch $1B $16B T. Rowe Price
Sep 27, 2018 Berkshire round Fortune $300M $10B Berkshire Hathaway

Valuation Trajectory

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

$5B $10B $20B 2017 2018 2019 Paytm

Entry · MediaTek round

$4.8B

Aug 2016

Paytm today

$16B

Nov 2019 · latest mark

Paytm multiple

3.3x

valuation uplift since first round

Y-axis is logarithmic. Hollow dots = estimated valuations. Does not represent realized investor returns.

Leadership

  • Vijay Shekhar Sharma

    Chairman, Managing Director & CEO

    LinkedIn
  • Madhur Deora

    President & Group CFO

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • PhonePe

    Leading UPI and digital payments platform in India, processing over 300 million transactions, with 41% market share in India's digital payments ecosystem.

  • Google Pay

    Major digital payments and UPI platform with 42% market share in India, processing approximately 250 million transactions with strong presence in mobile payments.

  • MobiKwik

    Digital wallet and UPI payments provider in India that recently achieved profitability with FY24 PAT of Rs 14.08 crore and revenue of Rs 875 crore.

  • Amazon Pay

    Amazon's digital payments solution integrated with its e-commerce platform, competing in India's payment ecosystem.

  • Navi Money

    Fourth largest UPI payments app in India by transaction volume, processing over 260 million UPI transactions worth Rs 14,322 crore in February 2025.

Paytm Investment FAQ

Paytm FAQ

Yes, Paytm is publicly traded under the ticker symbol PAYTM on the NSE, BSE. The company went public in Nov 18, 2021.

Paytm trades under the ticker symbol PAYTM on the NSE, BSE. It began trading in Nov 18, 2021.

Paytm (PAYTM on the NSE, BSE) shares can be purchased through any standard brokerage account — including Fidelity, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and online platforms like Robinhood or E*TRADE. Search for the ticker PAYTM to place an order.

Paytm went public in Nov 18, 2021 via ipo, with an offering valuation of approximately $16B. One97 Communications, Paytm's parent, listed on the NSE and BSE (ticker PAYTM) on November 18, 2021 after an IPO of Rs 18,300 crore (about $2.4 billion) — a Rs 8,300 crore fresh issue plus a Rs 10,000 crore offer for sale — priced at Rs 2,150 per share, then India's largest IPO; the stock fell about 27% on its first day. In April 2026 the Reserve Bank of India cancelled the banking licence of its associate Paytm Payments Bank, and in July 2026 the Delhi High Court ordered that bank wound up.

Paytm raised $3.35B across 10 disclosed funding rounds prior to its public listing.

Paytm is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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