BharatPe was founded in 2018 with the vision of making financial inclusion a reality for Indian merchants. In 2018, BharatPe launched India's first UPI interoperable QR code, the first zero MDR payment acceptance service. In 2020, post-Covid, BharatPe also launched India's only zero MDR card acceptance terminals – BharatSwipe. Currently serving over 1 millions merchants across 400+ cities , the company is a leader in UPI offline transactions, with annualized Transaction Processed Value of US$ 26 Bn in payments. The company has already facilitated disbursement of loans totalling to over ₹10000 crores to merchants, since launch. BharatPe has raised over US$ 583 million in equity till date. The company's list of marquee investors includes Tiger Global, Dragoneer Investment Group, Steadfast Capital, Coatue Management, Ribbit Capital, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, Beenext, Amplo, and Sequoia Capital (now Peak XV Partners).