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Fintech Landscape of Pune

320 Fintech companies in Pune, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

320companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
36hiring right now
106events · 24 months
4,953news articles · 12 months

Who leads Fintech in Pune

Shows the top fintech firms in Pune by size, funding and hiring activity, noting 320 companies tracked, with 36 currently hiring and 45 having disclosed recent funding.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01Fibe9last posted Aug 2026
  2. 02Easebuzz6last posted Jul 2026
  3. 03Walkfin4last posted Jul 2026
  4. 04Digichorus Technologies4last posted Jul 2026
  5. 05SwipeLoan3last posted Jul 2026
  6. 06EverExpanse3last posted Jul 2026
  7. 07FPL Technologies3last posted Jun 2026
  8. 08ACHF3last posted Jun 2026
36 companies hiring · 9 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01OneCard$278MVenture Debt · Dec 2025
  2. 02Fibe$277.5MSeries F · Dec 2025
  3. 03Lentra$103.6MConventional Debt · May 2023
  4. 04Bike Bazaar$93.6MConventional Debt · Jul 2024
  5. 05Vayana$91.9MSeries D · Jun 2025
  6. 06ACHF$75.5MSeries C · Jul 2025
  7. 07WheelsEMI$63.7MSeries D · Feb 2025
  8. 08LoanTap$51.8MVenture Debt · Jun 2025
45 companies with disclosed rounds · $1.3B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
  1. 01Bajaj Broking$9.4BFY2021 filing
  2. 02FPL Technologies$252.7MFY2021 filing
  3. 03Easebuzz$79.9MFY2023 filing
  4. 04Fibe$48.1MFY2021 filing
  5. 05Lentra$24.8MFY2024 filing
  6. 06ACHF$19.5MFY2022 filing
  7. 07QuickInsure$16.1MFY2021 filing
  8. 08LoanTap$8.5MFY2021 filing
33 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01Lentra678tracked employees
  2. 02Verinite388tracked employees
  3. 03Easebuzz291tracked employees
  4. 04QuickInsure188tracked employees
  5. 05Fibe153tracked employees
  6. 06DKatalis Labs125tracked employees
  7. 07LoanTap117tracked employees
  8. 08Finaleap115tracked employees
17 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Fibe28.2%72 tracked events
  2. 02Easebuzz20.8%53 tracked events
  3. 03OneCard9.4%24 tracked events
  4. 04Vayana6.7%17 tracked events
  5. 05Bike Bazaar4.7%12 tracked events
  6. 06Scrabble4.3%11 tracked events
  7. 07Deciml3.9%10 tracked events
  8. 08Finarkein Analytics3.9%10 tracked events
255 tracked events across 18 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01Fibe95articles in the window
  2. 02OneCard78articles in the window
  3. 03Easebuzz33articles in the window
  4. 04Lentra26articles in the window
  5. 05Vayana21articles in the window
  6. 06LoanTap16articles in the window
  7. 07Finarkein Analytics11articles in the window
  8. 08Sarvatra5articles in the window
12 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Fintech ecosystem in Pune grew, 2016–2025

Displays the yearly count of new fintech startups, highlighting a peak of 36 founded in 2021 and only 2 founded so far in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Fintech companies in Pune
2016: 172017: 282018: 192019: 272020: 222021: 362022: 262023: 212024: 222025: 2
20162025
peak 36 in 2021
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 22 in 2022
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 9,099,5352017: 33,155,8312018: 41,665,7102019: 64,376,5332020: 57,281,6582021: 187,707,5602022: 406,692,0622023: 71,489,0332024: 181,254,8552025: 175,603,353
20162025
peak $406.7M in 2022
Pune — home to 320 tracked Fintech companies
Pune320 Fintech companies tracked here

The Fintech market map of Pune: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the product focus of Pune fintech firms, with consumer digital (191) and enterprise tech (169) leading, and revenue mainly from subscriptions (180) and transaction commissions (178).

  • Consumer Digital191 companies · $968.1M raised · 18 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech169 companies · $524.7M raised · 23 hiring
  • Investment Tech103 companies · $25.9M raised · 8 hiring
  • Enterprise Software81 companies · $223.3M raised · 14 hiring
  • Nbfc Lenders54 companies · $660.1M raised · 9 hiring
  • Online Trading Platforms45 companies · 3 hiring
  • SaaS44 companies · $207.6M raised · 4 hiring
  • Internet First Wealth Management Platforms42 companies · $4.9M raised · 2 hiring
  • Online Financial Planners and Advisors34 companies · 2 hiring
  • Fintech SaaS27 companies · $146.1M raised · 1 hiring
  • Business Payments Solutions26 companies · $62.4M raised · 2 hiring
  • Marketplaces20 companies · $93.6M raised · 1 hiring

Monetization

How Fintech companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Subscription180
Commission on Transaction178
Fee-For-Service93
Lending47
E-Commerce - Service45
Advertising11
E-Commerce - Product10
Freemium2

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Fintech in Pune

Lists 106 corporate events over the past two years, most of which are funding rounds (54), followed by key people moves (11) and new product announcements (11).

Funding 54Leadership 11Product 11Earnings 8Regulatory 7Jobs 5M&A 3IPO 2Announcement 2Buyback 1
  • FundingIn April 2025, Bessemer led the Rs 240 crore infusion into the company.2026-03-09
  • FundingIn August last year, Fibe also raised Rs 250 crore in debt for its lending arm, EarlySalary, from a group of investors including AK Capital Finance.2026-02-17
  • M&AAccording to filings with the Register of the Companies (ROC) Bajaj Financial Securities has acquired a stake in Lemnisk at a valuation of about ₹240 crore, The transaction involved secondary sales by Artha Venture Fund.2025-11-07
  • FundingGlobal investment firm Lighthouse Canton contributed Rs 24 crore ($2.9 million) to Loantap’s debt round that same year.2025-06-12
  • FundingDeferred, the first and only technology-powered Qualified Intermediary transforming 1031 exchanges for everyday real estate investors, today announced that it has secured $3.6 million in seed funding.2025-04-25
  • FundingSources told Economic Times that the Pune-based fintech startup, buoyed by the fresh licence, now plans to raise an additional $20 Mn (INR 173.88 Cr) in funding to fuel its NBFC business. As per the report, existing backer SMBC Asia Rising Fund could lead the round.2025-03-14
  • Funding6 Mar 2025 Deciml Enterprise Tech Horizontal SaaS B2B $3 Mn Seed Jainam Broking Limited2025-03-08
  • Leadershipalongside the induction of D. Prasad to its Board of Directors2026-04-30
  • RegulatoryBajaj Finserv Direct Limited ("Bajaj Markets") offers to its customers, various financial products and services through its digital platform as a registered Corporate Agent with IRDAI, registered Investment Adviser with SEBI and as DSA or Digital lending platform of its Partners.2026-04-05
  • RegulatoryPune-based FPL Technologies, which runs OneCard, was affected after the RBI asked banks to pause co-branded card issuance over data-sharing concerns last December.2026-04-03

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Fintech company in Pune was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
Bajaj Financial SecuritieslemniskundisclosedAnnounced2025-11-07
fisDragonflyundisclosedAnnounced2024-11-14
Fidelity National Information Services Inc.DragonflyundisclosedCompleted2024-05-11
LoanTapUnofinundisclosedAnnounced2023-12-13
razorpayIZealiant TechnologiesundisclosedCompleted2023-09-12
turtlefinLast DecimalundisclosedAnnounced2023-02-24

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Provides details on notable events such as leadership changes and product launches within the sector.

Leadership moves
6 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • Definedge SecuritiesD. Prasad · Appointment → Board MemberApr 2026
  • Definedge SecuritiesAjay Srivastava · Appointment → DirectorApr 2026
  • Definedge SecuritiesHemant Luthra · Appointment → ChairmanApr 2026
  • LentraD Venkatesh · Promotion → Managing DirectorApr 2026
  • LentraRajesh Kumar Rathanchand · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
  • EasebuzzParimal Kumar Shivendu · Appointment → Executive DirectorJan 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
  • EasebuzzBanking Connect IBMB (Interoperable Net & Mobile Banking Platform)Oct 2025
  • EasebuzzHOM360 (Housing Society Management)Oct 2025
  • Bajaj BrokingBajaj Broking PrivéSep 2025
Regulatory & litigation
11 regulatory events · 0 tracked suits · 24 months
  • Bajaj MarketsLicense Grant — SEBIApr 2026
  • FPL TechnologiesBanks paused co-branded card issuance — RBIApr 2026
  • Easebuzzauthorised to operate as a payment aggregator — Reserve Bank of IndiaNov 2025
  • Easebuzzapproved to operate as a full-service Payment Aggregator — Reserve Bank of IndiaNov 2025
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
4 companies reporting7 company-quarters tracked

Who is building Fintech in Pune

Profiles 249 founders and CEOs across 178 companies, noting common alma maters like IIT Kanpur (5) and prior employers such as Boston Consulting Group (1).

Founders and chief executives12 of 249, from the best-funded companies on this page
Devang Shah
Co-Founder & Chief Risk Officer & Head of Decision Science
Devang Shah

Ex-Experian India, ICICI Bank, Pricewaterhouse Coopers · Narsee Monjee Collage of Commerce & Economics BCom 1998

Akshay Mehrotra
Co-Founder & CEO
Akshay Mehrotra

Fibe.India, Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment · Ex-Big Bazaar, Policybazaar.com…

Rangarajan Vasudevan
Co-Founder
Rangarajan Vasudevan

Ex-Teradata, Aster Data. IIT Madras BTech 2004, University of Michigan MSE 2006

Ramaswamy Iyer
Founder & CEO
Ramaswamy Iyer
repeat founder

Ex-Fundtech, CashTech Solutions, Andersen Consulting · VJTI, Mumbai BE 1989, IIM Ahmedabad MBA 1991

Ashish Tewari
Co-Founder
Ashish Tewari

Founder Archbridge Capital, Tweedle Technologies, Faircent, ex- DCB Bank, GE Capital. Lucknow University, Lucknow BA 1993…

Phaneendra Kumar
Co-Founder
Phaneendra Kumar

Ex-Bajaj Auto Finance, TEXMO INDUSTRIES · Tamil Nadu Agricultural University BE 1984, Indian School of Business BA

Vikas Kumar
Co-Founder & Group CTO
Vikas Kumar
repeat founder

Ex-Wpoets.com, SME Networks, Brainvisa Technologies · IIM Lucknow BS 1998

Rai Prasad
Co-Founder & CEO & MD
Rai Prasad

Ex-Co-Founder SRV Media · Institute Of Technology And Management BE 2005, Symbiosis International University MBA 2011

Ramkumar Subbaraj
Co-Founder & CTO
Ramkumar Subbaraj

Chief Technology Officer - Phi Commerce, Ex-Trendis, Mastercard, Opus Software Solutions, Opus Consulting Solution

Sumeet Phadnis
CEO & CTO
Sumeet Phadnis

Ex-Brihans ECommerce, Neeti Solutions, iSolv. Savitribai Phule Pune University BE 1990, IIM Mumbai 1992

Dheeraj Kumar
Co-Founder & CTO
Dheeraj Kumar

Ex- eQ Technologic. Savitribai Phule Pune University BE 2013

Gautam Rege
Co-Founder & Director
Gautam Rege

Quickinsure, ex-Panta Systems, ex-Symantec, Pune Institute of Computer Technology, 2000

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 25 of 249 founders
IIT Kanpur5
IIM Calcutta4
IIT Kharagpur4
BITS Pilani3
IIM Ahmedabad2
Indian School of Business2
BITS Mesra1
BIT Mesra1
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 6 of 249 founders
Boston Consulting Group1
Microsoft1
Morgan Stanley1
Intel1
Goldman Sachs1
Flipkart1
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 230 founders with a profile on this page
5
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders5
  • no repeat-founder flag225
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 219 of 249 founders
5%
of matched founders are women
  • women11
  • men208
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 30 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Fintech in Pune

Summarizes 153 funding rounds since 2016 involving 594 investors, with an average round size of $2.7 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
Chiratae Ventures103Jul 2024
Peak XV Partners84Nov 2024
Z4773Nov 2024
India Quotient72Feb 2020
Beenext63Jul 2025
Alteria Capital63Dec 2025
Opus Technologies62Jul 2022
QED Investors62Nov 2024
Kae Capital61Jun 2025
DMI Sparkle Fund6Sep 2025
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel67
Series A–B42
Series C+ / PE23
Grants, debt & other21

The typical round is $2.7M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Fintech funding rounds in Pune

Highlights the biggest disclosed round—OneCard’s $107 million Series D—and lists ten other large recent funding deals.

Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M10
$1–10M12
$10–50M12
$50–250M1
>$250M0

35 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

What the news says about Fintech in Pune

Counts 4,953 news articles in the last year, with the most coverage on IPOs, listings, commodity trading, and geopolitical impacts.

News volume
Fintech coverage tagged Pune · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 9132021Q3: 1,0522021Q4: 8842022Q1: 1,0482022Q2: 1,1862022Q3: 1,2862022Q4: 1,3132023Q1: 1,2692023Q2: 1,3842023Q3: 1,5632023Q4: 1,6382024Q1: 1,0792024Q2: 1,5202024Q3: 1,6202024Q4: 1,4762025Q1: 1,4722025Q2: 1,1812025Q3: 1,1822025Q4: 1,2302026Q1: 1,315
2021Q22026Q1
peak 1,638 in 2023Q4 · 4,953 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 64% → 76%, negative 35% → 23% across 2021–2025.

What the coverage is about

The subjects that dominate Fintech news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.

  • Initial public offerings (ipos)26,337▼-18%
  • Initial public offerings (ipos) and listings22,758→-2%
  • Commodity trading and price changes19,874▲+50%
  • Trade wars and geopolitical impacts19,413▲+32%
  • Asian financial market developments18,830▲+12%
  • Foreign exchange (forex) rate fluctuations18,495▲+25%
  • Emerging markets economic updates17,683▲+15%
  • Interest rate decisions and impacts16,415→+9%
  • Quarterly and annual financial results16,241▼-14%
  • Corporate earnings reports and financial performance15,449▼-12%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

12 Fintech companies here were named in the news over this period.

Prism

Watch Fintech coverage in India as it happens

Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

Momentum

The words getting louder — and quieter

Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.

commodity futures+57%crude oil prices+84%securities fraud+62%low-income banking+139%oil price volatility+100%performance sedan engines+204%commodity trading+193%sedan mpg comparison+111%compact sedan fuel efficiency+110%hybrid sedan efficiency+110%
master franchising-100%conversion franchising-100%brand franchising-100%franchisee support-100%single-unit franchise-100%

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in India Fintech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
406,490 articles touch this dimension · 61.8% critical tone
20212025
signals: stock performance, stock indices, forex liquidity
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
70,345 articles touch this dimension · 61.2% critical tone
20212025
signals: pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, ipo pricing
Growth ▲ rising
147,794 articles touch this dimension · 56.2% critical tone
20212025
signals: gdp growth forex, revenue beats, stock performance

Fintech jobs in Pune: who is hiring and what they ask for

Reports 349 job postings from 37 employers in the past year, emphasizing demand for sales, compliance, banking, Python, and customer‑service skills.

349postings · last 12 months
395postings tracked overall
37employers advertising

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What Fintech employers in Pune put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • sales57
  • compliance34
  • banking34
  • python31
  • customer service30
  • relationship management29
  • bfsi sales29
  • sql29
  • risk management27
  • communication24
What level are these roles?
Entry5
Intern6
Senior52
Lead60
Manager137
Most advertised titles
  • Senior Qa Engineer6
  • Indusind Bank - Data Scientist4
  • Senior Data Analyst4
  • Fp&A Manager4
  • Indusind Bank - Relationship Manager - Commercial Banking Group4
  • Indusind Bank - Relationship Manager - Commercial Banking Group4

What the research says

The Fintech research read is national: 1,335 India-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Mobile payment adoption barriers, FinTech impact on traditional services, Policy and consumer shifts in payments, FinTech’s mixed impact on inclusion. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in India — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.

Read the full Fintech research analysis for India →

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About this data: built from Fliar's company, founder, funding, hiring, jobs, news and research trackers, covering Pune. Counts are of companies we track, not of every company that exists. Updated August 2026.
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