Tiger Global and Microsoft are preparing to fully exit PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian payments startup that has updated its IPO filing, giving investors and market watchers a rare look at how global investors are taking advantage of the venture’s boom through India’s public markets.
On Wednesday, PhonePe updated the IPO prospectus (PDF), detailing how many shares are for sale. Tiger Global and Microsoft are offering all of their stakes in the company, while Walmart is opting to retain a majority stake and sell up to 45.9 million shares (about 9% of the company).
Up to 50.66 million shares are up for sale, marking a liquidity event for existing shareholders.
PhonePe was valued at about $12 billion in a funding round in January 2023, though it is targeting a market capitalization of about $15 billion in the IPO, which could raise as much as $1.5 billion, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
The offer does not include any founder sales, and the prospectus indicates that the share sale is being made by existing investors and not by PhonePe’s management.
Founded in 2015 by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer and acquired by e-commerce giant Flipkart a year later, PhonePe has emerged as one of India’s most successful fintechs. The company started with digital payments and expanded into stock markets and mutual fund investments, and even offers an Android app store as an alternative to the Google Play Store.
PhonePe is the largest player in India’s digital payments market, leading the UPI ecosystem in transaction volumes and staying ahead of Google Pay. In December 2025, it processed about 9.81 billion transactions worth about ₹13.6 trillion (about $148.6 billion), compared to Google Pay’s 7.50 billion transactions worth about ₹9.6 trillion (about $104.5 billion), according to the latest NPCI data.
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The company was spun off after Flipkart decided for a partial spin-off in December 2020. PhonePe and Flipkart completed their separation in December 2022, and Walmart remained the dominant shareholder of the fintech.
In the six months ended September 2025, PhonePe’s revenue from operations rose 22% to ₹39.19 billion (approx. $427.79 million) from a year earlier, while its loss widened to ₹14.44 billion (approx. $157.70 million) from ₹39.19 billion (approx. $427.79 million). perspective), from about ₹12.03 billion (about $12.03 billion).
