Cashfree Payments - About the company
Cashfree Payments is a series C company based in Bengaluru (India), founded in 2015 by Reeju Datta and Akash Sinha. It operates as a Provider of payment gateway and payouts, and identity verification services. Cashfree Payments has raised $100M in funding from investors like Y Combinator, SBI and Apis Partners, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 484 active competitors, including 72 funded and 39 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Stripe, Razorpay and PayU.
Company Details
Provider of payment gateway and payouts, and identity verification services. The company offers tools for businesses to collect payments, send payouts, manage international transactions, and verify customer identities. Payment solutions include payment links, forms, and international payment acceptance. Payout services facilitate instant money transfers to bank accounts, UPI IDs, cards, and wallets. Identity verification services automate KYC processes and fraud monitoring.
- Website
- www.cashfree.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@cashfree.com
- Registered Address
- Building No.7, 10th Floor, Ecoworld, Sarjapur Marathalli Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bangalore, Bangalore South, Karnataka, India, 560103
Legal entities associated with Cashfree Payments
Cashfree Payments is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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CASHFREE PAYMENTS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900KA2015PTC082987 , India, Active | Sep 23, 2015 | $75.8M (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 776 (As on Aug 01, 2025) | |
Cashfree Inc CIN: 6451559 , United States, Active | Jun 20, 2017 | - | - | - |
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Cashfree Payments's funding and investors
Cashfree Payments has raised a total funding of $100M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 01, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Feb 05, 2025 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Cashfree Payments has 14 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Cashfree Payments:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Feb 05, 2025 | 2410230 | Series C | 4093574 | 3018029 | 8238465 | 1229565 |
May 18, 2023 | 1336665 | Venture Debt | 9629510 | 5904977 | 3424855 | |
Jun 07, 2021 | 6631172 | Series B | 4161025 | 4109168 | 7728318 |
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Cashfree Payments' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Cashfree Payments are Reeju Datta and Akash Sinha. Akash Sinha and Josh Cande are the CEOs of Cashfree Payments.
Here are the details of Cashfree Payments' key team members:
- Reeju Datta: Co-Founder of Cashfree Payments and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Akash Sinha: Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Cashfree Payments and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Josh Cande: Co-CEO of Cashfree Payments.
Cashfree Payments' Board of Directors
Cashfree Payments's board has 4 active members. Reeju Datta and Akash Sinha are part of team and Udayan Goyal and Abhaya Prasad Hota are independent board members.Here is the list of Cashfree Payments' board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Team | - | Current | 10y 7m | |
Team | - | Current | 10y 7m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 11m | |
bwkjqwo | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 5m |
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Cashfree Payments' employee count trend
Cashfree Payments has 831 employees as of May 25. The total employee count is 17.0% more than what it was in May 24. Here is Cashfree Payments's employee count trend over the years:
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Cashfree Payments's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Cashfree Payments include Stripe, Razorpay and PayU. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cashfree Payments, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Stripe 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series I | Provider of financial infrastructure solutions for revenue growth and payment processing | $9.81B | 86/100 | |
2nd | Provider of payment and business banking solutions for enterprises | $742M | 86/100 | ||
3rd | PayU 2002, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series C | Provider of online payment solutions and financial services for businesses | $35.1M | 84/100 | |
4th |  Flutterwave 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of payment solutions for online and physical business transactions | $489M | 83/100 | |
5th | Adyen 2006, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Public | Provider of end-to-end payment, data, and financial management platform solutions | $266M | 80/100 | |
6th |  Jumio 2010, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired | Provider of AI-powered identity verification solutions | $196M | 76/100 | |
7th | Provider of a platform for identity verification and risk management | $62.7M | 75/100 | ||
8th | Digital payments and engagement solutions for MSMEs | $30.6M | 74/100 | ||
9th | ACI Worldwide 1975, Omaha (United States), Public | Process and manage digital payments | - | 73/100 | |
10th | Provider of omnichannel payment gateway solutions and financial service platform | $3.63M | 72/100 | ||
12th |  Cashfree Payments 2015, Bengaluru (India), Series C | Provider of payment gateway and payouts, and identity verification services | $100M | 69/100 |
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Cashfree Payments's Investments and acquisitions
Cashfree Payments has acquired 2 companies including Zecpe and Telr. Cashfree Payments has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Cashfree Payments
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News related to Cashfree Payments
Filter this listMedia has covered Cashfree Payments for a total of 17 events in the last 1 year, 8 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Cashfree Payments' revenue touches close to Rs 1,000 Cr in FY26YourStory•May 26, 2026•Cashfree Payments
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Y Combinator-backed Cashfree explores stake sale, hires bankerVCCircle•Apr 22, 2026•Cashfree Payments
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Cashfree Payments Launches India’s First AI-App Payments Extension, ‘Cashfree Here’Express Computer•Feb 17, 2026•Cashfree Payments, Swiggy, Mastercard
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Cross-border biz to drive up to 15% of Cashfree's FY26 topline: Co-founderBusiness Standard•Feb 11, 2026•Cashfree Payments
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Cashfree Payments announces ESOP buyback for over 400 employeesBusiness Line•Jan 20, 2026•Cashfree Payments
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