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| (L-R) Eeshan Sharma- COO & Co-founder, Mehul Nath Jindal- CEO & Co-founder, Shyam Murugan- CTO & Co-founder |
- Round saw participation from Y Combinator, 8i Ventures, and other marquee VCs and angel investors along with existing investors, Java Capital.
- BharatX is a fintech startup that enables consumer-facing apps to offer Credit-as-a-Feature in a white-labeled manner.
- Funds raised will be used for team expansion, product development and market expansion
- Founders of Razorpay, Dropbox, Dunzo, and other angels also took part in the round.
- Arash Ferdowsi, Co-founder, Dropbox
- Harshil Mathur, CEO & Co-Founder, Razorpay
- Shashank Kumar, Founder, Razorpay
- Varun Alagh, Co-founder & CEO, Mamaearth
- Kunal Shah, Founder and CEO, CRED
- Ankur Aggarwal, Co-founder, Dunzo
- Vikas Choudhury, President, Reliance Jio
Mehul Jindal, Co-founder & CEO, BharatX, says, “Consumers of India deserve a better class of Credit products out there. Today, if you look at the landscape, most players have low Credit Eligibility approval rates, long documentation sign-up processes and unethical collection practices. We want to give the Middle Class of India easy access to credit products that they deserve yet are not able to access today, while setting the bar for world-class UX and customer service while doing so. ”
“Our B2B2C business model enables us to not only win trust of users via the Brand power of players we work with, but also enable us to reach to Millions of users at Scale with almost Zero Cost.. And with this new round of support from our investors, we’re looking to scale up faster & more aggressively in the near future,” he adds.
The funds raised will be used to build & expand the team, enhance & develop the product further and for market expansion. Powered with a “credit approval rate” of 45 – 55%, which is 3-4X the market standard, BharatX aims to increase the credit stack on offer by launching new product verticals such as UPI Credit, Pay in 3 and 15/30 day cycle products like Credit Cards.
Vikram Chachra, Founding Partner, 8i Ventures, says “We committed to invest in the seed round of BharatX within our first meeting with the founders. It's rare to find this combination of clarity of vision and flawless execution at such an early stage of a venture. Mehul and his co-founders are carving out a whole new white label BNPL category for India's brands. We are delighted to partner with them as they pursue their audacious vision of building India's largest BNPL platform.”
Arash Ferdowsi, Co-founder, Dropbox, adds, “I’ve been very impressed by Mehul and the BharatX team. They have a clear vision for the future of e-commerce in India and the talent to make it a reality. In a short time, they’ve made the “buy now, pay later” experience seamless and instantaneous for both brands and consumers. I can’t wait to see what they build next.”
The most popular embedded credit journey by BharatX is the “Pay in 3” plan for High Ticket transactions on E-Commerce players,, which allows the customer to split their purchases into three interest-free installments with one of the highest approval rates in the market.
Founded in 2019, BharatX has been working with 50+ brands in India including the largest D2C brands in India, growing more than 10X in the last 4 months in volume. The founders include Mehul Nath Jindal, Eeshan Sharma, and Shyam Murugan who are also final year students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy.
Currently, nearly 480 million Indians don’t get access to credit due to lack of documentation, high-interest rates, and inadequate supply of credit in the informal sector. There is a $1Tn credit gap in the Indian middle class wherein less than 3% of India has credit cards for making purchases using Credit.
BharatX is a FinTech startup led by Mehul Nath Jindal, Eeshan Sharma, and Shyam Murugan, who are also currently students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy in their Final Year of Education. They were also a part of the latest Forbes 30 under 30 list. It enables Embedded Credit on Consumer Facing platforms such as White-labeled BNPL with zero risks to the platforms and easy integration within a few hours. Further, it does not require a lot of documentation from target users, and has a high approval rate for people applying for credit.
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