UPI transaction volume falls 1.8% in September after August record
In August, PhonePe accounted for a 45.64% share of UPI transaction volume, followed by Google Pay at 32.26% and Paytm at 8.03%.
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In August, PhonePe accounted for a 45.64% share of UPI transaction volume, followed by Google Pay at 32.26% and Paytm at 8.03%.
Existing investors Z47 and Lok Capital participated in the round along with Norinchukin Capital and Alteria Capital.
The Mumbai-based startup will deploy the fresh capital to expand its engineering team, among others.
The funding round also saw participation from existing investors Kunal Shet and Parth D Bhasin.
The cohort also includes founders with backgrounds at companies such as Airbnb, Microsoft Research, Google and India's recently minted unicorn Sarvam AI.
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The fund has brought Quest Global Engineering Services as a Limited Partner (LP), adding an institutional investor from the engineering sector to its LP base.
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The AJVC investment is part of Novastar's broader private-markets strategy that combines fund investments with selective direct bets on private companies.
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The overall value of merchant category-wise purchases via UPI fell to Rs 8.95 lakh crore in August from Rs 9.07 lakh crore in July, even as transaction volumes rose.
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