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Cashfree Payments

Next-generation payments infrastructure for Indian businesses · Bengaluru, India
FintechPayments InfrastructureB2B SaaSY Combinator (S2017) / Series C+200 people employeesHybrid

WellHired's take

Cashfree is more mature and established than most YC India companies on this list - a licensed payment aggregator with genuine blue-chip customers (Zomato, Swiggy, CRED among them) and years of operating history behind it. As payments infrastructure serving other large, well-known companies, expect a high bar for reliability, security, and compliance - a strong fit if you want fintech infrastructure engineering with real stakes and a more established, less chaotic environment than an earlier-stage startup.

About Cashfree Payments

Cashfree Payments is a fintech company backed by Y Combinator (S2017), headquartered in Bengaluru, providing payment gateway, payouts, and banking infrastructure for over 50,000 Indian businesses. The company is a licensed payment aggregator working with all major Indian banks, and its client base includes some of India's best-known consumer brands - Zomato, Nykaa, Swiggy, Zepto, CRED, and Shell - alongside integrations with platforms like Shopify, Amazon Pay, and Google Pay.

Build the core payments and banking infrastructure that powers next-generation businesses in India.

Values & culture

Reliability at scale

Compliance and trust

Developer-first design

Customer partnership

Trust is the product

as regulated payments infrastructure, compliance and security are foundational, not optional.

Built for developers

APIs and integration experience are treated as a first-class product surface.

Long-term partnerships

serving well-known brands over years, not just onboarding and moving on.

Leadership team

FT

Founding team (Y Combinator S2017 batch)

Benefits

Health insuranceESOPsPerformance bonusesLearning and development budget

Open roles (0)

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At a glance

FundingY Combinator (S2017) / Series C+
Total raisedNot disclosed
Team size200 people employees
Founded2017
HQBengaluru, India
Work modelHybrid
Backed byY Combinator, Apis Partners, State Bank of India

Industries

PrimaryFintech
AlsoPayments Infrastructure
AlsoB2B SaaS
MarketB2B, Fintech, Payments Infrastructure

Open roles

Total0 roles

Location

CityBengaluru
CountryIndia
Global officesBengaluru, India (HQ)
Remote policyHybrid

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