About

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Bangalore, India

Industry

Fintech, Banking

Company Description

A better life is for everyone. And ZestMoney helps make it accessible for millions to upgrade, to enhance, to rise, while keeping it affordable. Buying with Zest gives you the freedom to shop right now and repay in either 3 or more EMIs. You get to pick what works best for you.

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Funding

Total Raised

$120.9 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Ribbit Capital, Goldman Sachs, Quona Capital, PayU, Xiaomi

Company Traction

As of June 2023, ZestMoney has 17 million+ registered users.

As of June 2023, ZestMoney is accepted at 10,000 online stores and 75,000 physical retail stores.

Leadership Team

Lizzie Chapman: Co-Founder & CEO of ZestMoney. Former India Country Head at Wonga.com.

Priya Sharma: Co-Founder, COO, & CFO of ZestMoney. Former Head of Corporate Development at Wonga.com.

Ashish Anantharaman: Co-Founder & CTO of ZestMoney. Former Head of Engineering at Wonga.com.

Mandar Satpute: Chief Banking Officer at ZestMoney. Former Regional Collections Director, South at Citibank.

Avinash Singh: VP of Engineering at ZestMoney. Former Solution Architect at Dgist Software.

Press

Inc42 (June 8, 2023): What Broke ZestMoney – How India’s BNPL Poster Child Lost Its Zest

TechCrunch (May 15, 2023): ZestMoney founders resign as Goldman Sachs-backed fintech struggles to raise funds

TechCrunch (September 21, 2021): Indian buy now, pay later startup ZestMoney raises $50 million from Australia’s Zip

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