Ashneer Grover is the co-founder and Managing Director (MD) of BharatPe. He co-founded the digital payments platform in 2018 along with Shashvat Nakrani. The company serves more than 75 lakh merchants across 150 cities. Since its launch, the fintech platform has already facilitated the disbursement of loans totaling more than Rs 3,000 crore to its merchants. The company facilitates small merchants to accept payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for free, by using BharatPe QR codes. BharatPe’s investors include Dragoneer Investment Group, Tiger Global, Dragoneer Investment Group, Steadfast Capital, Coatue Management, Ribbit Capital, and few others. Grover was also one of the judges of the recently-concluded business reality television series Shark Tank India - an Indian adaptation of a US reality show with the same name. Before co-founding BharatPe in October 2018, he headed the new business at PC Jeweller Ltd for a year. Earlier, he was the chief financial officer (CFO) at online grocery platform Grofers (now Blinkit) for two-and-a-half years. He was also the director – corporate development at American Express for nearly two years. Grover holds a BTech degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and a MBA in Management –Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. More
Former Shark Tank India judge Ashneer Grover shared a screenshot of an email inviting him as a wildcard contestant on Bigg Boss 19, calling himself a “strong candidate” for the show.
Salman Khan and Ashneer Grover’s fallout is not unknown in the industry. Apparently, Ashneer took a veiled jab at Salman while discussing his new show, Rise and Fall.
In a recent interview, the former Shark Tank India judge questioned why top stars demand massive fees instead of taking equity in their films.
Gensol and BluSmart founder Anmol Jaggi had invested Rs 50 lakh from the company's funds in Ashneer Grover's startup Third Unicorn, the SEBI report stated.
'The only people in India who need a ‘reality check’ are its politicians. Everyone else is living in the absolute reality of India,' former Shark Tank India judge Ashneer Grover said.
The former Shark Tank judge said politicians in India are the only ones who need a “reality check”, not others
Ashneer Grover hits back at Salman Khan over Bigg Boss 18 confrontation, saying, "If you didn’t know my name, then why did you call me?"
Ashneer Grover is set to return to television as the host of the high-stakes reality show Rise and Fall, promising drama and unexpected twists, as teased in the latest teaser.
Amazon MX Player unveiled its 2025 lineup of over 100 new shows, which will include 40 new Hindi originals and returning seasons of prominent TV series.
Ashneer Grover expressed hope that Bigg Boss 18 garnered high TRPs and clarified his remarks about his past interactions with Salman Khan.
Salman Khan addressed Ashneer Grover directly on Bigg Boss stage, pointing out discrepancies in the remarks the latter made about him during a podcast about his stint as Bharat Pe's brand ambassador.
Salman Khan, the Bollywood superstar and host of Bigg Boss 18, recently addressed controversial statements made by Ashneer Grover, the former Shark Tank India judge, during his appearance on the reality show.
The upcoming Bigg Boss 18 Weekend Ka Vaar episode is set to be an exciting one, with Shark Tank India's Ashneer Grover making a special appearance alongside host Salman Khan. Renowned for his sharp humor and candid remarks, Ashneer is sure to stir things up and make waves during this much-anticipated interaction.
Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order on Monday after the court was informed that another bench of the high court quashed the FIR on the same day.
The withdrawal of the plea from the NCLT's Delhi bench came after Grover reached a settlement with the company on September 30, 2024
As part of the settlement, Grover will not be associated with BharatPe in any capacity nor be a part of the shareholding of the company, a BharatPe spokesperson said in a statement.
The conversation extended beyond social media where author Chetan Bhagat and BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, weighed in on the situation. Bhagat questioned the logic behind fans spending such large sums on concert tickets, considering the income disparity in India.
Deepak Gupta, the brother in law of Ashneer and his wife Madhuri Grover, is being held at the Mandir Marg police station and will be produced in court today, say sources
BharatPe filed a plea for arbitration, claiming Grover's actions compromised company confidentiality, particularly concerning equity allocations in its $370-million Series E funding round.
The podcast, which has since gone viral, featured Ishan Sharma interviewing the business luminaries such as Ashneer Grover, Asish Mohapatra, Sarthak Ahuja and Sanjeev Bikhchandani.
'We think that the youngsters in the US are naive. It's exactly the opposite. The current generation of youth in India has been living in a bubble,' former Shark Tank India judge and Third Unicorn founder Ashneer Grover said.
Justice Sanjiv Narula passed the order after the duo's lawyer Giriraj Subramanium told the court of their return. Madhuri Jain was personally present in the court hall.
Barack Obama’s post in support of US President Joe Biden drew attention of the former managing director of BharatPe, Ashneer Grover, who responded with a terse comment in Hindi.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Writing on X (formerly Twitter), BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover said that the general elections reinforced that there was parliamentary democracy in India.
BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover visited Times Square in New York and took to social media to share the news