Thread on strategies used by Razorpay

1. Razorpay has a valuation of $7.5B.

A recent insider report revealed how they used key strategies to:

— Serve 1M+ businesses.

— Transform from a startup to a unicorn.

— Dominate the Indian payment landscape.

[A thread 🧵]

2/ From garage vibes to unicorn dreams

Back in 2014, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar thought:

"Why are online payments in India so complicated?"

So, they built Razorpay — simple, clean, and headache-free.

Fast forward: they’re now sitting on $7.5B.

Let’s unpack their playbook.

3/ Step 1: Find a pain, become the painkiller

Businesses were crying over confusing payment setups. 😭