Another example of Paytm’s creative thinking came in the form of QR codes on Coca-Cola bottles and Lay’s packets, allowing customers to scan and redeem Rs 15. This low-cost, high-impact campaign brought millions of users onto the platform, proving that everyday consumer touchpoints could be leveraged for rapid adoption.<\/p>\n
Sharing a photograph with Sharma, Das called him a “legendary” and “OG Indian internet entrepreneur,” writing on X, “I met the billionaire founder of PayTM and he shared some of the best startup stories I’ve ever heard.”<\/p>\n
Born in Aligarh in 1978, Sharma founded One97 Communications in 2000 and launched Paytm in 2010, steadily turning it into a household name and a cornerstone of India’s digital finance ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Das, who joined Menlo Ventures after stints at Google, Facebook, and Glean, was promoted to partner within 18 months, according to Business Insider. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another example of Paytm’s creative thinking came in the form of QR codes on Coca-Cola bottles and Lay’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,73168,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-160924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-one-97-communications-ltd","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}