# Harshil Mathur

> Harshil Mathur is the Bengaluru-based co-founder and CEO of Razorpay. A 2013 mechanical engineering graduate of IIT Roorkee and former Schlumberger engineer, he founded the payments company with Shashank Kumar in 2014 after a crowdfunding project exposed the difficulty small Indian businesses faced accepting money online. His work has expanded into business banking software, credit infrastructure, international payments and AI commerce.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Razorpay
- **Organizations:** Razorpay, SDSLabs, Schlumberger
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Startup accelerator, Winter 2015 batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** IIT Roorkee Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, 2019., Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Finance & Venture Capital, 2021., Co-led Razorpay through its December 2021 $375 million Series F.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2013** — Studied mechanical engineering at IIT Roorkee and participated in SDSLabs, where he met Shashank Kumar.
- **2013** — Graduated from IIT Roorkee and joined Schlumberger.
- **2014** — Co-founded Razorpay with Shashank Kumar following an attempted crowdfunding project.
- **2015** — Participated in Y Combinator’s Winter batch.
- **2017** — Razorpay 2.0 broadened the company’s payment tools.
- **2019** — Received IIT Roorkee’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award.
- **2020** — Razorpay reached a $1 billion funding valuation.
- **2021** — Razorpay’s December Series F valued it at $7.5 billion.
- **2022** — Razorpay acquired a majority stake in Malaysia-based Curlec.
- **2023** — Razorpay received final RBI payment aggregator authorisation in December.
- **2025** — Razorpay expanded into Singapore and announced an agentic payments initiative with NPCI and OpenAI.
- **2026** — Continued AI-commerce partnerships, alongside preparations for a public listing.

## Achievements

- IIT Roorkee Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, 2019.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Finance & Venture Capital, 2021.
- Co-led Razorpay through its December 2021 $375 million Series F.
- Earned a karate black belt and a national-level silver medal.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Razorpay announced a partnership to help Indian brands advertise on ChatGPT via Razorpay Engage, reported by ET on October 5.
- **2026-08** — Moneycontrol reported that Razorpay was preparing for an IPO and referenced its June reporting of a confidential draft filing; this does not establish a completed listing.
- **2026-05** — Y Combinator published a Startup School India interview with Mathur about payments, early setbacks and AI.
- **2026-02** — Razorpay announced an India payments partnership with Replit on February 17.

## Links

- Website: https://harshil.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshilmathur/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/harshilmathur
- GitHub: https://github.com/harshilmathur

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Last updated: 2026-10-21