Story of Ashneer Grover Ashneer Grover is the former co-founder & Managing Director of BharatPe, a mobile payments company currently valued at $3 billion. He is an excellent example of how to be successful in India’s startup ecosystem. He has successfully raised capital, built a great team, and created a valuable product. BharatPe is currently one of the most promising startups in India and is quickly growing in popularity. Though Ashneer had a great educational and career background, he faced multiple challenges in his journey. This blog discusses his early life and success story. Early Life and Education Born on June 14, 1982, in an upper-middle-class family in Delhi, Ashneer was very intellectual, which led him to IIT Delhi and later IIM Ahmedabad.  When Ashneer pursued his B.Tech from IIT Delhi for the student exchange program, he was selected for the Institute National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, commonly known…