Fintech unicorn CRED has raised $72 million (Rs 617 crore) in recent funding from a number of traders, in line with regulatory filings sourced from the Registrar of Firms (RoC).
In keeping with the filings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC led the spherical by its Lathe Funding arm with an funding of $41 million (Rs 354.4 crore).
Different contributors included RTP International with $8.75 million (Rs 74.9 crore), Sofina Ventures with $3 million (Rs 25.8 crore), and QED Innovation Labs — the household workplace of CRED founder Kunal Shah — which invested $19 million (Rs 162 crore).
Entrackr was the primary to report the event final month.
The spherical will come at a pointy reset within the firm’s valuation—from $6.4 billion in 2022 to a reported $3.5 billion, sources conversant in the event informed YourStory. Among the different distinguished backers embrace Peak XV Companions, Ribbit Capital, Tiger International, and DST International.
GIC had additionally led CRED’s earlier main funding spherical in 2022, when the corporate raised $140 million by a mixture of major and secondary capital.
.thumbnailWrapper{
width:6.62rem !essential;
}
.alsoReadTitleImage{
min-width: 81px !essential;
min-height: 81px !essential;
}
.alsoReadMainTitleText{
font-size: 14px !essential;
line-height: 20px !essential;
}
.alsoReadHeadText{
font-size: 24px !essential;
line-height: 20px !essential;
}
}
Over the previous two to 3 years, the members-only bank card invoice cost platform has expanded its enterprise mannequin past its core providing, venturing into new verticals resembling wealth administration and vehicle-related companies. Key to this evolution has been the launch of CRED Storage and CRED Cash, alongside strategic acquisitions like that of the wealth administration platform Kuvera.
Launched in September 2023, CRED Storage is a automobile administration platform that helps customers streamline automobile possession by providing a unified dashboard to trace paperwork, recharge FASTag, monitor gas bills, and extra.
The Bengaluru-based agency has additionally partnered with CARS24 to allow the promoting of used automobiles through its app.
Final 12 months, CRED reported that its whole income surged by 66% to Rs 2,473 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,484 crore in FY23.
In the meantime, its working losses narrowed by 41% to Rs 609 crore from 1,024 crore. CRED’s person base grew considerably in FY24, with a big portion of buyer acquisition coming from natural channels. Over 75% of its new customers had been acquired organically, which helped scale back buyer acquisition prices by 40%. The corporate acknowledged it didn’t spend large on promoting throughout the fiscal 12 months.
Edited by Jyoti Narayan
