HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, is a global venture capital and private equity firm, managing over USD 55 billion across various funds. Established in 2005, HSG invests in technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, with a focus on seed, venture, growth, buyout, and infrastructure stages. The firm has backed over 1,500 companies, with more than 160 listed on public exchanges and over 140 achieving unicorn status. HSG operates globally, with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, London, Tokyo, and Singapore, providing extensive resources and industry expertise to its portfolio companies.
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Rohit Agarwal
Managing Director
Wang Chenyu
Vice President
Sakshi Chopra
Managing Director
Raghavv Garg
Analyst
Amit Jain
Managing Director
Pushpak Kedia
Vice President
Sunint Khurana
Analyst
Cherry Lu
Partner
Ishaan Mittal
Managing Director
Saksham Mittal
Analyst
Abhishek Mohan
Principal
Javier Ng
Associate
Enita Pu
Partner
Wendy Qian
Analyst
Haim Sadger
Partner
Harshjit Sethi
Managing Director
Yoav Shaked
Partner
Johan Surani
Vice President
Vedant Trivedi
Associate
Aradhita Tuli
Investment Analyst
Pavel Vyhnalek
Operating Partner
Fu Xin
Partner
Past deals in Credits and Lending
SarvaGram
Series D in 2024
SarvaGram Fincare Private Limited is a fintech startup based in Mumbai, India, that provides financial services to individuals and small enterprises in rural and semi-urban areas. Founded in 2018, the company offers a range of loan products, including gold loans, consumer durable loans, farm loans, and business loans. By leveraging a data science-enabled platform, SarvaGram assesses the financial potential of rural households, treating them as cohesive economic units. The company's approach incorporates a comprehensive understanding of household cash flows, balance sheets, and various income streams. In addition to credit services, SarvaGram facilitates access to productivity-enhancing tools and risk management solutions, thereby supporting livelihood upgrades for underserved communities and enabling small to medium businesses to secure necessary financing.
Finova Capital
Series E in 2024
Finova Capital is a non-banking financial company focused on providing loans to micro and small businesses. The company aims to enhance access to finance for enterprises often overlooked by traditional banks, offering personalized financing options that include detailed insights into loan structures and payment plans. By prioritizing transparency and affordability, Finova Capital helps these businesses meet their production needs and achieve their financial goals.
Shift
Series D in 2024
Shift offers credit and payment platforms that facilitate business trade, payments, and fund access through streaming data. The real-time view of a company's financial situation offered by Shift is made possible by streaming data. It also allows for improved credit modeling and dynamic limit setting. This frees up a company's time by allowing them to access financing whenever needed, eliminating the need for drawn-out approval procedures and time-consuming administration.
Jupiter
Venture Round in 2024
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.
JD Digits
Series B in 2023
JD Digits, a subsidiary of JD.com, is a technology company that bridges the financial and physical industries. It offers digital solutions such as supply chain finance, consumer finance, insurance, and securities. The company's platform leverages data technology, AI, IoT, and blockchain to provide secure, high-yield, customized financial services and investment management for both individual and business users. Additionally, JD Digits operates JD Digital Insurance, which offers online loan and insurance solutions.
Shift
Series C in 2023
Shift offers credit and payment platforms that facilitate business trade, payments, and fund access through streaming data. The real-time view of a company's financial situation offered by Shift is made possible by streaming data. It also allows for improved credit modeling and dynamic limit setting. This frees up a company's time by allowing them to access financing whenever needed, eliminating the need for drawn-out approval procedures and time-consuming administration.
Finova Capital
Series D in 2022
Finova Capital is a non-banking financial company focused on providing loans to micro and small businesses. The company aims to enhance access to finance for enterprises often overlooked by traditional banks, offering personalized financing options that include detailed insights into loan structures and payment plans. By prioritizing transparency and affordability, Finova Capital helps these businesses meet their production needs and achieve their financial goals.
Yubi
Series B in 2022
Yubi is a digital platform that facilitates the discovery, trading, execution, and fulfillment of debt solutions for both institutional and retail investors. The platform connects startups with investors seeking to fund various debt deals, primarily through the issuance of debentures. Yubi provides a comprehensive suite of tools, including credit underwriting solutions, analytical models, and structuring tools, which streamline the investment process. Its automated execution workflows and real-time transaction notifications enhance the efficiency of exploring, evaluating, and executing debt transactions. By offering these capabilities, Yubi enables investors to make informed credit decisions and engage more effectively in the debt market.
Funding Societies
Series C in 2022
Funding Societies, established in 2015 and headquartered in Singapore, operates a digital financing platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with investors. The company facilitates business loans, focusing on quick and efficient financing solutions, often bypassing traditional banking methods. It offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, and invoice financing, using advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. With operations across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, Funding Societies caters to SMEs seeking accessible and timely financing.
Jupiter
Series C in 2021
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.
Drip Capital
Series C in 2021
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
Yubi
Series A in 2021
Yubi is a digital platform that facilitates the discovery, trading, execution, and fulfillment of debt solutions for both institutional and retail investors. The platform connects startups with investors seeking to fund various debt deals, primarily through the issuance of debentures. Yubi provides a comprehensive suite of tools, including credit underwriting solutions, analytical models, and structuring tools, which streamline the investment process. Its automated execution workflows and real-time transaction notifications enhance the efficiency of exploring, evaluating, and executing debt transactions. By offering these capabilities, Yubi enables investors to make informed credit decisions and engage more effectively in the debt market.
Jupiter
Series B in 2021
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.
Five Star Business Finance
Private Equity Round in 2021
Five-Star Business Finance is a Registered Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Headquartered in Kilpauk, Chennai, it has an extensive network of branches across multiple cities in Tamil Nadu and neighboring states. The company specializes in providing secured loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals, facilitating business growth and asset creation. Its financial products cater to various personal needs, including home renovations, healthcare, education, and expenses related to significant life events such as marriages. Five-Star is committed to delivering quality service to its customers while adhering to the regulatory guidelines set forth by the RBI.
Finova Capital
Series C in 2020
Finova Capital is a non-banking financial company focused on providing loans to micro and small businesses. The company aims to enhance access to finance for enterprises often overlooked by traditional banks, offering personalized financing options that include detailed insights into loan structures and payment plans. By prioritizing transparency and affordability, Finova Capital helps these businesses meet their production needs and achieve their financial goals.
Toss
Series G in 2020
Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform developed by the fintech startup Viva Republica, established in 2011 by Seunggun Lee in Seoul. The platform offers a range of services aimed at simplifying financial management for users, including peer-to-peer money transfers, credit score management, and bank account oversight. Additionally, Toss provides access to loan and insurance plans, facilitates bill splitting, and supports QR payments. These features collectively enable users to handle their financial needs efficiently and conveniently.
JD Digits
Series A in 2020
JD Digits, a subsidiary of JD.com, is a technology company that bridges the financial and physical industries. It offers digital solutions such as supply chain finance, consumer finance, insurance, and securities. The company's platform leverages data technology, AI, IoT, and blockchain to provide secure, high-yield, customized financial services and investment management for both individual and business users. Additionally, JD Digits operates JD Digital Insurance, which offers online loan and insurance solutions.
BankBazaar.com
Series D in 2020
BankBazaar.com is India’s largest fintech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score. It has a captive base of 50Mn registered users who use the platform for free credit score tracking and in-depth personal finance content and comparison tools. Its range of co-branded credit cards with India’s leading banks is driving the platform's rapid growth with more than half its customers now opting for BankBazaar's own co-branded products. The company is on track to facilitate one million active BankBazaar cobranded credit cards in force over the next couple of years. Supported by global investors such as Experian, Eight Roads, Sequoia India, WSV, and Amazon, BankBazaar has been at the forefront of democratising finance in India by providing end users with frictionless access to credit. BankBazaar has offices in Chennai, Bangalore, and Mumbai.
BankBazaar.com
Series D in 2020
BankBazaar.com is India’s largest fintech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score. It has a captive base of 50Mn registered users who use the platform for free credit score tracking and in-depth personal finance content and comparison tools. Its range of co-branded credit cards with India’s leading banks is driving the platform's rapid growth with more than half its customers now opting for BankBazaar's own co-branded products. The company is on track to facilitate one million active BankBazaar cobranded credit cards in force over the next couple of years. Supported by global investors such as Experian, Eight Roads, Sequoia India, WSV, and Amazon, BankBazaar has been at the forefront of democratising finance in India by providing end users with frictionless access to credit. BankBazaar has offices in Chennai, Bangalore, and Mumbai.
MoneyTap
Series B in 2020
MoneyTap is an app-based credit line that provides small to medium-sized cash loans, quick credit on mobile, and affordable interest rates. It is currently available in Delhi NCR (Delhi, New Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon), Mumbai (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai & Thane), Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Mohali, Panchkula, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Anand, Vijayawada, Vizag, Indore, Ankleshwar, Bharuch, and Gandhinagar. MoneyTap was founded in 2015 by a passionate pack of IIT/ISB alumni. It is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Jupiter
Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with you. We help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on your spending, and provide you with a range of new-age features to enable you to make sense of your finances.
CARS24
Series D in 2019
CARS24 Services Pvt. Ltd. is a company based in Gurugram, India, specializing in the buying and selling of used cars. Founded in 2015, CARS24 operates as a subsidiary of Global Car Group and has developed a tech-enabled marketplace that transforms the process of selling pre-owned vehicles. The company offers car inspection and valuation services, utilizing an AI-driven pricing algorithm to provide accurate market and appraisal prices. This innovative approach facilitates secure and efficient transactions, enabling car owners to sell their vehicles at fair prices through a network of channel partners across various cities in India. Additionally, CARS24 offers vehicle lending products, expanding its services within the automotive finance sector.
Aptus Value Housing
Venture Round in 2019
Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited, established in 2009 and headquartered in Chennai, specializes in providing long-term housing finance to low and middle-income, self-employed, and informal segment customers in India's rural and semi-urban areas. The company offers a range of home loans, including construction, purchase, renovation, and plot loans, as well as loans against properties and insurance products. With a network of 175 branches as of March 31, 2020, Aptus caters to the unmet housing finance needs of the self-employed and informal sector, contributing to India's efforts to address its significant housing shortage.
Toss
Series F in 2019
Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform developed by the fintech startup Viva Republica, established in 2011 by Seunggun Lee in Seoul. The platform offers a range of services aimed at simplifying financial management for users, including peer-to-peer money transfers, credit score management, and bank account oversight. Additionally, Toss provides access to loan and insurance plans, facilitates bill splitting, and supports QR payments. These features collectively enable users to handle their financial needs efficiently and conveniently.
Drip Capital
Series B in 2019
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
Finova Capital
Series B in 2019
Finova Capital is a non-banking financial company focused on providing loans to micro and small businesses. The company aims to enhance access to finance for enterprises often overlooked by traditional banks, offering personalized financing options that include detailed insights into loan structures and payment plans. By prioritizing transparency and affordability, Finova Capital helps these businesses meet their production needs and achieve their financial goals.
Five Star Business Finance
Private Equity Round in 2018
Five-Star Business Finance is a Registered Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Headquartered in Kilpauk, Chennai, it has an extensive network of branches across multiple cities in Tamil Nadu and neighboring states. The company specializes in providing secured loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals, facilitating business growth and asset creation. Its financial products cater to various personal needs, including home renovations, healthcare, education, and expenses related to significant life events such as marriages. Five-Star is committed to delivering quality service to its customers while adhering to the regulatory guidelines set forth by the RBI.
Drip Capital
Series A in 2018
Drip Capital Inc. is a financial technology company that specializes in providing credit solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in cross-border trade, particularly in developing markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India, Drip Capital offers a range of trade financing products, including invoice factoring, export finance, and receivables factoring. The company's innovative platform employs an automated risk assessment model, allowing SMEs to access working capital quickly and with minimal paperwork. By leveraging multiple data sources for transaction underwriting, Drip Capital aims to simplify the borrowing process, enabling businesses to obtain collateral-free loans and lines of credit to manage their inventory and fulfill purchase orders effectively. The company is supported by a team of professionals with backgrounds from prestigious institutions and has garnered backing from notable Silicon Valley investors.
Toss
Series D in 2018
Toss is a South Korea-based mobile financial service platform developed by the fintech startup Viva Republica, established in 2011 by Seunggun Lee in Seoul. The platform offers a range of services aimed at simplifying financial management for users, including peer-to-peer money transfers, credit score management, and bank account oversight. Additionally, Toss provides access to loan and insurance plans, facilitates bill splitting, and supports QR payments. These features collectively enable users to handle their financial needs efficiently and conveniently.
CARS24
Series C in 2018
CARS24 Services Pvt. Ltd. is a company based in Gurugram, India, specializing in the buying and selling of used cars. Founded in 2015, CARS24 operates as a subsidiary of Global Car Group and has developed a tech-enabled marketplace that transforms the process of selling pre-owned vehicles. The company offers car inspection and valuation services, utilizing an AI-driven pricing algorithm to provide accurate market and appraisal prices. This innovative approach facilitates secure and efficient transactions, enabling car owners to sell their vehicles at fair prices through a network of channel partners across various cities in India. Additionally, CARS24 offers vehicle lending products, expanding its services within the automotive finance sector.
Funding Societies
Series B in 2018
Funding Societies, established in 2015 and headquartered in Singapore, operates a digital financing platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with investors. The company facilitates business loans, focusing on quick and efficient financing solutions, often bypassing traditional banking methods. It offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, and invoice financing, using advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. With operations across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, Funding Societies caters to SMEs seeking accessible and timely financing.
Finova Capital
Series A in 2018
Finova Capital is a non-banking financial company focused on providing loans to micro and small businesses. The company aims to enhance access to finance for enterprises often overlooked by traditional banks, offering personalized financing options that include detailed insights into loan structures and payment plans. By prioritizing transparency and affordability, Finova Capital helps these businesses meet their production needs and achieve their financial goals.
Five Star Business Finance
Series C in 2017
Five-Star Business Finance is a Registered Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Headquartered in Kilpauk, Chennai, it has an extensive network of branches across multiple cities in Tamil Nadu and neighboring states. The company specializes in providing secured loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals, facilitating business growth and asset creation. Its financial products cater to various personal needs, including home renovations, healthcare, education, and expenses related to significant life events such as marriages. Five-Star is committed to delivering quality service to its customers while adhering to the regulatory guidelines set forth by the RBI.
MoneyTap
Series A in 2017
MoneyTap is an app-based credit line that provides small to medium-sized cash loans, quick credit on mobile, and affordable interest rates. It is currently available in Delhi NCR (Delhi, New Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon), Mumbai (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai & Thane), Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Jaipur, Mohali, Panchkula, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Anand, Vijayawada, Vizag, Indore, Ankleshwar, Bharuch, and Gandhinagar. MoneyTap was founded in 2015 by a passionate pack of IIT/ISB alumni. It is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Aptus Value Housing
Venture Round in 2016
Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited, established in 2009 and headquartered in Chennai, specializes in providing long-term housing finance to low and middle-income, self-employed, and informal segment customers in India's rural and semi-urban areas. The company offers a range of home loans, including construction, purchase, renovation, and plot loans, as well as loans against properties and insurance products. With a network of 175 branches as of March 31, 2020, Aptus caters to the unmet housing finance needs of the self-employed and informal sector, contributing to India's efforts to address its significant housing shortage.
Behalf
Series C in 2016
Behalf, Inc. is a financing provider headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, the company facilitates commerce between B2B merchants and their business customers by offering automated payment solutions that include instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. Behalf integrates seamlessly into merchants' sales and invoicing processes, allowing for access to financing regardless of the invoice or transaction size. By paying merchants upfront, Behalf enhances sales and improves cash flow for both merchants and their business customers. The company focuses on providing short-term financing to small businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage payments to suppliers while increasing operational effectiveness through automation.
Funding Societies
Series A in 2016
Funding Societies, established in 2015 and headquartered in Singapore, operates a digital financing platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with investors. The company facilitates business loans, focusing on quick and efficient financing solutions, often bypassing traditional banking methods. It offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, and invoice financing, using advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. With operations across Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, Funding Societies caters to SMEs seeking accessible and timely financing.
JD Digits
Venture Round in 2016
JD Digits, a subsidiary of JD.com, is a technology company that bridges the financial and physical industries. It offers digital solutions such as supply chain finance, consumer finance, insurance, and securities. The company's platform leverages data technology, AI, IoT, and blockchain to provide secure, high-yield, customized financial services and investment management for both individual and business users. Additionally, JD Digits operates JD Digital Insurance, which offers online loan and insurance solutions.
Dashu
Series B in 2015
Dashu Finance is a specialized credit facility that serves small and micro-business owners by providing unsecured credit loans sourced from institutional investors. The company focuses on facilitating access to various types of financing, including education, corporate credit, rent, and car loans. Utilizing advanced credit analysis based on big data, Dashu not only offers loans directly to enterprises but also equips traditional financial institutions with credit analysis tools. This dual approach aims to enhance financial support for small businesses while improving the overall lending process.
Vistaar
Series D in 2015
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.
Behalf
Series B in 2015
Behalf, Inc. is a financing provider headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, the company facilitates commerce between B2B merchants and their business customers by offering automated payment solutions that include instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. Behalf integrates seamlessly into merchants' sales and invoicing processes, allowing for access to financing regardless of the invoice or transaction size. By paying merchants upfront, Behalf enhances sales and improves cash flow for both merchants and their business customers. The company focuses on providing short-term financing to small businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage payments to suppliers while increasing operational effectiveness through automation.
BankBazaar.com
Series C in 2015
BankBazaar.com is India’s largest fintech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score. It has a captive base of 50Mn registered users who use the platform for free credit score tracking and in-depth personal finance content and comparison tools. Its range of co-branded credit cards with India’s leading banks is driving the platform's rapid growth with more than half its customers now opting for BankBazaar's own co-branded products. The company is on track to facilitate one million active BankBazaar cobranded credit cards in force over the next couple of years. Supported by global investors such as Experian, Eight Roads, Sequoia India, WSV, and Amazon, BankBazaar has been at the forefront of democratising finance in India by providing end users with frictionless access to credit. BankBazaar has offices in Chennai, Bangalore, and Mumbai.
FinVolution Group
Series C in 2015
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.
Wangjin Holdings
Series B in 2015
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Dashu
Series A in 2014
Dashu Finance is a specialized credit facility that serves small and micro-business owners by providing unsecured credit loans sourced from institutional investors. The company focuses on facilitating access to various types of financing, including education, corporate credit, rent, and car loans. Utilizing advanced credit analysis based on big data, Dashu not only offers loans directly to enterprises but also equips traditional financial institutions with credit analysis tools. This dual approach aims to enhance financial support for small businesses while improving the overall lending process.
Vistaar
Series C in 2014
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.
FinVolution Group
Series B in 2014
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.
BankBazaar.com
Series B in 2014
BankBazaar.com is India’s largest fintech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score. It has a captive base of 50Mn registered users who use the platform for free credit score tracking and in-depth personal finance content and comparison tools. Its range of co-branded credit cards with India’s leading banks is driving the platform's rapid growth with more than half its customers now opting for BankBazaar's own co-branded products. The company is on track to facilitate one million active BankBazaar cobranded credit cards in force over the next couple of years. Supported by global investors such as Experian, Eight Roads, Sequoia India, WSV, and Amazon, BankBazaar has been at the forefront of democratising finance in India by providing end users with frictionless access to credit. BankBazaar has offices in Chennai, Bangalore, and Mumbai.
Behalf
Series A in 2013
Behalf, Inc. is a financing provider headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, the company facilitates commerce between B2B merchants and their business customers by offering automated payment solutions that include instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. Behalf integrates seamlessly into merchants' sales and invoicing processes, allowing for access to financing regardless of the invoice or transaction size. By paying merchants upfront, Behalf enhances sales and improves cash flow for both merchants and their business customers. The company focuses on providing short-term financing to small businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage payments to suppliers while increasing operational effectiveness through automation.
Rong360
Series B in 2013
Rong360 is a Chinese company specializing in customized financing and loan services. It provides a platform for users to search and compare various loan products offered by banks and lending agencies. By facilitating direct contact between users and bank personnel, Rong360 creates a comprehensive marketplace for financing solutions. The platform also offers personalized search results, enabling users to find credit cards, loan applications, and wealth management products tailored to their financial needs and credit profiles. Additionally, Rong360 delivers data risk management solutions that assist financial service providers in areas such as application approval and fraud detection, enhancing the overall efficiency of the lending process.
FinVolution Group
Series A in 2012
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.
Behalf
Seed Round in 2011
Behalf, Inc. is a financing provider headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 2011, the company facilitates commerce between B2B merchants and their business customers by offering automated payment solutions that include instant credit and flexible payment terms at the point of sale. Behalf integrates seamlessly into merchants' sales and invoicing processes, allowing for access to financing regardless of the invoice or transaction size. By paying merchants upfront, Behalf enhances sales and improves cash flow for both merchants and their business customers. The company focuses on providing short-term financing to small businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage payments to suppliers while increasing operational effectiveness through automation.
Equitas Holdings
Venture Round in 2010
Equitas Holdings operates as a non-banking financial institution in India, focusing on providing a variety of financial services through its subsidiaries. Founded in 2007 and based in Chennai, the company offers products such as microfinance loans, vehicle finance, housing finance, and loans for micro and small enterprises. It also provides agri loans, gold loans, and business loans, primarily targeting individuals and low-income customers who may not have access to traditional banking services. In addition to its lending activities, Equitas Holdings engages in online freight facilitation through its Wowtruck brand. The company, which was formerly known as Equitas Micro Finance India Private Limited, changed its name in 2012 to reflect its broader scope of operations.
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