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Brazilin Fintech Creditas Lands $4.8B Valuation And Fidelity As An Investor After Revenue Jumps In 2021

Brazilin Fintech Creditas Lands $4.8B Valuation And Fidelity As An Investor After Revenue Jumps In 2021

01/25/22, 12:30 PM
Location
https://purecatamphetamine.github.io/country-flag-icons/3x2/BR.svgsão paulo
Money raised
$4.8 billion
Industry
financial services
other
software
Brazilian lender Creditas announced today that it has raised $260 million in a Series F funding that values the company at $4.8 billion.

Company Info

Company
Creditas
Location
são paulo, pará, brazil
Additional Info
In 2016, the company essentially took the bank out of the equation and built its own platform so that instead of the banks, Creditas was the entity securing funds for loans. Then in 2019, the company evolved into more of an ecosystem around its customers. The company also has a tech hub in Spain (Furio’s home country), where about 20% of the company’s tech team is based. The company also plans to continue investing in acquisitions. As to timing of going public, Furio said the company is “continuously monitoring the market to see when it’s due time for that.” Creditas is one of those rare and refreshing startups that gives us a glimpse into their financials. QED Managing Partner Bill Cilluffo notes that his firm first invested in Creditas at the time of its Series A in 2015. “By broadening its strategy away from being purely a finance company, Creditas can now leverage a number of end-to-end solutions from insurance to car sales to support more customers than ever before,” he said.“Creditas is one of those special fintech assets given its ability to marry hyper-growth with high revenue economics into an ever-growing TAM.