| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.08.2024 | Online lending platform Axio raised $20 M from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund | Axio, formerly known as Capital Float, is an online lending platform that has raised $20 million from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund.
According to a press release from Axio, the money will be used to support future growth, which will include gr... |
| 23.08.2024 | Axio Bags USD 20 Mn from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund to Scale Lending and Finance Solutions The Bengaluru-based brand aims to deploy the raised funds to expand its lending operations, checkout finance ... | Consumer finance startup Axio announced that it has secured USD 20 million in equity funding from Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund.
The fresh funds will be used to support further growth, including scaling lending operations, expanding use cases ... |
| 25.04.2024 | 47% of Indian women face challenges in getting credit: Tide report | - |
| 04.10.2021 | Amazon-backed Indian BNPL firm Capital Float raises $50m | Amazon-backed Capital Float has raised $50 million in a new investment round.
Capital Float founders, Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa
TechCrunch reports that Lightrock India led the investment in the Indian buy now, pay later (BNPL)... |
| 29.09.2021 | Capital Float Raises $50 Mn Funding From Lightrock India | - |
| 28.09.2021 | Capital Float raises $50 Mn to scale its BNPL platform | Digital lending company Capital Float has scooped up $50 million in its Series D round led by Lightrock India in participation with existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, and Creation Investments.
Angel investors such as ... |
| 28.09.2021 | Buy now pay later platform Capital Float raises $50 mn led by Lightrock | Credit platform Capital Float has raised $50 million (Rs 370 crore) in equity funding led by Lightrock India and joined by existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Creation Investments, and Dinesh Hinduja family office.
Nub... |
| 28.09.2021 | Capital Float raises $50 m funding from Lightrock India, others | The funds raised will be used to strengthen and scale Capital Float’s BNPL platform and expand its partner ecosystem
Fintech major Capital Float on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million (about ₹370.3 crore) in funding, led by Lightrock Ind... |
| 28.09.2021 | Capital Float raises $50 million from Lightrock India, others | Gaurav Hinduja (left) and Sashank Rishyasringa, co-founders of Capital Float.
Mumbai: Digital lending startup Capital Float has raised $50 million in a round led by private equity firm Lightrock India. The equity round also saw participatio... |
| 28.09.2021 | Capital Float raises $50 mn to scale up buy-now-pay-later platform in India | Capital Float, the buy-now-pay-later platform, on Tuesday said that it has raised $50 million in equity funding led by Lightrock India. Current investors Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Creation Investments and Dinesh Hinduja family ... |
| 28.09.2021 | Indian digital lender Capital Float raises $50m led by Lightrock India | Capital Float, a digital lending platform, on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million in equity funding led by Lightrock India.
Existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Creation Investments and Dinesh Hinduja family office a... |
| 15.04.2020 | India: Digital lender Capital Float nabs $15m from Sequoia, Amazon, others | Premium
Bengaluru-based digital lender Capital Float Monday announced that it has raised $15 million (Rs 110 crore) in equity funding from its existing investors, including Amazon, Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners and Sequoia Capital.
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| 14.04.2020 | Digital lending startup Capital Float raises USD 15 million | Bengaluru-based digital lending startup Capital Float said Monday it has raised USD 15 million in fresh funding from its existing investors Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital India, and online retailer Amazon.
The company said i... |
| 13.04.2020 | Digital lender Capital Float raises $15 mn from returning investors | Payal Ganguly 13 Apr, 2020
Working capital lender for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Capital Float has raised $15 million in an equity capital round from returning investors Ribbit Capital, Amazon, SAIF Partners and Sequoia Capital Ind... |
| 13.04.2020 | Capital Float raises $15 million in equity funding from existing investors | Digital lending start-up, Capital Float, announced that it has completed a $15-million (₹110 crore) equity fund-raise from its existing investors.
Participants in the round included Ribbit Capital, Amazon, SAIF Partners, and Sequoia Capital... |
| 13.04.2020 | FinTech Lender Capital Float Raises $15 Million From Amazon, SAIF Partners | Capital Float has raised $15 million in funding from its existing investors Amazon, Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners, and Sequoia Capital India.
Founded by Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa in 2013, Capital Float is a Bengaluru-based lea... |
| 13.04.2020 | [Funding alert]: Capital Float raises $15M investment from existing investors | Bengaluru-based fintech lending startup Capital Float has raised $15 million funding from existing investors Ribbit Capital, Amazon, SAIF Partners, and Sequoia Capital India. The funding will be used to capital base and expand its lending o... |
| 11.04.2020 | [Funding alert] Amazon-backed Capital Float raises $4.8M from existing investors | Fintech startup Capital Float has raised $4.8 million as a top-up investment from its existing investors Amazon Inc and Dinesh J Hinduja. It had previously raised over $110 million in equity funding.
The company allotted 92,728 Series E2 Co... |
| 08.04.2020 | 10 Fastest Growing Fintechs in India According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| 14.01.2020 | Capital Float raises $15 million from investors | Representative image
Bengaluru-based digital lending major Capital Float has raised $15 million (approximately Rs 107 crore) from its investors, including Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Amazon and Saif Partners, in an internal funding rou... |
| 14.12.2018 | 10 Hot Fintech Startups from India to Watch Closely | India’s fintech ecosystem has evolved significantly with considerable efforts from financial institutions, startups, the government, venture capitalists and regulators to create a favorable environment for fintech innovation that’s conduciv... |
| 04.12.2018 | Sequoia-backed Capital Float eyes $150m funding from existing, new investors | Premium
XDigital lending firm Capital Float, which counts Amazon and Sequoia Capital among its existing backers, is in talks to raise $100-150 million in fresh funding from new and existing investors, three people aware of the discussions s... |
| 29.08.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, August 29 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, August 29.
Andreessen Horowitz invests $102 million in Dfinity, a blockchain start-up building the “world computer.” Dfinity, a blockchain start-up buil... |
| 30.05.2018 | Top 10 Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups In India | In the past years, fintech has emerged as one of the hottest sectors in India’s Internet play with funding pouring in and global players like Google and WhatsApp looking to getting a piece of the pie. NASSCOM predicts that the Indian fintec... |
| 24.04.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, April 24 | UBER’S PROMISES
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| 24.04.2018 | Capital Float raises ₹144 cr in equity funding from Amazon | Digital lenderCapital Float (Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd) has raised $22 million (₹144 crore) in equity funding from Amazon, which is an extension of its Series C fund-raise of $45 million equity last August led by Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners, Sequ... |
| 24.04.2018 | Capital Float secures USD 22 mn in equity funding from Amazon | -->
Capital Float, India's largest digital lender on Tuesday announced raising funds worth USD 22 million in equity funding from Amazon. |
| 24.04.2018 | Lending platform Capital Float raises $22 mn from Amazon | Bengaluru-based digital lender Capital Float has raised $22 million (Rs 144 crore) in equity funding from e-commerce major Amazon India, a company statement said.
The company will use the funds to bolster its end-to-end digital loan origina... |
| 24.04.2018 | Capital Float secures $22 million in equity funding from Amazon | Bangalore-based online lending platform Capital Float has raised USD 22 million in equity funding from Amazon and other existing investors including Ribbit Capital, SAIF Partners, Sequoia, and others.
This takes the company's total funding ... |
| 24.04.2018 | India: Amazon provides $22m equity funding to digital lender Capital Float | Premium
Digital lending firm Capital Float (Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd) on Tuesday said it has raised $22 million (Rs144 crore) in equity funding from Amazon Inc., taking the total equity funding in the company to $107 million.
Continue reading this... |
| 23.04.2018 | Indian lending platform Capital Float raises $22M Series C extension from Amazon | Capital Float, the fintech startup that says it is India’s largest online lender, announced today that it has raised $22 million in new funding from Amazon. At the end of last year, reports surfaced that Amazon was considering an investment... |
| 24.01.2018 | Capital Float secures $13-million funding | Company to launch new loan products
Digital finance company Capital Float has raised $13 million (₹80 crore) in Series A funding from SAIF Partners and Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investor Aspada.
The company will use ... |
| 09.01.2018 | Capital Float secures $45 m in Series C equity funding | Digital lending platform parallely raises over $67 m in new debt lines
Digital lending platform Capital Float has raised $45 million (₹293 crore) in Series C equity funding. The round was led by Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital, with par... |
| 09.01.2018 | Capital Float raises $45 mn in Series C round led by Ribbit Capital | Digital lending platform Capital Float has raised $45 million (Rs 293 crore) in Series C round of funding, led by Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital. The round also witnessed participation from existing investors - SAIF Partners, Sequoia I... |
| 23.12.2017 | 10 Common Problems in Starting a Small Business in India | Information Amit Gokhale 23 December 2017
India Is Home To Staggering 40 Million Small Businesses, According To Statistics Available From Various Sources
India is home to staggering 40 million small businesses, according to statistics avail... |
| 08.10.2017 | 10 Fast Growing Fintechs in India | IDC Financial Insights today unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintechs in India as part of the broader IDC FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific.
IDC’s “FinTech Fast 101” refers to the fast-growing fintech players in Asia/Pacific based on ext... |
| 22.08.2017 | Capital Float raises $45 million in series C led by Ribbit Capital | A file photo of Capital Float founders Sashank Rishyasringa (left) and Gaurav Hinduja. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Capital Float raises $45 million in series C led by Ribbit Capital 2 min read . Updated: 22 Aug 2017, 01:06 PM IST Yuvraj Malik... |
| 22.08.2017 | 10 Indian Fintech Startups To Keep An Eye On | The fintech ecosystem in India has evolved significantly since its emergence. Fueled by initiatives from the government to boost innovation in financial services, the sector is expected to further grow in the years to come, according to a n... |
| 21.08.2017 | Digital lending platform Capital Float raises Rs 293 crore | Bengaluru-based SMEs-focused digital lending startup Capital Float, has raised Rs 293 crore in its series C round of funding led by Silicon Valley-based Ribbit Capital, along with participation from existing investors — SAIF Partners, Sequo... |
| 21.08.2017 | Indian online lending platform Capital Float raises $45M Series C | Capital Float, which claims to be the largest online lending platform in India, announced today that it has raised a $45 million Series C led by Ribbit Capital. Returning investors SAIF Partners, Sequoia India and Creation Investments also ... |
| 21.08.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, August 21 | SOME PERSONAL NEWS
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| 21.08.2017 | Fintech startup Capital Float raises $45 mn in Series C round led by Ribbit Capital | Bengaluru-based digital lending platform Capital Float has raised $45 million (Rs 293 crore) in its Series C round of funding led by Silicon Valley-based fintech-focussed venture capital firm Ribbit Capital.
Existing investors SAIF Partners... |
| 21.08.2017 | Capital Float Raises $45m in Series C Funding | Capital Float, an Indian provider of working capital finance and business loans to SMEs, raised $45m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Saif Partners, Sequoia India and Creation Investments.
The... |
| 21.08.2017 | India: Capital Float raises $45m in series C led by Ribbit, existing investors | Premium
Digital lending firm Capital Float on Monday said it has raised $45 million (Rs293 crore) in a series C round led by Palo Alto-based fin-tech investor Ribbit Capital, with substantial participation from follow-on investors including... |
| 09.11.2016 | India: Warburg Pincus in talks to invest in credit platform Capital Float | Premium
Global private firm Warburg Pincus LLC is in advanced talks to lead the next round of funding in online credit platform Capital Float, run by Zen Lefin Pvt. Ltd, according to a three people aware of the ongoing discussions.
Continue... |
| 13.05.2016 | SME lending platform Capital Float raises $25 million | Capital Float, a non-banking finance company, which started operations in 2013, provides working capital finance to under-served small businesses via its online platform and credit-underwriting platform.
SME lending platform Capital Float r... |
| 12.05.2016 | Capital Float gets $25 mn from Creation Investments and others | Bangalore-based Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd, which operates SME-focused online lending platform Capital Float, has raised $25 million (Rs 170 crore) in a Series B round of financing led by Creation Investments Capital Management.
Existing investors S... |
| 12.05.2016 | Capital Float Raises $25M in Series B Funding | Capital Float, a Bengalaru, India-based online lending platform for businesses, raised $25m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Creation Investments with participation from existing investors SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Aspada... |
| 12.05.2016 | Indian online lending platform Capital Float picks up $25M Series B | Capital Float, an online lending platform for small businesses in India, announced today that it has closed a $25 million Series B.
Combined with the startup’s previous funding, including a $13 million Series A last year, the new round brin... |
| 17.03.2016 | 4 fintech trends from emerging economies | The phenomenon of innovations from the emerging world making great impact in developed markets, popularly known as “reverse innovation”, has been keenly observed since the 80’s. Read on to learn which trends in fintech from emerging economi... |
| 12.10.2015 | After funding, managing surplus cash a headache for Indian start-ups | Premium
Capital Float, a start-up that lends to e-commerce merchants, raised $13 million from venture capital firms SAIF Partners and Sequoia Capital in February. The two-year-old company was suddenly flush with cash. Its founders were, how... |
| 08.07.2015 | With $10M In New Funding, Lendingkart Helps Small Businesses In India Get Loans | Lendingkart, a New Delhi-based platform for small businesses loans, has raised a Series A of $10 million from Saama Capital, Mayfield Fund, Shailesh Mehta, and Ashvin Chadha.
Since launching a year ago, Lendingkart has processed loans from ... |
| 16.02.2015 | Capital Float Raises $13M in Series A Funding | Capital Float, a Bangalore, India-based provider of business loans for SMEs, raised $13m in Series A funding.
The round was led by SAIF Partners with participation from Sequoia Capital and Aspada.
The company intends to use the funds to con... |
| 13.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/13/15 | AppDirect, Pursuit, Jet, WedPics, Laurel & Wolf, Sigfox, Soothe, Reserve, TrueFacet, Capital Float
Seed Stage
Pursuit Vascular, the maker of a preventive medical device for catheter-related bloodstream infections, raised $1.6 million in... |
| 12.02.2015 | Online SME lending platform Capital Float raises $13M from Sequoia, SAIF & Aspada | Bangalore-headquartered Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd, the company behind Capital Float, an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in India, has secured $13 million (Rs 81 crore) in Series A funding... |
| 10.02.2015 | Capital Float, An Online Lending Platform For Indian Entrepreneurs, Scoops Up $13M From Sequoia and SAIF | Capital Float, a financial tech startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses in India to get loans, has raised a $13 million Series A led by SAIF Partners and Sequoia Capital. Existing investor Aspada also returned for the roun... |
| 06.08.2014 | Online financing platform for SMEs Capital Float raises $1M from SAIF Partners | Bangalore-headquartered Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd, the company behind Capital Float, an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in India, has secured $1 million in funding from private equity fir... |
| 25.06.2014 | Online financing platform for SMEs Capital Float raises $2M from Aspada | Bangalore-headquartered Zen Lefin Pvt Ltd, the company behind Capital Float, an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in India, has received Rs 12 crore ($2 million) in funding from Asp... |
| - | Capital Float Raises $7.2 Mn In Its First International Debt Investment | Amazon Inc-backed online lending fintech startup Capital Float has raised its first international debt investment of $7.2 Mn (INR 48 Cr) from the Netherlands-based Triodos Investment Management, taking total debt raise to $130 Mn (INR 840 C... |
| - | Capital Float Raises INR 50 Cr Debt Round From Triodos IM | Bengaluru-based lending tech startup Capital Float has raised INR 50 Cr in debt for a period of 3 years from Triodos Microfinance Fund and Triodos Fair Share Fund, financial inclusion funds managed by Triodos Investment Management (Triodos ... |
| - | The Long Road To A Cashless India: Are Indian Fintech Startups Ready? | [Note: This article is part of The Junction Series. We will be covering the FinTech sector in detail at The Junction 2017 in Jaipur. Learn more about The Junction here!]
In the seventeenth century, Sweden became the first European nation to... |
| - | FinTech Startup Capital Float Gets $13 Mn In Series A From Saif, Sequoia & Aspada | Bangalore-based fin-tech startup Capital Float has raised $13 Mn in a Series A round of funding led by SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital and Aspada.
This is third time Capital Float is raising funding in past one year. Last year, SAIF Partners... |
| - | With A Less Than 1% Rate Of Defaulters On Its Portfolio, Capital Float Aims To Deep Dive Into The $500 Bn SME Lending Market | [Note: This article is part of The Junction Series. We will be covering the FinTech sector in detail at The Junction 2017 in Jaipur. Learn more about The Junction here!]
Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa hardly came from the domain th... |
| - | Amazon Backs Capital Float With $22 Mn In Series C Funding | SAIF Partners and Sequoia India-backed online lending platform Capital Float has raised $22 Mn in a follow-on Series C funding round from Amazon Inc.
A Capital Float spokesperson confirmed the development to Inc42.
Earlier in August 2017, t... |
| - | SAIF Partners Invests $1 Mn In Digital Finance Startup Capital Float | Venture Capital and private equity firm SAIF Partners has invested $ 1 Mn in a Bangalore based digital finance startup Capital Float. Capital Float provides working capital loans to under-served small businesses in India via a technology-le... |
| - | Capital Float Has Raised INR 76 Cr In Debt Funding In 2019 | Bengaluru-based lending tech startup Capital Float has been in the news for its search for $150 Mn in funding to fuel its next stage of growth. But looks like it has also been quietly raising debt funding from a slew of investors.
It has be... |
| - | BNPL Startup Capital Float Raises $50 Mn To Expand Partner Ecosystem | Bengaluru-based Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) startup Capital Float has raised $50 Mn in equity funding led by Lightrock India, Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Creation Investments and Dinesh Hinduja Family Office. The round also saw part... |
| - | Funding Galore: A Look At Startups Who Were Lucky This Week | Past week, number of startups raised huge amount of money, the amount of funding has been left undisclosed by many but the usage of the money is disclosed, most of them will use it to grow business and to expand their product line. Let us h... |
| - | News Roundup: 13 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [20 March – 25 March] | The Stayzilla saga continues this week with Yogendra Vasupal aka Yogi’s bail plea got dismissed by the court and a one day custody was granted to the Central Crime Branch. Yogendra has been in judicial custody since nine days, in an alleged... |
| - | Exclusive: Capital Float Gets $4.8 Mn Top Up From Existing Investors | Update: April 13, 2020| 10:40 AM
After the story was published, the company has announced that it has completed a $15 Mn equity fundraise from its existing investors. Participants in the round included Ribbit Capital, Amazon, SAIF Partners,... |
| - | Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [6 February – 11 February] | Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons has announced his intentions to invest again in Indian startups. With the Tata Sons vs Cyrus Mistry clash, he was forced to join the group as interim Chairman, thereby pulling him off the start... |
| - | Funding Galore: Indian Startup Fundings Of The Week [10 April – 15 April] | In one of the biggest deals in Indian startup ecosystem, Flipkart swept in $1.4 Bn from Tencent, eBay, and Microsoft, at a post-transaction valuation of $11.6 Bn. Flipkart will buy eBay India operations as part of this deal. Also, eBay will... |
| - | News Roundup: 3 Startup Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week [12 December – 17 December] | After months of speculation, Amazon announced the launch of its Prime Video service in India. Prime Video is an additional offering for Amazon’s Prime subscribers, including existing ones and allows users exclusive access to movies, Amazon’... |
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| - | Capital Float Raises $2.3 Mn Funding From Mahindra And Mahindra Financial Services | Bengaluru-based online lending platform for SME’s Capital Float has raised $2.3 Mn (INR 15 Cr) from Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services. The funds have been raised against the allotment of non-convertible debentures (NCDs).
Non-convert... |
| - | [Funding alert] Fintech startup Capital Float raises $50M from Lightrock India | Fintech major Capital Float on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million in an equity funding round led by Lightrock India.
New investors such as David Velez, Founder of Nubank, Latin America's largest fintech firm; Cred founder Kunal Shah... |
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