Founded
31 Dec 2012
Address
Creditas Soluções Financeiras Ltda
São Paulo-SP
Brazil
Website
VCID: 581631
Profile
Corporate information
Official name
Creditas Soluções Financeiras Ltda.
Registration country
Official name
Creditas Soluções Financeiras Ltda.
Registration country
Investment activity status
Active investor
Company type
Brazil-based lending businessOverview
Creditas was founded in 2012 with the objective of creating a company able to reshape the Brazilian financial system. Although that system had accomplished its critical role of providing basic banking services to the population, even at that time it was full of inefficiencies resulting in extraordinarily high lending rates and banking fees. Since 2012, when we started in a 5 sqm office on Berrini Avenue in São Paulo, we have progressed through 3 phases in which we adopted an increasingly aggressive strategy:
- Secured Lending Marketplace (2012-2016): we anticipated a trend towards digitalization of the Brazilian population and created an online platform that allowed traditional banks to deliver online secured loans
- Secured Lending Platform (2016-2019): realizing the need to become more independent in order to create a high-quality lending product, we launched our own home equity and auto equity solutions, migrating from a channel to a product strategy
- Solutions Ecosystem (2019-): we reevaluated the market and initiated a new adventure with the expansion of our credit and fintech platform, the development of a new consumer solutions vertical and our internationalization to Mexico
Today Creditas is a consumer-focused digital platform operating in multiple verticals:
- Secured lending: Home Equity, Auto Equity and Auto Financing
- Creditas @work: Payroll loans, salary advance, benefits card and pension plans
- Consumer Solutions: Creditas Store, Home Solutions and Auto Solutions
Funding
Funding rounds
N/A USD 255,000,000
USD 255,000,000 (18 Dec 2020)
Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
e.ventures | Global venture capital firm | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. | |
LGT Lightstone | Liechtenstein | Initial investment. Round participant. | ||
Sunley House Capital LP | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. | ||
Tarsadia Capital | New York based investment management firm. | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. | |
Wellington Management Co LLP | Investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachussets. | United States | Initial investment. Round participant. | |
Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd | Private equity investor in growing technology enterprises | United Kingdom | Follow-on investment. Round participant. | |
Kaszek Ventures | Uruguay | Follow-on investment. Round participant. | ||
Softbank Latin America Fund | Follow-on investment. Round participant. | |||
SoftBank Vision Fund LP | Jersey | Follow-on investment. Round participant. | ||
Vostok Emerging Finance | Follow-on investment. Round participant. |
Series D USD 231,000,000
USD 231,000,000 (1 Jul 2019)
Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd | Private equity investor in growing technology enterprises | United Kingdom | Initial investment. Round participant. | |
Santander InnoVentures | Santander’s corporate venturing arm. | United Kingdom | Initial investment. Round participant. | |
Softbank Corp | Japan | Initial investment. Round participant. | ||
SoftBank Vision Fund LP | Jersey | Initial investment. Round participant. | ||
Vostok Emerging Finance | Initial investment. Round participant. |
Cap Table
Current and past shareholders
Investor | Contacts | Round | |
---|---|---|---|
Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd Private equity investor in growing technology enterprises |
+44 (20) 7024-6900 |
N/A Series D |
|
e.ventures Global venture capital firm |
N/A | ||
Kaszek Ventures |
N/A | ||
LGT Lightstone |
N/A | ||
Santander InnoVentures Santander’s corporate venturing arm. |
Series D | ||
Softbank Corp |
Series D | ||
Softbank Latin America Fund |
N/A | ||
SoftBank Vision Fund LP |
+44 (1534) 833-000 |
N/A Series D |
|
Sunley House Capital LP |
N/A | ||
Tarsadia Capital New York based investment management firm. |
N/A | ||
Vostok Emerging Finance |
N/A Series D |
||
Wellington Management Co LLP Investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachussets. |
N/A |