Founded
31 Dec 2012

Address

Creditas Soluções Financeiras Ltda
São Paulo-SP
Brazil

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VCID: 581631
    Profile

    Corporate information

    Official name
    Creditas Soluções Financeiras Ltda.

    Registration country
    Investment activity status
    Active investor

    Company type

    Brazil-based lending business

    Overview

    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 rounds

    N/A USD 255,000,000


    USD 255,000,000 (18 Dec 2020)

    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)

    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.

    Current and past shareholders

    Investor Contacts Round
    Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd logo Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd
    Private equity investor in growing technology enterprises
    +44 (20) 7024-6900
    N/A
    Series D
    e.ventures logo e.ventures
    Global venture capital firm
    N/A
    Kaszek Ventures logo Kaszek Ventures
    N/A
    LGT Lightstone logo LGT Lightstone
    N/A
    Santander InnoVentures logo Santander InnoVentures
    Santander’s corporate venturing arm.
    Series D
    Softbank Corp logo Softbank Corp
    Series D
    Softbank Latin America Fund logo Softbank Latin America Fund
    N/A
    SoftBank Vision Fund logo SoftBank Vision Fund LP
    +44 (1534) 833-000
    N/A
    Series D
    Sunley House Capital LP logo Sunley House Capital LP
    N/A
    Tarsadia Capital logo Tarsadia Capital
    New York based investment management firm.
    N/A
    Vostok Emerging Finance logo Vostok Emerging Finance
    N/A
    Series D
    Wellington Management Co logo Wellington Management Co LLP
    Investment management firm headquartered in Boston, Massachussets.
    N/A