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Amazon To Invest In Lending Platform Capital Float
Amazon, the ecommerce major is reportedly in talks to invest in the small and medium enterprise lending platform Capital Float. The Seattle based company may invest close to $ 10 million in the digital lending platform.
According to a news daily, this investment by Amazon will be an extension of the company’s recent $ 45 million Series C funding round. Two people close to the development further added the online retail giant is looking to expand its footprint in the financial technology space. Bengaluru based Capital Float will set up consumer financing on Amazon’s platform along with offering its regular financing services.
In the Series C funding round led by Silicon Valley based Ribbit Capital, Capital Float was valued at Rs. 836 crores before the investment. Post the funding round, the company’s valuation was close to Rs. 1,150 crores. The lending firm further reported a total revenue of Rs. 53.8 crores for the financial year 2016 – 2017.
Founded in 2013 by Sashank Rishyasringa and Gaurav Hinduja, Capital Float is a hybrid marketplace where banks and nonbank financial companies co lend capital along with the firm to borrowers. Operated by Zen Lefin Pvt., Ltd., the company has raised a total of $ 86 million in equity financing so far. The firm als0 claims to have disbursed loans worth more than Rs. 2,500 crores to about 15,000 customers across 300 cities.
A Capital Float spokesperson, commenting on the speculation said, “In case there is any development in the future, we will intimate you of the same.” An Amazon spokesperson also replied to the speculation saying, “We do not comment on speculation about what we may or may not do in the future.”
Currently, Amazon India has invested in online financial services marketplace BankBazaar and gifting and loyalty points player Qwikcilver. If the deal does go through, Amazon will be able to augment its financial services and offerings in India.
Amazon has been facing tough competition from homegrown Bengaluru based ecommerce startup Flipkart which has also been focusing on fintech to boost offerings to customers. Reports suggested Flipkart was also in talks with several lending companies for partnerships to start offering financial products.
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