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| 08.04.2026 | Digital lender Kreditbee in unicorn club with $280 million at $1.5 billion valuation | Synopsis
Digital lending firm Kreditbee has raised $280 million, becoming a unicorn with a $1.5 billion valuation. This funding marks their last private round before a planned public listing. The company is awaiting regulatory approval for ... |
| 24.02.2026 | Kreditbee eyes $120 million pre-IPO fundraise at unicorn valuation | Synopsis
Bengaluru-based Kreditbee is looking to close a $120 million (about Rs 1,000 crore) funding round, which could propel the fintech lending startup into the unicorn club. The company is looking at a post-money valuation of $1.2 billi... |
| 29.01.2026 | How Kissht backer Vertex Ventures’ India fintech portfolio is shaping up | Pro
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| 21.01.2026 | One Ecosystem, One Platform, One Defining Moment for Collections in India | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Bharat Collection Summit & Awards 2026—India’s first and only platform spanning the entire collections value chain—returns on 18 February 2026 at The Lalit, Mumbai, bringing together the nation’s most powe... |
| 08.01.2026 | Voice AI startup Arrowhead raises $3 M Seed funding from Stellaris | Stellaris Venture Partners led a $3 million seed funding round for Bengaluru-based voice AI startup Arrowhead.
According to industry reports, founders and executives of fintech companies like CRED, M2P, Turtlemint, and Kissht participated i... |
| 07.01.2026 | Voice AI firm Arrowhead raises $3 million in a round led by Stellaris Venture Partners | Synopsis
Arrowhead has raised $3 million in a funding round led by the early-stage venture capital firm Stellaris Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from angel investors such as Cred founder Kunal Shah and M2P founder Madhus... |
| 21.08.2025 | Kissht DRHP: A Look At The Shareholding Pattern & Top Leaders | SUMMARY
At the time of filing the DRHP, Vertex held a total of 23% share in Kissht, which includes Vertex Ventures SEA Fund III Pte. Ltd, Vertex Growth Fund Pte. Ltd and Vertex Growth Fund II Pte. Ltd
Kissht has filed its DRHP with the mark... |
| 20.08.2025 | IPO-Bound Kissht’s FY25 Profit Dips 19%, Revenue Falls 20% YoY | SUMMARY
The IPO-bound startup’s parent OnEMI Technology also saw its operating revenue fall over 20% to INR 1,337.47 Cr during the year under review from INR 1,674.45 Cr in FY24
Meanwhile, total expenses decreased 20.7% to INR 1,136.42 Cr i... |
| 20.08.2025 | Kissht Operator OnEMI Technology Files DRHP for INR 1,000 Cr IPO OnEMI Technology aims to allocate INR 750 crore from its fresh issue to strengthen subsidiary Si Creva's capital base and may also expl... | Mumbai-based OnEMI Technology Solutions, the operator of digital lending platform Kissht, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering.
The comp... |
| 08.08.2025 | The Story Behind Kissht | Share
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In the crowded lanes of possibility, sometimes the most powerful journeys begin with the simplest of bonds. For Ranvir Singh and Krishnan Vishwanathan, that bond was books, movies, football and a shared sense o... |
| 05.08.2025 | Digital Lender Fibe Fuels Expansion with Major Capital Influx | Fibe, a leading digital lender, secures significant capital. An IFC-led $35 million equity round and a Rs 225 crore NCD issue fuel its rapid expansion. The fintech powerhouse diversifies beyond consumption loans into education, health, and ... |
| 05.08.2025 | Digital lending startup Fibe eyes $35 million fundraise from IFC | Synopsis
It has sought the participation of its existing investors â Eight Road Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and TPG, which had invested through The Rise Fund. To date, Fibe has raised around $228 million.
ETtechAkshay Mehrotra and... |
| 03.04.2025 | Kissht Eyes $225 Mn IPO, To File Draft Papers By June: Report | SUMMARY
Kissht has picked ICICI Securities, UBS Securities, and Motilal Oswal as the investment bankers for the proposed public issue
The Mumbai-based startup is looking to file draft papers for the IPO by June this year. It is eyeing a val... |
| 19.03.2025 | Indian VC Endiya Partners secures $100m for Fund 3, eyes SE Asia market | Endiya Partners has closed its third venture capital fund at $100 million, backed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Founded in 2015, Endiya is known as an early backer of high-gr... |
| 19.03.2025 | Darwinbox-backer Endiya Partners sees bumper returns from ₹175 crore maiden fund | Endiya Partners’ first fund of ₹175 crore has fetched its returns of four times its investments, the early-stage venture capital firm said on Wednesday while announcing a partial stake sale in human resources technology platform Darwinbox.
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| 19.03.2025 | Endiya Partners closes third fund, generates 4x returns from debut vehicle | Premium
Endiya Partners' team
Early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners, which has backed companies such as Darwinbox and Kissht, has wrapped up the fundraising exercise for its third investment vehicle and generated high returns fro... |
| 19.12.2024 | Fintech Startup Kissht Ropes In Sachin Tendulkar As Investor | SUMMARY
As per the startup, the collaboration will also include various campaigns and integrated marketing initiatives where Tendulkar is set to participate in
In August, Tendulkar floated his own sports brand joining hands with former Swig... |
| 23.10.2024 | Darwinbox backer Endiya Partners taps offshore LP for latest fund | Premium
Sateesh Andra, managing director, Endiya Partners
Early-stage investor Endiya Partners, which is raising capital for its third venture capital fund, is set to receive a limited partner contribution from an offshore investor for the ... |
| 01.10.2024 | Endiya Partners appoints former NephroPlus exec as director | Premium
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Early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners, which has incubated companies such as Darwinbox, Cult.fit and Kissht, has appointed a former NephroPlus executive as director. The appointment comes amid the VC fir... |
| 12.03.2024 | Kissht Personal Loan Now Available on Bajaj Markets | Pune, Maharashtra, India
Bajaj Markets, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, has enhanced its personal loan repertoire by partnering with Kissht, a popular name in India's instant digital loan landscape. This collaboration marks the inception of ... |
| 15.06.2022 | India-based fintech startup Kissht raises USD 80 million | On the 8th of June 2022, Kissht, a consumer loan fintech business, raised US $80 million in a new round of funding led by Vertex Growth and the Brunei Investment Agency. |
| 08.06.2022 | Indian fintech startup Kissht raises $80m, enters credit-backed card segment | Indian consumer lending fintech startup Kissht on Wednesday said it has raised $80 million as part of a fresh funding round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency. |
| 08.06.2022 | Fintech Startup Kissht Raises $80 Million, To Foray Into Challenger Card Segment | Kissht, a consumer lending fintech startup, has raised $80 million as part of a fresh funding round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency.
The funding round also saw participation from existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA Indi... |
| 08.06.2022 | Lending company Kissht raises $80 Mn in a new round | Consumer lending company Kissht has raised $80 million in a new round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency. Existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA India and Endiya Partners also participated in the round.
For Kissht, this is th... |
| 08.06.2022 | Kissht raises $80 mn, to foray into challenger card segment | ETtech
Bengaluru: Consumer lending fintech firm Kissht has raised $80 million as part of a fresh funding round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency.
Existing investors
Vertex Ventures SEA India and Endiya Partners also particip... |
| 08.06.2022 | Fintech Kissht raises $80 million to enhance product offerings | Fintech startup Kissht has raised $80 million in a funding round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency as the Mumbai-based company looks to enhance its product offerings.
Existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA and India and Endi... |
| 08.06.2022 | Kissht raises $80 mn in round led by Vertex Growth, Brunei Investment | Small business credit platform Kissht, operated by OnEMI Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd, has raised $80 million (around Rs 616 crore) in a round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency.
The round also saw participation from existin... |
| 08.06.2022 | Fintech Kissht raises $80 million to enhance product offerings | Fintech startup Kissht has raised $80 million in a funding round led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency as the Mumbai-based company looks to enhance its product offerings. Existing... |
| 28.01.2022 | Mumbai-based Kissht Raises Rs 100 crores From Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc | Vertex Ventures-backed small business lending platform Kissht, operated by OnEMi Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd, has raised Rs 100 crore ($13.36 million) in a debt funding round from Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc Capital, the company said... |
| 27.01.2022 | Fintech company Kissht raises Rs 100 cr from Trifecta Capital, Northern Arc | Fintech company Kissht on Thursday said it has raised Rs 100 crore in a funding round led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc.
In the current round, Trifecta and Nothern Arc have each subscribed to Rs 50 crore of non-convertible debentures... |
| 27.01.2022 | Kissht raises ₹100 crore in funding led by Trifecta Capital, Northern Arc | The startup will use the funding to deepen its presence across India and further expand product offerings including credit cards for the owners of small business/shops. |
| 27.01.2022 | Kissht raises Rs 100 cr in funding led by Trifecta Capital, Northern Arc | Kissht, provider of instant line of credit to small businesses, has raised Rs 100 crore in funding led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc. The company has so far raised over Rs 270 crore in equity and over 1,200 crore in debt investments.... |
| 27.01.2022 | Vertex Ventures-backed Kissht raises Rs 100 cr in debt from Trifecta Capital, Northern Arc | Vertex Ventures-backed small business lending platform Kissht, operated by OnEMi Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd, has raised Rs 100 crore ($13.36 million) in a debt funding round from Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc Capital, the company said... |
| 05.11.2021 | The dawn of a founder-led startup ecosystem in India | Over the years, a wide array of factors have accounted for the growth of India’s startup ecosystem. Some of them include the mobile ubiquitousness that comes with affordable mobile access, positive macroeconomic metrics, the creation of dig... |
| 14.09.2018 | Фонд АФК «Система» и другие инвестировали $30 млн в индийский стартап в сфере кредитования Kissht Статьи редакции... | Компания выдаёт кредиты на покупки в магазинах, оценивая клиента по несколькими тысячам параметров с помощью самообучающегося алгоритма.
Венчурный фонд АФК «Система» Sistema Asia Fund стал лид-инвестором раунда инвестиций на $30 млн в индий... |
| 13.09.2018 | India: Lending platform Kissht raises $30m from Vertex Ventures, Sistema Asia fund | Premium
Indian digital lending platform Kissht has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Vertex Ventures SEA and India and and Sistema Asia Fund, according to an announcement.
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| 12.09.2018 | Kissht raises $30 million in Series C led by Vertex Ventures, Sistema | Krishnan Vishwanathan, CEO and co-founder, Kissht. Kissht raises $30 million in Series C led by Vertex Ventures, Sistema 1 min read . Updated: 12 Sep 2018, 09:47 PM IST Aakanksha Ahuja
Kissht will utilise the funds to increase its online an... |
| 12.09.2018 | Online lending platform Kissht raises $30 mn in Series C funding | Online lending platform, Kissht, has raised a series C round of $30 million from a group of investors led by Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India and Sistema Asia Fund. Existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, Ventureast and Endiya Partners also... |
| 09.11.2017 | Mumbai based Lending platform Kissht raises $10 mn led by Fosun | Mumbai- based digital lending platform Kissht has raised USD 10 million in a funding round led by Fosun RZ Capital, the Venture Capital arm of Fosun International with participation from Beijing based Prophet Capital.
Existing investors Ven... |
| 08.11.2017 | China’s Fosun leads $10 million round in fin-tech startup Kissht | OnEMi Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs lending startup Kissht, has raised $10 million (Rs 67 crore) led by China’s Fosun International. The round also saw participation from the fin-tech...
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| 06.11.2017 | Fintech startup Kissht secures $10 Mn from China’s Fosun International | Mumbai-based fintech startup Kissht has raised $10-million (about Rs 67 crore) led by Fosun International with participation from existing backers, early-stage venture capital firms, Ventureast and Endiya Partners.
Led by MD, Tej Kapoor, RZ... |
| 06.11.2017 | China’s Fosun leads $10 million round in fin-tech startup Kissht | OnEMi Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs lending startup Kissht, has raised $10 million (Rs 67 crore) led by China's Fosun International, a report in a financial daily stated.
The round also saw participation from the fin-tech startu... |
| 23.06.2017 | FinTech startup Kissht raises $2 million from early stage tech-fund | Fintech startup Kissht has raised $2 million from early-stage technology-focused fund Endiya Partners and Ventureast.
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| 22.06.2017 | Fin-tech startup Kissht raises $2 mn from Endiya Partners, Ventureast | OnEMI Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs lending startup Kissht, has raised $2 million (around Rs 13 crore) from venture capital firm Endiya Partners and early-stage investor Ventureast, a financial daily reported on Thursday.
The co... |
| 22.06.2017 | Fintech startup Kissht raises $2 million from Endiya Partners and Ventureast | Mumbai based Fintech startup, Kissht has raised $2 million from early stage investors Endiya Partners and Ventureast. This deal takes Kissht to $2.7 million in terms of total funding. As per the Economic Times report, the company is also sc... |
| - | Sachin Bansal Invests $7 Mn In Consumer Lending Startup Kissht | Flipkart founder Sachin Bansal has invested INR 50 Cr (about $7 Mn) in a consumer lending startup Kissht. The investment is said to be made in the form of debt funding through Bansal and Ankit Agarwal’s investment firm BAC Acquisitions.
The... |
| - | Kissht raises $80 mn funding; forays into credit-backed cards | Kissht, a payment and lending fintech, has announced funding round of $80 million led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency along with the participation of Vertex Ventures SEA & India and Endiya Partners
The company has raised $... |
| - | Fintech Startup Kissht Raises INR 100 Cr To Expand Offerings To 10 Mn Borrowers | Mumbai-based fintech startup Kissht, has raised INR 100 Cr ($13.2 Mn) in funding led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc. The startup has so far raised more than INR 270 Cr in equity and over INR 1,200 Cr in debt investments.
In the curren... |
| - | Kissht Raises $30 Mn In Series C Funding To Increase Online, Offline Merchants | Mumbai-based fintech startup Kissht has raised $30 Mn in a Series C financing round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia (SEA) and India and Sistema Asia Fund, with participation from existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, Ventureast, and En... |
| - | Cryptocurrency Seems Exciting But Blockchain Has Immediate Potential For Startups: Srikanth Sundararajan, Partner, VC Firm Ventureast | Early-stage VC firm Ventureast has been active in the investing circuit since 1997. Managing close to $400 +Mn, the VC firm has a diverse portfolio of around 93 investments in technology, healthcare and clean environment. It has dedicated f... |
| - | Kissht raises ₹ 100 crore in funding led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc | Kissht, an instant credit platform, has raised ₹100 crore in the funding round led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc. The company will utilize the funds to expand its scale of operations by branching out to smaller cities.
In the current... |
| - | Fintech Startup Kissht Raises $2 Mn From Endiya Partners, Ventureast | Mumbai-based fintech startup Kissht has raised $2 Mn from Hyderabad-based early-stage venture capital firm Endiya Partners, and Ventureast. Kissht app provides collateral-free loans to users.
Founded in 2015 through the Kissht app users can... |
| - | Fintech Kissht Raises $80 Mn In A Bid To Enter BNPL Cards’ Market | Kissht plans to issue its BNPL cards named Ring in association with NBFC partners RBL and SBM Bank
Currently, Kissht has 3.5 Mn customers and 500+ online and 3K+ offline partners and plans to take the number to 10 Mn by FY23
With the launch... |
| - | [Funding alert] Kissht raises Rs 100 Cr in debt led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc | Digital lending platform Kissht on Thursday said it has raised Rs 100 crores in a funding round led by Trifecta Capital and Northern Arc. The company has so far secured over Rs 270 crores in equity and over 1,200 crores in debt investment... |
| - | Temasek fund leads $80m round of Indian lending firm | FintechInvestmentsNewsStartups
Budi Sutrisno · 2d ago · 1 min readTemasek fund leads $80m round of Indian lending firm
Kissht, an India-based payments and credit lending company, has raised US$80 million in a funding round led by Vertex Gro... |
| - | [Funding alert] Fintech startup Kissht raises $80M, launches millennial-focused offering | Mumbai-based payments and lending fintech startup Kissht on Wednesday announced a Series E funding round of $80 million. The round was led by Vertex Growth and Brunei Investment Agency. Existing investors Vertex Ventures SEA and India, ... |
| - | Fintech Startup Kissht Closes $10 Mn Funding Round From Fosun International And Existing Investors | Mumbai-based fintech startup Kissht has raised $10 Mn (INR 67 Cr) funding in a round led by Chinese investment conglomerate, Fosun International. The startup’s existing investors also participated in the equity financing round, which closed... |
