Kreditech raises €110M from Naspers’ PayU in strategic financing partnership

By Ingrid Lunden

Kreditech, the German startup backed by Peter Thiel, Rakuten and the IFC that creates credit ratings and provides finance to people who may not otherwise have credit histories, has raised another round of funding from one of its strategic partners. PayU, the payments company owned by Naspers that is known by some as the “PayPal of emerging markets” — its business is mainly in providing payment services to online merchants — is investing €110 million ($120 million) in Kreditech.

The companies are not officially disclosing Kreditech’s valuation, but sources tell TechCrunch that it’s higher than the previous valuation (which we last estimated was about €300 million) but less than €500 million. PayU’s investment is mostly in equity, and it gives Naspers a minority stake in Kreditech. Kreditech to date has raised €242 million to date, including this latest €110 million injection.

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