Cermati Secured Series A Extension Funding from Orange Growth Capital
by Fintech News Singapore February 14, 2017Indonesia’s financial e-commerce provider, Cermati, has raised seven-digit USD funding from Orange Growth Capital (“OGC”), one of the leading European and Asian FinTech VCs. Cermati will use the additional funding to expand the team, bolster its product offering and further enhance its technology, with the aim to be the clear market leader in Indonesia.
Cermati’s online offering helps customers research and get financial products, such as credit cards, auto loans, personal loans and mortgages, that suit their needs. It has become the most visited financial e-commerce site in Indonesia recording 3.2 million monthly visits in December 2016 and helped to facilitate over IDR 100 billion worth of consumer loans in 2016.
Orange Growth Capital, a European and Asian FinTech VC and backer of the leading peer-to-peer platform Zopa and online trading platform BUX, invested in the Series A Extension round, which is an extension to the Series A round previously announced in September 2016, led by East Ventures and participated by Beenos Plaza. This investment is OGC’s first investment in Asia.
The founders of Cermati
Andhy Koesnandar, CEO and cofounder of Cermati said:
“We are very pleased to partner with OGC, which brings deep experience in building FinTech businesses. We look forward to capitalizing on OGC’s experience in Indonesian market opportunities. This investment will accelerate our progress to achieve our mission of making financial products more accessible to many more Indonesians.”
Oby Sumampouw, CTO and cofounder of Cermati said:
“We are laser focused in building a financial technology platform to provide the most streamline and easy to use experience for Indonesians to discover and get financial products. We’re excited to use this new funding to improve our state of the art technology, data science and analytical tools. We’re hiring more tech talents to join our world class tech team this year. “
Hans de Back, Partner of Orange Growth Capital, who is joining the Cermati Board said:
Hans de Back
“We are delighted to invest in Cermati and to partner with Andhy and the team. This business has huge potential for further growth as the Indonesian market is the largest in South East Asia.
In Indonesia there is growing disposable income amongst the population and a regulator supportive of the growth of the financial services industry, where today there are only approximately 36 percent of Indonesians that are customers of financial institutions. We are looking forward to working with Cermati to build a top tier financial e-commerce portal in Indonesia.”
