Southeast Asian fintech Xendit raises $300 million
Xendit, [https://www.xendit.co/en/] a payment infrastructure company based in Southeast Asia has raised $300 million in its new funding round bringing it to $538 million raised so far. * Part of the funds will be used to expand into new markets in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, the company
Xendit, a payment infrastructure company based in Southeast Asia has raised $300 million in its new funding round bringing it to $538 million raised so far.
- Part of the funds will be used to expand into new markets in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, the company claims.
- Launched in 2015, Xendit is offering alternative payment methods for merchants in Southeast Asia where there is low credit card penetration.
- The fintech company scaled its transactions rate from 65 million to 200 million and $6.5 billion total payments to $15 billion payments over the last year.
- The funding round for the unicorn was led by Coatue and Insight Partners with participation from Accel, Tiger Global, Kleiner Perkins, EV Growth, Amasia, Intudo and Goat Capital.
