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BUSINESS·2 min read·May 14, 2026

Decoding CRED’s Series C subsidizing round

In January, Credit card charge installment application CRED reported its Series C round drove by DST Global. While the organization didn’t reveal a lot of subtleties of the financing round, Fintrackr has decoded the numbers from its administrative filings. CRED has passed a unique goal to disp

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In January, Credit card charge installment application CRED reported its Series C round drove by DST Global. While the organization didn’t reveal a lot of subtleties of the financing round, Fintrackr has decoded the numbers from its administrative filings.

CRED has passed a unique goal to dispense 2,52,305 Series C inclination shares at an issue cost of Rs 223,791.52 each to raise Rs 600.3 crore or $82.74 million ($1= Rs 72.55) from eight financial backers. DST Global initiated the round with an imbuement of Rs 258.76 crore though Tiger Global has placed in Rs 98.66 crore.

New York-based speculation the executives organization Coatue has contributed Rs 72.09 crore and Sofina Venture partook with Rs 56.91 crore. CRED’s initial sponsor Sequoia Capital and Ribbit have poured in Rs 39.84 crore each.

American funding firm General Catalyst has contributed Rs 18.97 crore while Stak3 International contributed Rs 15.17 crore. Fintrackr’s assessments show that CRED has been esteemed in the scope of Rs 5,732-5,840.3 crore ($790-805 million) in the round.

Dispatched in late 2018, CRED allows clients to cover charge card bills and procure coins that can be reclaimed through contributions from the organization’s accomplices on its foundation. It professes to have a client base of 5.9 million and cornered 20% of all Visa charge installments in India.

The stage has more than 1,300 brands as its accomplices. In January, CRED additionally repurchased $1.2 million worth of worker investment opportunities (ESOPs). Workers who hold vested stocks were qualified to sell up to half of their vested ESOP partakes in the organization.

Since CRED is presently pre-income, it posted a working income of Rs 52 lakh with a deficiency of Rs 396 crore during FY20. It’s important that the organization skimmed two auxiliaries – Dreamplug Advisory Solutions and Dreamplug AA Tech Solutions – to wander into venture warning and record accumulation business in what gives off an impression of being a stage to create income in FY21.

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