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Wecash Funding, Investors & Competitors
Wecash has raised $267M across 4 funding rounds, most recently a $160M Series D in March 2018.
Last Wecash funding round
$160M
Series D · Mar 2018
Cumulative funding Wecash raised
$267M
across 4 funding rounds
Key investors in Wecash
SIG China (SIG Asia Investments)
Hongdao Capital
Lingfeng Capital
IDG Capital
Foresight Group Holdings
Sea
Forebright Capital
SIG Ventures
About Wecash
Wecash is a Singapore-headquartered fintech unicorn founded in 2013 serving over 160 million users globally with digital banking, spending, and saving products. The company raised nearly US$300 million in equity and targets markets in Europe, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. Its platform redefines financial interactions through mobile-first solutions for payments, loans, and wealth management tailored to emerging economies.
Founded
2013
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Usage-based
Wecash Funding History
Wecash has raised a total of $267M across 4 funding rounds.
Wecash's first fundraising round was a $7M Series A in September 2014. The most recent completed round was a $160M Series D in March 2018.
Wecash funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2018 | Series D | ORIX Asia Capital (lead); Sea (lead); SIG Ventures; Hongdao Capital; Sagamore Investments; Lingfeng Capital; Forebright Capital | $160M | Wecash Technology, a China-based big data fintech company founded in 2013, provides online credit assessment solutions using data mining, machine learning, and AI to evaluate borrower creditworthiness for financial institutions and lending platforms. The company operates wecash.net, China's advanced big data credit evaluation platform, serving consumers in emerging markets for borrowing, lending, rentals, and other services while helping institutions secure customer data. In February/March 2018, Wecash closed a $160 million Series D funding round co-led by ORIX Asia Capital ($60 million investment) and Sea Group, with participation from SIG Ventures, Sagamore Investments, Forebright Capital, Lingfeng Capital, and Hongdao Capital. This brought total funding to nearly $270 million, following a $80 million Series C in 2017 led by China Merchants, SIG, and Forebright; $20 million Series B in 2015 led by SIG; and nearly $10 million Series A from IDG. Funds will expand AI applications in data mining, machine learning, smart chips, and lifestyle services like residential rentals, consumer goods, and aesthetic surgery. By January 2018, Wecash had over 100-130 million users, supplied hundreds of millions of credit reports, and provided solutions to over 50 financial institutions. Operations expanded beyond China to Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Singapore), South America (Brazil), and the US (North America). The round marked Sea's first corporate venturing post-IPO and ORIX's second major Chinese fintech investment after Dianrong. |
| Apr 2017 | Series C | China Merchants Innovation Investment Management (lead); Foresight Group Holdings (lead); SIG China (SIG Asia Investments) (lead); Hongdao Capital; Lingfeng Capital | $80M | Wecash, founded in Beijing in early 2014 as Beijing Flash Silver Technology Co., Ltd., operates as China's first online credit evaluation platform using big data, machine learning, and AI for rapid fraud prevention and credit assessments. The platform connects users' accounts from Taobao, JD, or social media to generate credit scores within three minutes, enabling access to services like capital borrowing, lending, car and house rentals, travel, education, insurance, agriculture, and aesthetic medicine. By partnering with over 30 financial institutions, Wecash facilitates consumer loans and transactions. In April-May 2017, Wecash completed an $80 million Series C funding round led by China Merchants Innovation Investment Management (China Merchants Venture Capital), Foresight Group (Forebright Capital), and SIG China (SIG Ventures/SIG Asia Investments), with participation from Hongdao Capital (Joinhope Capital) and Lingfeng Capital. This brought total funding to over $100 million, following a $6.6 million Series A led by IDG and $20 million Series B led by SIG. At the time, Wecash reported over 45 million users by March 2016, growing to more than 80 million by 2017, and had facilitated RMB 15 billion (about $2.2 billion) in loans and transactions. Proceeds were allocated to enhancing lending AI, expanding offline/online consumption scenarios, developing machine-learning chips research, and overseas growth into Brazil, Singapore, and Indonesia. Wecash stood out as the only Chinese firm in KPMG's 2014 top 50 global fintech innovators report. Later funding included activity up to 2018, with total raised reaching $240 million. |
| Mar 2015 | Series B | SIG China (SIG Asia Investments) (lead) | $20M | Wecash, founded in early 2014 or 2013, is a Chinese company specializing in online credit assessment and reporting using artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning. The company applies these technologies to evaluate consumer creditworthiness and prevent fraud in the financial sector, enabling credit evaluation for loans across categories including consumer goods (3C), agriculture, aesthetic medicine, home rental, automobiles, insurance, and travel. By 2017, Wecash had expanded operations to Brazil, Singapore, and Indonesia beyond its China base. Wecash raised US$6.6 million in Series A financing led by IDG and US$20 million in Series B financing led by SIG. The Series C round in April 2017 raised US$80 million led by China Merchants Venture Capital, Forebright Capital, and SIG Ventures, with Joinhope Capital and Lingfeng Capital as co-investors. By the time of Series C, Wecash had over 80 million users, 30 financial institution partners, and had facilitated more than US$2.2 billion in loans. The company later completed a Series D round raising US$160 million led by ORIX Asia Capital and SEA Group. Total funding across five rounds reached US$276.6 million. |
| Sep 2014 | Series A | IDG Capital (lead) | $7M | - |
Who has invested in Wecash?
11 investors have backed Wecash across its funding rounds, including SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Hongdao Capital, Lingfeng Capital, IDG Capital, Foresight Group Holdings and Sea.
Lead investors include ORIX Asia Capital, Sea, China Merchants Innovation Investment Management, Foresight Group Holdings, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments) and 1 other investor.
Wecash Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Participant | Apr 2017 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Apr 2017 | ||
| 2 | Lead | Mar 2015 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Sep 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Mar 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Mar 2018 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Apr 2017 | ||
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Start Free TrialInvestments by Wecash
Wecash has invested in 5 companies to date.
Latest investment by Wecash was on July 9th 2019. Wecash invested in Huibanma in their $3M Series A round.
Latest Investments by Wecash
| Description | Huibanma is a Chinese service provider focused on incubating, producing, and promoting short video content for digital platforms. The company supports creators and brands by developing viral videos tailored for social media distribution across apps like Douyin and Kuaishou. | Daorong Shiji is a Shenzhen-based platform utilizing artificial intelligence for consumer credit reviews and evaluations in China. The company filters high-potential customers for financial institutions and e-commerce partners through algorithmic precision scoring and data analytics. Daorong enhances customer acquisition accuracy for platforms like dauron.com, enabling refined marketing operations and risk assessment. It processes millions of user profiles annually, integrating big data from social media, transaction histories, and behavioral patterns to deliver actionable insights for lending and sales teams. | AgrPal is an India-based provider of rural financial services including microloans, crop insurance, and savings accounts for smallholder farmers. Operating in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh since 2015, it uses mobile apps for loan disbursals and repayment tracking. The company partners with banks and NBFCs to serve over 100,000 clients with credit linked to satellite crop data. | Hash World runs a blockchain games platform centered in China with titles featuring play-to-earn mechanics. The platform hosts multiple NFT-based games and supports digital asset trading within its ecosystem. Shanghai-headquartered, it caters to Asian markets with localized content and wallet integrations for seamless user access. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | Beijing | Chengdu | Suzhou | Beijing | |
| Deal Date | 9 Jul 2019 | 12 Oct 2018 | 23 Aug 2018 | 12 Mar 2018 | |
| Round | Series A | Series A | Series A | Seed | |
| Raised | $3M | $1M | $2M | $2M | |
| Investors | - | - | - | Will Hunting Capital | |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | |
| EV/Revenue | |||||
| EV/EBITDA | |||||
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Wecash Competitors
Wecash competitors include listed companies like Jio Financial Services and Klarna, and private ones like Upgrade, Plata, Ualá and Varo Bank.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $332M | $272M | $16B | 38.1x | ||
| Private | $1B | - | $7.5B | 7.5x | ||
| Publicly listed | $3.5B | $551M | $5.3B | 1.3x | ||
| Private | $600M | - | $5B | 8.3x | ||
| Private | $186M | $41M | $3.2B | 17.2x | ||
| Private | $179M | - | $2.5B | 14.0x |
Wecash Public Comps
Wecash is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Capital One, Nubank, Bajaj Finserv, Shriram Finance, Synchrony, SoFi, Eurobank, Kaspi.kz, Jio Financial Services and Cholamandalam.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $53B | - | 2.3x | 2.0x | - | - | |||
| $11B | - | 6.3x | 3.2x | - | - | |||
| $14B | $5.9B | 5.7x | 5.1x | 14.0x | 25.3x | |||
| $2.6B | $1.6B | 16.4x | 13.5x | 25.9x | 22.2x | |||
| $15B | - | 1.8x | 1.7x | - | - | |||
| $3.6B | $1.1B | 6.0x | 4.8x | 20.5x | 14.8x | |||
| $3.9B | - | 5.0x | 4.6x | - | - | |||
| $9B | $3.2B | 2.0x | 2.0x | 5.9x | 5.3x | |||
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Common questions about Wecash
| When was Wecash founded? | Wecash was founded in 2013. |
| Where is Wecash headquartered? | Wecash is headquartered in Beijing, China. |
| Is Wecash publicly listed? | No, Wecash is a private, VC-backed company. |
| How much funding has Wecash raised? | Wecash has raised $267M across 4 funding rounds. |
| What was Wecash's last funding round? | Wecash's last funding round was a $160M Series D in March 2018, led by ORIX Asia Capital and Sea. |
| Who are Wecash's investors? | Wecash's investors include Hongdao Capital, Lingfeng Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), IDG Capital, SIG Ventures, ORIX Asia Capital, Sea, Sagamore Investments, China Merchants Innovation Investment Management, Foresight Group Holdings and 1 other. |
| Which companies are comparable to Wecash? | Companies comparable to Wecash include Jio Financial Services, Upgrade, Klarna, Plata, Ualá and Varo Bank. |
| How many companies has Wecash invested in? | Wecash has invested in 5 companies, including Huibanma, Daorong Shiji, AgrPal, Hash World and MydreamPlus. |
| What was Wecash's last investment? | In July 2019, Wecash invested in Huibanma's $3M Series A. |
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