Archive · 14 Jan 2026
Investors Eye KreditBee Stake Ahead of IPO
KreditBee is a company that gives people loans and helps with personal finance.
It wants to go public, which means it will sell shares to the public for the first time.
Before that, it is raising money from investors like Hornbill Capital and Dragon Funds.
The company has been doing well, with more profits and customers.
It already has big investors like Advent International and Premji Invest.
KreditBee offers loans from ₹1,000 to ₹4 lakh and has over 2 million active customers.
The money raised will help it prepare for its IPO, which is expected to happen later this year.
Investment firms like Hornbill Capital and Dragon Funds are evaluating a stake in KreditBee ahead of its IPO.
KreditBee is raising $100–120 million in a largely primary round, with a small secondary component.
The company's net profit rose to ₹473 crore in FY25, with revenue growing 40% year-on-year.
KreditBee offers loans ranging from ₹1,000 to ₹4 lakh with tenures of 2–15 months.
The company has around 6 million loan customers, with over 2 million active customers.
- Who
- Investment firms like Hornbill Capital and Dragon Funds, along with KreditBee's existing investors
- What
- Evaluating a stake in KreditBee ahead of its IPO
- When
- Bids due later this month, deal likely to close by the end of the quarter
- Where
- India
- Why
- To raise $100–120 million ahead of KreditBee's planned IPO
- Company
- KreditBee
- Founded
- 2016
- Founders
- Madhusudan Ekambaram, Vivek Veda, Karthikeyan Krishnaswamy
- Services
- Credit and personal finance
- Loan Range
- ₹1,000 to ₹4 lakh
- Loan Tenure
- 2–15 months
- Active Customers
- Over 2 million
- Total Customers
- Around 6 million
- Net Profit (FY25)
- ₹473 crore
- Revenue (FY25)
- ₹2,712 crore
- Investors
- Advent International, Premji Invest, Motilal Oswal Alternates, MUFG Bank, NewQuest Capital Partners, Mirae Asset Ventures
- IPO Advisors
- Nomura, ICICI Securities
- Potential Investors
- Hornbill Capital, Dragon Funds
- Fundraise Amount
- $100–120 million
- Expected IPO Filing
- Later this year