Funding · Financial Services
InCred turns unicorn after Series D round
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- Date
- Company
- InCred
- What it does
- Non-banking finance company
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- Rs 500 crore ($60M)
- Stage
- Series D
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
InCred is a Mumbai-based non-banking finance company (NBFC) that lends to individuals and businesses
What happened
It raised Rs 500 crore ($60M) in Series D funding led by Ranjan Pai (MEMG), reaching a $1.03B valuation
Why it matters
The company became the second unicorn of 2023, after Zepto, and plans to enter the insurance business
The details
- InCred raised Rs 500 crore ($60M) in a Series D funding round.
- The round was led by Ranjan Pai (MEMG Family Office) with $9M.
- Other investors included Ravi Pillai ($5.4M), Ram Nayak ($1.2M), and ultra high-net-worth individuals.
- Varanium Capital Advisors and Sattva Group also participated.
- The round valued InCred at $1.03 billion, making it a unicorn.
- Post-allotment, KKR India Financial Investments holds the largest stake at 31.5%.
- B Singh Holdings is the second largest stakeholder with 17.2%.
- The company's board passed a resolution to enter the insurance business.
The bigger picture
- InCred is the second unicorn of 2023, after Zepto in August.
- India saw 26 unicorns in 2022 and 44 in 2021.
- The company's operating revenue grew 77.4% to Rs 865.6 crore in FY23.
- Profit jumped 3.5 times to Rs 109 crore in FY23.
- Profit before tax in the first half of FY24 was Rs 170 crore.
About the business
- InCred is a non-banking finance company (NBFC) based in Mumbai.
- It reported operating revenue of Rs 865.6 crore in FY23, up 77.4% from Rs 488 crore in FY22.
- It posted a profit of Rs 109 crore in FY23, up from Rs 30.8 crore in FY22.
- Profit before tax for the first half of FY24 was Rs 170 crore.
What happens next
- The board passed a resolution to enter the insurance business.
The deal
- Type
- funding
Investors
- Ranjan Pai (MEMG) (lead) — Family office of Ranjan Pai, a prominent Indian investor.
- Ravi Pillai (participated) — Chairman of RP Group of Companies.
- Ram Nayak (participated) — Global Co-Head of Investment Bank & Head of Fixed Income & Currencies at Deutsche Bank.
- Varanium Capital Advisors (participated) — An investment advisory firm.
- Sattva Group (participated) — A business group.
- KKR India Financial Investments (existing) — Largest stakeholder post-allotment with 31.5% stake.
- B Singh Holdings (existing) — Second largest stakeholder with 17.2% stake.
Founders
- Bhupinder Singh, Founder and CEO
More on InCred
- InCred plans to file IPO worth Rs 5,000-5,500 crore14 August 2025 · IPO · Rs 5,000-5,500 crore
- InCred launches 'Ask InCred' campaign with Shreyas Iyer7 May 2025 · Launch
- InCred names Shreyas Iyer as brand ambassador20 February 2025 · Partnership
- InCred Group plans insurance and mutual fund ventures4 November 2024 · Launch · ₹300 crore
- InCred posts Rs 316 crore profit in FY2410 June 2024 · Results
- InCred raises ₹31.4 crore in second debt round6 November 2019 · Funding · ₹31.4 crore