PeopleFund

company

About

PeopleFund is Korea's leading digital lender focused on consumer finance.

  • 101 - 250

Details

Last Funding Type
Series B
Last Funding Money Raised
$11M
Industries
Finance,Financial Services,FinTech
Founded date
Mar 1, 2015
Number Of Employee
101 - 250
Operating Status
Active

Founded in 2015, PeopleFund is Korea's leading data-driven digital lender focused on consumer finance. Our mission is to give financial freedom to all consumers through more affordable loans and better investment opportunities. Leveraging its proprietary, data-driven credit model and eliminating inefficiencies with technology, PeopleFund delivers better loan rates for borrowers while maintaining an industry low loss rate to benefit retail and institutional investors. PeopleFund is the first digital lender in Korea to surpass $1B in loan originations and has provided an innovative way to invest to nearly 400,000 retail investors. It is notably the first fintech platform to offer loan and investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea's equivalent of WhatsApp. To date, PeopleFund has completed its Series C round of funding with a total of $63.4M of equity capital raised. For more information, visit www.peoplefund.co.kr.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
10
$88.12M
PeopleFund has raised a total of $88.12M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 30, 2021 from a Series C round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Nov 30, 2021 Series C $63.40M 1 Detail
Jul 27, 2021 Series Unknown 1 Detail
Mar 23, 2021 Series Unknown 1 Detail
Aug 28, 2020 Series B 1 Detail
Apr 22, 2020 Series Unknown 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
1
PeopleFund has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 27, 2022, when Akros Technologies raised $3.80M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Seed $3.80M Artificial Intelligence Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
3
PeopleFund is funded by 3 investors. Kakao Investment and 500 Global are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Kakao Investment Yes Series B
500 Global Series C
Shinhan Invest Series B