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CreditEase
Corporate · Founded 2006 · China
Who CreditEase is.
Where the institution came from, whose capital it manages, and how that capital is allocated — from Dealroom's LP research.
Historical Background
- CreditEase was established in 2006 in Beijing, China, as a financial technology company.
- Initially focused on peer-to-peer lending, it has since expanded its services to include wealth management, payment technology, marketplace lending, crowdfunding, robo-advisory, and insurance technology.
- In 2013, the company established its first overseas office in Hong Kong.
- CreditEase launched Yirendai, a FinTech based P2P lending platform in 2012.
Major Events
- In March 2019, the CEO of CreditEase, Ning Tang, became the executive director of the China Mergers & Acquisitions Association.
Allocation Strategy
- The firm invests in early to late-stage companies through its CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund, which was founded in 2016 with $1 billion in committed capital.
- The fund has a global mandate, with a focus on FinTech and financial services companies in North America, Asia, and Europe.
- In 2013, CreditEase partnered with IDG Capital to launch the "IDG-CreditEase Financial Innovation Fund," valued at $100 million.
The funds CreditEase backs.
CreditEase is a limited partner in 58 funds. 9 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.
How CreditEase’s fund book is spread.
The 58 funds CreditEase backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters, across the 56 of 58 with a location on record.
- Rest of world 5598%
- North America 12%
- Europe 00%
China 52 · Brazil 1 · Hong Kong 1 · Malaysia 1
CreditEase’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of CreditEase’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where CreditEase is a named shareholder, worth about $325M in estimated equity value.
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1
Upgrade
3%
$7.3B
$219M
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2
Tradeshift
8.5%
$1.2B
$106M
Estimated value = CreditEase’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. CreditEase also appears inside investor groups in Cross River Bank, Souche, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The companies CreditEase backs directly.
CreditEase holds 2 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.
How those direct holdings break down by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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USA2
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Fintech2
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Series A1
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Series B+1
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Late Growth2
Other LPs.
Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to CreditEase by combined power-law score — Asia first, then the nearest worldwide.
