Upsparks

2023年1月6日

2023年1月6日,班加羅爾:Fello、印度的第一個gamified儲蓄平台,專為印度Gen-Zs和年輕的千禧一代已經籌集了400萬美元的最新一輪融資由美國場邊企業參與,從企業家首先,Ycombinator, Kube風險和Upsparks。天使投資人,Kunal沙信譽的創始人拉基肖爾,Groww創始人之一查理•Songhurst大豐和艾倫·拉特裏奇參與這輪。此前,2021年11月,該公司已籌集了100萬美元的種子。Fello將使用資金來開發獨特gamified金融產品,雇用頂尖人才跨功能,擴大用戶群的數百萬印度的一級和二級城市。成立於2021年由YCombinator W22畢業生,Manish Maryada Shourya拉拉,Fello已經建立了一個革命性的遊戲和金融產品的十字路口。公司旨在讓金融有趣和有益的,從而幫助印度的年輕人建立更好的財務狀況。gamified儲蓄平台鼓勵用戶通過遊戲保存並增加他們的資金回報高於傳統的儲蓄賬戶。公司致力於車載500萬客戶在2023年底,使印度的人口發展創新型產品套件gamify投資。評論籌款,Maryada資源的共同創始人兼首席執行官Fello,說,“我們很高興開始新一輪的新年資金投資者通過新的和現有的選框。這重申我們的願景成為印度的首選fun-ancial儲蓄應用,結合金融和遊戲,因此培養和鼓勵儲蓄和投資的習慣在印度的青年。 Presently, we have a user base of over 500,000, with 72% of customers coming to the platform organically, through referrals. We are confident that with our accelerated growth and expansion, we will be able to reach our target of 5 million users by December 2023.” Shourya Lala, Co-founder, and CTO, Fello said, “We have seen massive tailwinds for our game-based savings model in the last one year. Of the 846 million internet users in India, nearly 433 million play games on their mobile phones, two or three times a week. Of this, 75% of internet users are between the age group of 18-30, and interestingly, they shy away from saving and investing. Fello’s market scope is unprecedented. With this fundraise; we aim to accelerate our product development, market penetration, and talent acquisition.” Kai Bond, Partner of Courtside Ventures said, “India has attracted unprecedented investment in the last four years in the fintech and gaming sector. As a global game investor, Courtside Ventures has remained very active in the ecosystem. The Indian Gaming audience is one of the largest and most active markets in the world, yet financial services applications attract a fraction of that gaming audience. There is a tremendous market opportunity to bridge the gap in financial literacy and invest in a fun and gamified experience. We are incredibly bullish that there is a massive opportunity at the intersection of gaming and financial services in India.” Matt Clifford, Co-founder, and CEO of Entrepreneur First said, “Entrepreneur First invested in Manish and Shourya as individuals, pre-idea because we recognized their extraordinary potential to build a world-leading company. In combining their talents to build Fello, they’ve made that potential a reality. As the team redefines finance for India’s next generation, we’ve been proud to back the team since its inception, and are so excited to see them hit yet another milestone with this raise. It’s founders like Fello’s that have motivated us to double down on our investment in India’s extraordinary talent pool, and we can’t wait to see what they do next” Fello’s other investors include prominent names like Acequia Capital and independent investors Ashneer Grover, Ex-MD, BharatPe, Bala Parthasarathy, and Chairman, Freo, to name a few.