Qupital, Asia’s leading data-driven financing platform for SMEs in the new economy, today announced its new Series B2 financing round funded by a consortium of new and existing investors from Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. The fresh capital injection will be instrumental in scaling its securitisation facility backed by Citi, which supports its rapidly growing e-commerce loan portfolio.

China’s cross-border e-commerce merchants are largely underfunded despite Beijing’s push to boost the industry, according to Hong Kong-based lending start-up Qupital, which is hoping that its access to the city’s established capital market provides an answer.

Andy Chan, Co-founder and President at Qupital, a Hong Kong based company focusing in cross-broder e-commerce trade finance discusses its $150M series B funding and business outlook. He speaks with Shery Ahn & Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia”.

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提供跨境電商貿易融資服務的本港金融科技企業橋彼道（Qupital）昨宣布，通過B輪股權融資及資產證券化項目，共籌集1.5億美元（約11.7億港元）。此輪融資由大灣區共同家園發展基金領投，並獲特區政府旗下「創科創投基金」、概念資本、瑞峰及阿里巴巴創業者基金等投資者參與，將全面推進橋彼道融入粵港澳大灣區生態系統。

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 9 November 2021 – Asia’s leading financial technology platform Qupital today announced it has raised US$150 million in a combination of Series B equity funding and a receivables-backed securitization facility.

The company, long backed by an Alibaba Group Holding affiliate, focuses on arranging loans for Chinese vendors selling goods abroad via e-commerce platforms. Qupital’s U.S. dollar loans can finance offshore warehouses and other logistics and marketing costs.

近日，36氪获悉，金融科技平台桥彼道（Qupital）通过B轮股权融资及资产证券化项目，共筹集1.5亿美元资金。本轮融资由大湾区共同家园发展基金领投，并获香港特别行政区政府旗下“创科创投基金”、概念资本、瑞峰及阿里巴巴创业者基金等投资者注资；本次资产证券化项目由花旗集团牵头，并获 Integrated Alternative Credit Fund 投资。

Qupital, a Hong Kong-based fintech startup that offers cross-border e-commerce financing, has secured $150 million to expand its business in international markets and lift technological capabilities.

香港網上發票融資平台橋彼道（Qupital），近年主攻電商中小企融資服務。隨着疫情令網購活動更普及，橋彼道聯合創辦人陳盛源表示，對電商前景充滿信心，最新計劃擴展粵港澳大灣區業務、開拓人民幣融資產品，更有意運用其大數據分析技術強項，開拓中小企商業分析服務。