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Paidy Raises US$120 Million in Series D Round
April 2, 2021 GMT
TOKYO, April 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Paidy Inc., Japan’s leading “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service provider, is pleased to announce that it completed the Series D round of funding by March 31, 2021, raising a total of US$120 million from JS Capital Management LLC, Soros Capital Management LLC, Tybourne Capital Management Ltd., and Wellington Management. Since late 2020, Paidy has additionally completed the loan facilities set up by upsizing the warehouse facility with Goldman Sachs, newly establishing the secured loan facility with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the other warehouse facility through the syndication led by Mizuho Bank, Ltd. This capital increase and additional debt financing from the financial institutions bring total capital raising since the company’s founding to US$585 million (of which, equity is US$337 million, one of the largest amounts of funding ever raised by a startup in Japan).