Egypt fintech firm MNT-Halan securing $400 million in new finance

CAIRO, Feb 1(Reuters) – Egyptian microfinance lending and funds firm MNT-Halan is securing $400 million in new fairness and finance, bringing its valuation to greater than $1 billion, the corporate mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.

The investments embrace an fairness stake of a minimum of 20% of MNT-Halan price greater than $200 million taken by personal fairness agency Chimera Abu Dhabi. One other $60 million in major capital is being secured from worldwide buyers, the assertion mentioned.

These buyers embrace the Worldwide Finance Company (IFC), in accordance with information on the IFC’s web site.

MNT-Halan obtained $140 million in financing by securitising a part of its mortgage e-book, the assertion mentioned.

MNT-Halan gives small- and micro-business lending, funds, shopper finance and e-commerce, the corporate mentioned. It has greater than 5 million clients in Egypt, of which 3.5 million are monetary shoppers and a pair of million are debtors. About 1.3 million of the purchasers are energetic month-to-month.

New laws and regulatory adjustments in Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous nation, have been serving to entice a surge in new fintech investments and alter the way in which the nation’s largely unbanked residents do enterprise.

“Following the completion of those investments, MNT-Halan’s valuation will exceed $1 billion,” the assertion added.

Earlier buyers in MNT-Halan embrace Cairo-based Lorax Capital Companions, and Center Japanese enterprise capitalists Algebra Ventures, DisrupTech, Endeavor Catalyst, Egypt Ventures, MEVP and Wamda.

Reporting by Patrick Werr. Enhancing by Gerry Doyle

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