艾伦·拉特里奇

2023年1月6日

2023年1月6日,班加罗尔:Fello、印度的第一个gamified储蓄平台,专为印度Gen-Zs和年轻的千禧一代已经筹集了400万美元的最新一轮融资由美国场边企业参与,从企业家首先,Ycombinator, Kube风险和Upsparks。天使投资人,Kunal沙信誉的创始人拉基肖尔,Groww创始人之一查理•Songhurst大丰和艾伦·拉特里奇参与这轮。此前,2021年11月,该公司已筹集了100万美元的种子。Fello将使用资金来开发独特gamified金融产品,雇用顶尖人才跨功能,扩大用户群的数百万印度的一级和二级城市。成立于2021年由YCombinator W22毕业生,Manish Maryada Shourya拉拉,Fello已经建立了一个革命性的游戏和金融产品的十字路口。公司旨在让金融有趣和有益的,从而帮助印度的年轻人建立更好的财务状况。gamified储蓄平台鼓励用户通过游戏保存并增加他们的资金回报高于传统的储蓄账户。公司致力于车载500万客户在2023年底,使印度的人口发展创新型产品套件gamify投资。评论筹款,Maryada资源的共同创始人兼首席执行官Fello,说,“我们很高兴开始新一轮的新年资金投资者通过新的和现有的选框。这重申我们的愿景成为印度的首选fun-ancial储蓄应用,结合金融和游戏,因此培养和鼓励储蓄和投资的习惯在印度的青年。 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.