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CrediLinq raises $8.5M Series A to scale their AI-powered embedded finance platform, providing faster access to capital for SMEs globally | Markup #1179

May 22, 2025 · 2 min read
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  • CrediLinq just raised US$8.5M to bring faster, smarter financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by embedding AI-powered credit tools directly into the platforms they already use.
  • The company’s solutions can be embedded across platforms that cover verticals of procurement, supply chain, e-commerce marketplaces, freelance platforms, banking, accounting, and payments. In the e-commerce space for example, CrediLinq has integrations with key marketplaces such as Amazon, Lazada and TikTok Shop. 
  • Co-founder Vikram Kotibhaskar shared that their credit-as-a-service model results in a fast, frictionless and transparent customer experience, as well as offers more ways for platforms to monetize their business.
  • The funds will be used to immediately accelerate the company’s expansion, starting with the United States and then to the United Kingdom and Australia — making it easier for SMEs globally to access credit right when they need it.
  • CrediLinq will strengthen their leadership bench in sales, marketing, product and tech to support expansion in the target markets.
  • A significant portion of the funds will also be invested in enhancing the company’s technology stack — with continual improvement of AI-led credit algorithms that use the SME’s real-time digital footprint including platform data, unstructured data, bureau information and the likes, to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs), improve ‘Default On’ collections, and build agentic workflows to drive efficiency.
  • Read the full story on TechNode Global.
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