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Cross-border Chinese fintech firm XTransfer hits unicorn valuation after $138m Series D

Bill Deng Guobiao, co-founder and CEO of Chinese fintech startup XTransfer

By Eudora Wang

September 17, 2021

XTransfer, a Chinese cross-border financial and risk management services provider, has reached unicorn valuation after raising $138 million in a Series D round to fund its global ambitions starting from Southeast Asia.

The latest round was led by Dan Sundheimโ€™s hedge fund D1 Capital Partners with participation from the firmโ€™s existing shareholders, according to a press release on Friday.

The new transaction followed the completion of its Series C round across two tranches, Its Series C1 round was led by Australiaโ€™s venture capital (VC) firm Telstra Ventures in October 2020, while a Series C2 round was led by Hong Kongโ€™s Lavender Hill Capital Partners (LHCP) this January. Financial terms of these deals were undisclosed.

Shanghai-based XTransfer specialises in business-to-business (B2B) cross-border financial services. The firm partners with multinational banks and financial institutions to develop a multi-currency, globally-unified financial settlement network that powers small- and medium-sized importers and exporters in opening collection accounts, FX settlement and beyond.

Founded in May 2017, the firm has built a client base of over 150,000 SMEs, mostly in China. It has a team of more than 1,000 employees operating from offices in Hong Kong, UK, Canada, the US, Japan, Australia, and Singapore.

โ€œOur plan is to serve SMEs from around the world, starting with Southeast Asia, where weโ€™ve already established a foothold,โ€ said Bill Deng, founder, and chief executive of XTransfer.

โ€œCross-border e-commerce is growing by leaps and bounds due to policy support,โ€ said Deng. โ€œFor exporters, the latest round of overseas expansion has been a lot different from a few years earlier, marked by diverse sales channels and fragmented orders. Digitisation is a major trend amid cut-throat market competition. We will keep promoting the digitisation of export and aid the sectorโ€™s digital transformation.โ€

The firm plans to use the new proceeds to upgrade its products and services, continue investing in big data and artificial intelligence (AI), bolster its anti-money laundering (AML) risk management system, and attract global talent to fuel its expansion into overseas markets.

Its investors also include China Merchants Venture, Yunqi Partners, Gaorong Capital, 01 Capital, eWTP Capital, and MindWorks Capital.

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