Colendi

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$65M

Amount

Series B

Stage

22.05.2024

Date

3

all rounds

$97.53M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Colendi is a multifunctional banking platform that democratizes banking services for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions.

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founded date

01.02.2016

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series B

IPO status

Private

Description

Colendi provides unique financial services based on scoring algorithms, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to offer fast and easy access to loans and micro-investment platforms to 7 million users. The platform also provides credit scoring and fraud detection services, helping clients offer end-to-end white-label financial and microcredit services. Colendi aims to solve a chronic financial problem for over 3 billion people who do not have bank accounts and over 5 billion people who cannot get loans.
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location

Contact Email

Social url

Legal Names

Legal name

Colendi Holdings Limited
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Eray Eren
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Eray Eren

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Serkan Omerbeyoglu
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Serkan Omerbeyoglu

Mihriban Ersin Tekmen
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Mihriban Ersin Tekmen

Mihriban Ersin is the Co- Founder & CEO Turkey of Colendi, a blockchain fintech startup helping to create better financial inclusion opportunities for the un/underbanked, and empower the developing world. After graduating from Istanbul University, Mihriban started her career as a project manager for the European Union and European Commission, catapulting her to a path of entrepreneurism in the fintech space. She co-founded Ininal, the first and biggest e-money company in Turkey that has reached 1 million active users in less than half a decade. Mihriban is also the founder and editor of FintechTime, the leading fintech magazine in Turkey. As one of the few women to hold a C-level position in the blockchain industry, Mihriban is an advocate for women in technology. One of her first ventures includes founding Kadingozu, a startup created to support women in business. Mihriban’s passion for creating opportunities for minorities is one of her motivators with Colendi.

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1

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Bulent Tekmen
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Employee Profiles
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Suleyman Onay

Suleyman Onay

Managing Director

Aslı Caner

CCO

Ali Kürşad Bostan

CFO

Tolga Alıcı

CCO

Nagehan Güneş Okman

CMO

Ekin Selcuk

Community Manager

Erbil Eren

Erbil Eren

VP of Engineering

Ahmet Erzurum

Asia Pacific Business Developer

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