Financing for FinTechs
Cauris provides debt financing to market-leading financial technology companies
INVESTMENTS
We provide secured debt facilities for a variety of business models, including the following:
Asset Financing
Because productive assets enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to flourish and grow
SME Financing
Because small businesses are the foundation of every economy
Trade Financing
Because trade is the lifeblood of economic activity and growth
Consumer Lending
Because access to credit enables people to improve their lives and livelihoods
Our Portfolio Companies
Who We Are
Cauris is a mission-driven investment firm that delivers growth capital to best-in-class Fintechs and high risk-adjusted returns to investors. We aim to facilitate the extension of financial services to 100M people, accelerating the rise of the global middle class and enabling economic growth in emerging markets.
Cauris’s debt financing enables its partners to scale efforts that deliver financial services to small businesses and consumers—many of which are traditionally underserved—that are the economic engines of every economy. Leveraging cutting edge technology and highly structured underwriting, Cauris delivers both consistent financial returns and compelling social impact.
Our Team
- Head of product and credit at Juvo (consumer lending)
- Product roles at Mastercard, YellowPepper (sold to Visa), MTN Mobile Money.
- MBA from Columbia Business School; Undergraduate degree from ESCE, a business school in Paris, France
- $10B+ of structured finance transactions at Goldman Sachs
- Credit risk and underwriting of Fintechs and banks at Mastercard
- MBA from Columbia Business School; Masters of Science in Finance from the University of Florida; Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Fintech-focused payments, strategy, commercialization and financial inclusion at Mastercard
- M&A execution at Goldman Sachs
- MBA from the Wharton School and Certificate in Global Affairs from NYU; undergraduate degree in Economics from Vassar College
- Equity derivatives sales for Citi in Hong Kong
- FX derivatives sales at UBS
- Masters degree in Financial Markets from Université Paris Dauphine; undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from Université Paris Diderot
- Head of engineering at Juvo and Gaia
- Decades of experience leading engineering teams
- Undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Borrower Benefits
To provide our partners with growth capital when they need it most
To enable our partners to scale
responsibly
To support our partners as
they grow
Technology
Cauris’s proprietary “DeepDive” technology provides visibility into the operations and loan portfolios of emerging market Fintechs, enabling smarter credit decisions and more effective portfolio monitoring.
Local Integrations
Provides near real-time insight into portfolio company performance and financial health via connections with Fintechs and their financial institutions
Loan Monitoring
Provides visibility into Fintechs’ underlying loan books to monitor performance metrics and
covenant compliance
Advanced Analytics
Provides performance, risk and liquidity
analysis to enable data-driven
credit decisions
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