"With Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) onboard, we look forward to leveraging its deep understanding of global financial products as well as Internet businesses," Lendingkart Group co-founder and CEO Harshvardhan Lunia said in a statement.
Of the Rs 205 crore funding, about Rs 128 crore (USD 20 million) was raised as equity and about Rs 77 crore (USD 12 million) as debt in the second round or series B funding, the company said.
The fresh round of funding was led by BII and saw participation from Darrin Capital Management and existing investors - Mayfield India, Saama Capital and India Quotient, it added.
With this, the company has raised Rs 260 crore (USD 41 million) till date.
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"The latest infusion of growth capital will be used by Lendingkart Group for strengthening its data science capabilities, enhancing its technology platform as well as infrastructure for improved mobile capabilities," the company said.
Lendingkart Group aims to tap India's lending market by expanding its footprint further across India.
Founded in 2014 by ex-banker and ISB Hyderabad alumnus Harshvardhan Lunia, along with ex-ISRO scientist Mukul Sachan, the company focuses on facilitating loan to SMEs.
"We are excited to partner with Lendingkart Group to build the next generation lending company in India and we believe lending is a large market which will see a lot of innovation," BII MD Pankaj Makkar said.
Flipkart, Snapdeal, PayU are also partners of Lendingkart.