Rocket Internet Invests in Funding Circle

Funding Circle lines up Wall Street giant to lead £1.5bn float

Rocket Internet is one of the major shareholders of Funding Circle, a British peer-to-peer lender that is preparing for a London initial public offering (IPO) led by Morgan Stanley. Funding Circle has facilitated loans worth over $5bn globally and is valued at more than £1.5bn.

Rocket Internet

Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally, providing deep operational support to entrepreneurs and helping them build market-leading companies.

Rocket Internet incubates, builds and operationally develops internet-based business models. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Besides, it strategically invests in complementary internet and technology companies globally to build out its network. Rocket Internet's companies are active in a large number of countries around the world. For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.Careers: due to an increased number of fraud cases, please note we only accept job applications via online forms on our website www.rocket-internet.com, LinkedIn Jobs, SmartRecruiters Careers, or via recruitment@rocket-internet.comAny job offers/recruitment related communication sent from domains other than rocket-internet.com or rocket-internet.de have no connection to Rocket Internet SE.

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Rocket Internet SE

Rocket Internet SE is an incubator, private equity, and venture capital firm specializing in incubation, early-stage, growth capital, late venture, later stage, and start-ups. The firm seeks to make investments in Internet companies with a focus on online and mobile retail services. It prefers to invest in technology and Internet-based companies with a focus on financial technology, software, food and groceries which includes individualized fresh food at home and online food delivery, fashion which includes emerging markets online fashion, general merchandise which includes emerging markets online retail as well as marketplaces for online merchandise, home and living which includes international home and living ecommerce, travel including online and mobile travel bookings, mobile data services, package holidays with transfer, regional internet groups, and new businesses and investments. The firm's target regions include Europe, Africa and Middle East, Russia and CIS, Asia and Pacific (excluding China), Latin America. It was formerly known as Rocket Internet AG. Rocket Internet SE was founded in 2007 and is based in Berlin, Germany with additional offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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21/11 07:16

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