{"id":825325,"date":"2025-02-08T07:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/cashfree-payments-raises-53-million-led-by-krafton-to-fuel-geographic-expansion-and-innovation\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T07:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T13:11:33","slug":"cashfree-payments-raises-53-million-led-by-krafton-to-fuel-geographic-expansion-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/08\/cashfree-payments-raises-53-million-led-by-krafton-to-fuel-geographic-expansion-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cashfree Payments raises $53 million led by Krafton to fuel geographic expansion and innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-list-19554944\">\n<p><a title=\"home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/\">Home<\/a><span><\/span><a title=\"Business News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/business\/\">Business News<\/a><span><\/span><a title=\"Startup News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/startup\/\">Startup News<\/a><span><\/span><span>Cashfree Payments raises $53 million led by Krafton to fuel geographic expansion and innovation<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><h2>Currently, Cashfree processes over $80 billion annually, serving over 800,000 businesses, from emerging internet startups to established public enterprises. This growth is underpinned by the company&#8217;s focus on four key pillars of investment: payment infrastructure, merchant experience, customer experience, and international expansion.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Profile image\" title=\"Profile image\" id loading=\"lazy\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/static\/images\/author.png\"><span>By <a title=\"Ritu Singh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/author\/ritu-singh-35\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Ritu Singh <\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ritusingh\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_ritusingh\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 1200 1227\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"><path d=\"M714.163 519.284L1160.89 0H1055.03L667.137 450.887L357.328 0H0L468.492 681.821L0 1226.37H105.866L515.491 750.218L842.672 1226.37H1200L714.137 519.284H714.163ZM569.165 687.828L521.697 619.934L144.011 79.6944H306.615L611.412 515.685L658.88 583.579L1055.08 1150.3H892.476L569.165 687.854V687.828Z\" fill=\"#000\" \/><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_2108_609)\"><path d=\"M11.4751 4.16246C10.9051 4.16237 10.3578 4.38606 9.95107 4.78539C9.5443 5.18472 9.31055 5.72778 9.30014 6.29771L9.27914 7.47896C9.27791 7.54239 9.26328 7.60483 9.23622 7.66221C9.20916 7.71958 9.17028 7.77058 9.12212 7.81187C9.07396 7.85316 9.01762 7.8838 8.95678 7.90178C8.89595 7.91977 8.832 7.92468 8.76914 7.91621L7.59839 7.75721C6.05789 7.54721 4.58189 6.83771 3.16589 5.65796C2.71739 8.14046 3.59339 9.86021 5.70314 11.187L7.01339 12.0105C7.07564 12.0496 7.12736 12.1034 7.16402 12.1671C7.20068 12.2308 7.22117 12.3026 7.22368 12.3761C7.2262 12.4496 7.21067 12.5225 7.17846 12.5886C7.14624 12.6547 7.09832 12.7119 7.03889 12.7552L5.84489 13.6275C6.55514 13.6717 7.22939 13.6402 7.78889 13.5292C11.3274 12.8227 13.6801 10.1602 13.6801 5.76821C13.6801 5.40971 12.9211 4.16246 11.4751 4.16246ZM7.80014 6.26996C7.81323 5.547 8.0393 4.84397 8.45006 4.24888C8.86081 3.65379 9.43799 3.1931 10.1093 2.92449C10.7807 2.65587 11.5163 2.59127 12.2242 2.73877C12.9321 2.88628 13.5807 3.23932 14.0889 3.75371C14.6221 3.74996 15.0759 3.88496 16.0906 3.26996C15.8394 4.49996 15.7156 5.03396 15.1801 5.76821C15.1801 11.4997 11.6574 14.2867 8.08289 15C5.63189 15.489 2.06789 14.6857 1.04639 13.6192C1.56689 13.5787 3.68189 13.3515 4.90439 12.4567C3.87014 11.775 -0.246613 9.35246 2.45864 2.83946C3.72839 4.32221 5.01614 5.33171 6.32114 5.86721C7.18964 6.22346 7.40264 6.21596 7.80089 6.27071L7.80014 6.26996Z\" fill=\"#1D9BF0\" \/><\/g><defs><clipPath id=\"clip0_2108_609\"><rect width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"white\" \/><\/clipPath><\/defs><\/svg>\u00a0<\/a><span>February 8, 2025, 12:10:33 AM IST (Published)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Payments company Cashfree Payments has secured $53 million (approximately \u20b9450 crore) in a funding round led by Korean digital entertainment giant, Krafton.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe fresh capital will be used to drive product innovation, market expansion, and global growth. With the funding, Cashfree aims to further strengthen its position in the digital payments landscape and enhance its offerings for businesses worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\nCurrently, Cashfree processes over $80 billion annually, serving over 800,000 businesses, from emerging internet startups to established public enterprises. This growth is underpinned by the company&#8217;s focus on four key pillars of investment: payment infrastructure, merchant experience, customer experience, and international expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking to CNBC-TV18, Akash Sinha, CEO of Cashfree Payments, said, \u201cOn payment infrastructure, we already went live with a product like UPI Switch, and we&#8217;re trying to do more and more such infrastructure-led development by being closer to the issuers and networks. On merchant experience, the idea has been to, how do we make it much easier for merchant to access Cashfree, so that&#8217;s where we have product like instant settlement, secure ID.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added, &#8220;For customer experience, our product One Click Checkout has become a phenomenal hit in the market and that is targeting D2C merchants. At the same time, we believe there is a lot more we can do to evolve customer experience for the ones who are using the Cashfree platform, and that&#8217;s where you&#8217;re going to invest in a lot more energy in the next two years. The fourth is international expansion, and that is also pretty big. We acquired a stake in a company in the UAE three years back, and this year the plan has been to scale it up, be one of the market leaders in that market, and that is where I think significant focus will also be spent as part of this financing round- in expanding the international market, starting from the UAE going to KSA and four other markets which are part of the Middle East region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nKrafton, known for its dominance in the digital entertainment and gaming sectors, has become an important partner for Cashfree as the company looks to tap into the growing digital content and consumption market in India. With the rise of e-commerce, travel, and financial services, Cashfree has been helping businesses in these sectors, and the partnership with Krafton aims to strengthen its position in the digital content space. Sinha noted that Krafton\u2019s expertise in the B2C business and the growing digital consumption market in India makes it a strategic ally for Cashfree as the company prepares for the upcoming boom in the industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video for more<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/business\/startup\/cashfree-payments-fundraise-krafton-expansion-innovation-19554944.htm\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Lyndia Howe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Business News Startup News Cashfree Payments raises $53 million led by Krafton to fuel geographic expansion and innovation Currently, Cashfree processes over $80 billion annually, serving over 800,000 businesses, from emerging internet startups to established public enterprises. 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