Nordic Capital Unites Qred and Liberis to Create Global SMB Financing Powerhouse
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Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire Liberis and further invest in Qred, combining the two firms into a single SMB finance group. The merged business will operate across 17 countries, report more than €250 million in revenue, and aims to address the global SME funding gap. Qred is the Stockholm-based digital bank for small businesses, founded in 2015, while Liberis is described as a leading global embedded finance platform.
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A private equity deal is consolidating embedded lending and digital SMB banking to scale revenue and cross-border reach quickly.
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Buying scale beats building it: Nordic Capital just chose acquisition over in-house product development by merging Liberis into Qred, and that should worry banks still betting on slow organic growth.
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- Nordic Capital Unites Qred and Liberis to Create Global SMB Financing Powerhouse
Nordic Capital has acquired Liberis and combined it with Qred, creating a small business financing platform with more than €250 million in revenue and operations across 17 countries, targeting the global SME funding gap. The post Nordic Capital Unites Qred and Liberis to Create Global SMB Financing Powerhouse appeared first on The Fintech Times .
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