Driven by the personal finance boom in China, Wacai is one of the leading players in this field and has secured US$50 million of Series B funding led by CBC Capital and CICC Jiacheng, along with Series A investors IDG, CDH Fund and Qiming Venture Partners. This round brings Wacai’s total funding to over US$80 million, according to the company.

The financing will be used in technology development, marketing, R&D of financial products, and data mining. Based on data collected, Wacai also plans to construct a user credit system.

Started as a bookkeeping app in 2009, the company has gradually shifted its focus to personal finance management after acquiring financial data analytics company Trust Analytics in 2013.

The Hangzhou-based startup operates several products, including bookkeeping service called Wacai, a credit card manager, monetary fund Wacaibao, and more.

Wacai claimed to have been managing over RMB10 billion (US$1.62 billion) worth of assets for more than 100 million users as of August this year.

image credit: Wacai

Editing by Mike Cormack (@bucketoftongues)

Emma Lee (Li Xin) was TechNode's e-commerce and new retail reporter until June 2022, when she moved to Sixth Tone to cover technology and consumption. Get in touch with her via lixin@sixthtone.com or Twitter.

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