Fintech company Jia raised $4.3 million in funding with TCG Crypto as the lead investor.
BlockBeats news, on May 17th, Jia, a blockchain fintech company, completed a $4.3 million financing round led by TCG Crypto, with participation from BlockTower, Hashed Emergent, Saison Capital, and Global Coin Research. Individual investors include Not Boring founder Packy McCormick, Canonical Crypto's Anand Iyer and Jared Hecht, and financial technology lending companies Fundera and CircleUp co-founder Rory Eakin.
Jia aims to provide loans to small and micro-enterprises in emerging markets. This round of financing will be used to expand into the Kenyan and Philippine markets and explore emerging markets in West Africa, Latin America, and Asia. (TechCrunch)