FIDO
Short-term Loans for Underserved Markets
Startup B Fintech & Insurtech Est. 2015
Total Raised
$60M
B
Last Round
$5.5M
4 rounds
Investors
4
4 public
Team
12
201-500 employees
Confidence
101/100
News
5
articles
About
FIDO is a technology-driven financial service provider. Its fully automated end-to-end solution uses proprietary machine-learning technology to offer responsible credit products to entrepreneurs and consumers through mobile technology. Responsible digital financing is a critical pillar of FIDO's vision and mission. The company has signed the Responsible Finance Forum guidelines and endorsed the Smart Campaign program. FIDO is the top financial app in its first market, Ghana, and has received a lending license and begun operations in its second market, the Philippines. The company has over $24 million distributed to date through 400,000 loans to more than 100,000 customers.
Classification
Sector
Fintech & InsurtechLending & Financing
Core Technology
Platforms & InterfacesMobile
Target Customer
Consumers
Business Model
B2BB2C
Tags
fintechmobile-applicationsmicrofinancelending-and-financingfinanceartificial-intelligencemachine-learningfinancial-servicesunbanked
Funding & Events
Sep 2024
B Round $30M
FMO (Lead), BlueOrchard (Lead)
Jun 2022
A Round $30M
Fortissimo Capital (Lead), Yard Ventures
Feb 2026
Debt Financing $5.5M
Feb 2026
Debt Financing $5.5M
News (5)
Sep 3, 2024 · techcrunch.com
growth-positive
Impact investors FMO and BlueOrchard back Ghana’s digital lender Fido in $30M Series B round | TechCrunch
InvestmentCustomersExpand
Mar 7, 2023 · www.ghanaweb.com
Fido launches on IOS for iPhone users in Ghana
Jun 21, 2022 · en.globes.co.il
growth-positive
Israeli fintech co Fido raises $30m for African expansion
InvestmentExpand
Mar 13, 2018 · www.ghanaweb.com
FIDO money lending receives funding from DEG's up-scaling programme
Mar 21, 2017 · www.forbes.com
growth-positive
This Startup Is Giving Customers Credit Where It's Due, On Their Smartphones
CustomersPartners
Details
Product Stage
Released
Employees
201-500
Exact Count
242
District
Center District
Founded
2015
Registrar
515299055
Crunchbase
fido-3
Locations
Raoul Wallenberg Street 24, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
1 Cybercity, Ebne, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius
4 Blohum Road, Accra, Ghana
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Links
Website
LinkedIn
Twitter
Facebook
Careers
Admin
Last Update
Mar 11, 2026
Verified by
Yanina Wainscheinker
Missing
markets
Team (12)
Tomer Edry
Co-founder & Board Member
Founder
Alon Eitan
CEO
Eden Kfir
Co-founder (No longer with the company)
Founder
Boaz Jacobi
Co-founder (No longer with the company)
Founder
Kelvin Abdallah
CFO
Guy Shaked
CTO
Shmulik Davar
VP - Product
Uri Tolkowsky
VP - Risk
Gadi Regev
VP BizDev
Itai Eshkar
Head of Global Marketing
Noa Lubin
DIRECTOR OF DATA SCIENCE
Maya Aharoni
Director of Human Resources
Internal
Created by
Ben Yaron (benyaron@gmail.com)
Created
2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman (jenny.sotnik@sncentral.org)