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Neo Financial Raises $68.5 Million From 100+ Canadian Investors at Higher Valuation Than 2024 Round

The oversubscribed financing seeds a credit card loan securitization program to unlock capacity for larger‑scale lending.

Overview

  • More than 100 backers participated, including AIMCo, Northleaf, Plaza Ventures, Sandstone Asset Management and Caldwell Growth Opportunities Fund, with some additional investors from the U.S. and Switzerland.
  • Neo targeted $15–$20 million but received $70–$80 million in orders, signaling strong demand for the deal.
  • Proceeds will launch a master trust that pools credit card balances for securitization, which executives say can start in the hundreds of millions and scale into the billions.
  • Neo’s registration under the Bank of Canada’s new supervisory regime remains under review, and the company says it is fully compliant as scrutiny continues following Tencent’s 2024 minority investment.
  • Filings show recent issuances of preferred and other shares, and the company says it sold no additional shares beyond those raising $68.5 million, taking total funding since 2019 past $700 million.