UAE-based Buy Now. Pay Later (BNPL) startup Postpay has secured a strategic equity investment from AP Ventures (UK) and global BNPL firm Afterpay (Australia). This comes hot on the heels of last month's BNPL acquisition in the region, where Australian BNPL firm Zip acquired UAE-based BNPL startup Spotii for $16.25 million.
Postpay works with hundreds of global brands, including H&M, Footlocker, Dermalogica and regional merchants such as The Entertainer, Kcal and Squat Wolf.
Tariq Sheikh, Founder and CEO of Postpay said "For Postpay, this strategic investment provides not only capital to enable us to accelerate our growth, but also an opportunity to collaborate and bring new learnings from our new shareholders as we expand in the MENA region."
Anthony Eisen Co-CEO and Co-Founder at Afterpay, said "We are excited to support Postpay as they grow the buy now, pay later market in the Middle East. We have seen first-hand the incredible uptake of BNPL globally and have no doubt that Postpay will deliver a best-in-class solution across the Middle East."
Hein Vogel, CEO at AP Ventures said "We believe that Postpay has an extremely strong team, product and partner-base to ensure market leadership in the region. We are proud to be a part of this journey in the Middle East - a region with such impressive growth. Our investment in Postpay fits well with our overall strategy and complements our other BNPL Investment in Asia as well."
In addition to the investment from Afterpay and AP Ventures (which is expected to be completed in the coming days), APV will be nominating a director to join the Board of Directors of Postpay.
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