The recently secured $13.1 million in seed funding by Autochek, the automotive technology company, will help in bolstering its auto finance scheme and deepen vehicle acquisition across Nigeria and Africa.
Daily Trust reports that the automotive technology company facilitating auto financing across Africa, secured the funding.
Co-led by follow-on investors, TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures, the round also included participation from existing investors, Golden Palm Investments, Enza Capital, Lateral Capital as well as new participants, ASK Capital and Mobility 54 Investment SAS (the venture capital arm of Toyota Tsusho Corporation / CFAO Group)
Despite being a $45 billion industry, it has been said that Africa’s used car market only has a 5% financing penetration rate, marking a major contrast to the rates of 98% and 99% in Europe and the USA respectively.
Based on its algorithms, Autochek is also able to develop a credit profile on behalf of customers and effectively reduce a loan application process from 40-45 days to 48 hours.
Founder and CEO of Autochek, Etop Ikpe, said, “At Autochek, our driving force is to increase financing penetration on the continent; we have been amazed by the market adoption rate and the support from our banking partners in the countries we operate in.
“We are extremely delighted with the progress we’ve made in a short amount of time. With this funding and the support of our strategic investors, the entire team at Autochek are dedicated to delivering exceptional service for customers and partners, as well as deploying our technology across Africa.”
Partner at TLcom, Andreata Muforo, said: “Autochek has achieved significant traction in one of Africa’s key verticals and is making impressive progress in bringing transparency and efficiency in this complex and fragmented industry.”
