TymeBank, the emerging lender backed by Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital , says it has completed its $180m series-B capital raise, with Chinese tech giant Tencent and CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, becoming new shareholders.
Series-B refers to a funding round after the initial capital raising for a start-up, and in February Tyme raised $110m from private equity firm Apis Partners and JG Summit Holdings, which is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines and owned by the Gokongwei family...