India’s fintech company ClearTax raises 75 million dollars for Middle East expansion

ClearTax, recently rebranded as Clear, India’s leading fintech SaaS company has announced its entry into the Middle East market through a series of $75 million Series C fundraise aimed at expanding into international markets. The fundraising, which also aims to help diversify into other business lines, including but not limited to B2B credit and payments, was led by Kora Capital alongside notable firms like Stripe. ClearTax, Asia’s largest and most trusted tax and compliance technology player, also offers software solutions for payments, invoices, and credits for a large number of businesses. With over 3,000 large enterprises, 1 million SMEs, and 60,000 tax professionals as clients for a variety of services from GST filing and e-invoicing to vendor management and input tax credit claims, the company is an approved partner by Indian Tax Authorities for direct API integration with government’s technical infrastructure for e-invoicing and GST. The company plans on starting its Middle East expansion by launching electronic invoicing products for medium to large businesses and then expanding to VAT compliance, B2B payments, and Accounts payables and receivables in the following months. ClearTax aims to build a global B2B network that helps enterprises with compliance, taxation, invoicing, collections, payments, and procurement. E-invoicing solutions of the company are compliant with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) guidelines in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The platform is available in both Arabic and English with cloud servers hosted within the country.