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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S.-Israeli Pagaya, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage institutional money, said on Wednesday it raised $102 million in a private funding round.
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Insurer Aflac Inc\’s Aflac Global Ventures, Bank Hapoalim\’s Poalim Capital Markets, Viola, Oak HC/FT, Harvey Golub – the former CEO of American Express – Clal Insurance and Siam Commercial Bank participated in the round.
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Pagaya manages over $1.6 billion of assets for banks, insurance companies, pensions funds, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds using AI.
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Pagaya in May issued a $200 million consumer credit asset-backed security, the firm\’s seventh deal to date. Its total ABS issuance has exceeded $1 billion in a year and a half.
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The company will use the investment to hire more data scientists, develop its technology further and pursue new asset classes, such as real estate and other fixed-income assets like auto loans, mortgages, and corporate credit.
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(Reporting by Tova Cohen; Editing by Steven Scheer)
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