500 Labs

500 Global, formerly known as 500 Startups, is a venture capital firm and incubator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2010. The firm specializes in seed investments, primarily focusing on early-stage technology and financial services startups across various sectors, including biotech, e-commerce, fintech, and digital healthcare. 500 Global operates a four-month accelerator program, where it typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million for a 5 to 10 percent equity stake in companies with at least $100,000 in monthly revenue. The firm targets a global market, with particular emphasis on regions such as the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since its inception, it has invested in over 2,200 startups and supports the growth of innovation ecosystems through educational programs and partnerships. 500 Global also prioritizes investments in companies led by minority founders, reflecting its commitment to diverse entrepreneurial leadership.

Amjad Ahmad

General Partner

Chandini Ammineni

Partner

André Marcel Bally

Investor Relations Associate

Timothy Chae

Managing Partner

Amal Enan

Partner

Max Fram-Schwartz

Venture Partner

Christine Herron

Advisor

Twwo Pun Jaruthassanakul

Investment Associate

Yolanda Kim

Principal

Matt Lerner

Partner

Jon Li

Director, Investor Relations

Jasmine Liew

Investment Manager

Robert Neivert

Venture Partner

Khailee Ng

Managing Partner

Krating Poonpol Ph.D

Partner

Ruangroj Poonpol

Venture Partner

Natavudh Pungcharoenpong

Partner

Mameaw Sapprasert

Partner

Reena Sharma

Investor Relations Associate

Mike Sigal

Partner, FinTech

Sanjay Singhal

Partner, Canada

Tanya Soman

Venture Partner

Paulina Szyrmer

Head of Global Education

Pat Naranpat Thitipattakul

Investor

Christine Tsai

Co-Founder, Partner & Chief Executive Officer

Tony Wang

Managing Partner

Bedy Yang

Managing Partner

Paul Yoo

Chief Financial Officer

Past deals in FinTech

Pacto

Seed Round in 2023
Pacto is a point of sale (POS) software and payments company dedicated to making digital commerce accessible for the merchants of Latin America. Pacto builds tools and technology to empower merchants to move beyond cash payments and accelerate growth in their digital business. Headquartered in the US, Pacto has an office in Mexico City.

Takenos

Venture Round in 2023
Takenos provides the best way to get paid in LATAM for freelancers and contractors.

Fy!

Venture Round in 2023
Fy builds a creative and addictive mobile marketplace to shop online.

CrowdForce

Venture Round in 2023
CrowdForce is a company that operates an offline distribution network focused on market research and financial services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, CrowdForce leverages mobile technology to facilitate the mass adoption of digital, cryptocurrency, and financial services. The company collaborates with businesses, banks, digital wallets, multinational organizations, NGOs, and government agencies to effectively reach underserved populations in various communities. By providing innovative solutions and a global agent network, CrowdForce aims to enhance access to essential services and drive engagement in financial literacy and technology adoption.

Text'nPayMe

Venture Round in 2023
Text And Pay Me is an e-wallet, located into your keyboard, which enables you to make transactions literally everywhere, where you can open your keyboard (without needing to integrate with messaging apps). With Text And Pay Me you don't even have to leave the chat window to make a simple transaction. Just type the receiver's name and the amount you want to send... and... That's it... you made a transfer!

CrediLinq.Ai

Seed Round in 2022
CrediLinq.Ai is revolutionizing SME lending using AI and machine learning. They Linq artificial intelligence & machine learning with credit underwriting.

Crabi

Venture Round in 2022
Crabi is a vertically-integrated Insurtech carrier which uses big data to analyze individual driving behavior

Ringkas

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ringkas aims to solve the housing problem by digitizing the overall value chain and creating an intelligent platform that would simplify the mortgage process, efficiently match customer profiles, and target assets to the risk appetite of the financial institutions.

Virtualtech Frontier

Seed Round in 2022
Virtualtech Frontier develops business processes through virtual reality technology. It operates virtual event platforms, metaverse services, and virtual reality solutions. Virtualtech Frontier was founded in 2021 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.

Siolla.

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Siolla. develops an online platform that offers micro-investing from spare changes. It allows users to manage and budget their finances. Siolla. is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Drahim

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Drahim develops a digital platform on recommended investing plans after analyzing one's financial usage. It serves as a personal budget app that tracks financial transactions. Drahim is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Loopay

Pre Seed Round in 2022
We are a technology-based financial solution, where any company in the supply chain can obtain cash for its operations and disperse payments to suppliers from any location in less than 24 hours.

Omniful

Grant in 2022
Stealth B2B SaaS

Enter

Seed Round in 2022
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

Stax

Seed Round in 2022
Stax is all of your bank accounts, mobile wallets, crypto in a single app that works without mobile data.

SustainFi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SustainFi connects people who want to make an impact with their money with the right investments, products, and services. They help investors find investments that will do well in the climate transition, including private clean energy and cleantech opportunities, companies with strong environmental, social, or governance scores, and impact investments.

Zebec

Seed Round in 2022
Zebec is a financial platform built on the Solana blockchain that focuses on transforming payroll transactions through continuous settlement. By utilizing decentralized finance (DeFi) technology, Zebec enables real-time and ongoing streams of payments, allowing users to efficiently manage their payroll. The platform facilitates the composable transfer of value, starting with its Stream Payroll feature, which supports the conversion of cryptocurrency into cash while ensuring compliance. This innovative approach aims to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of payroll processes for businesses and their employees.

TartanHQ

Seed Round in 2022
Our technology allows businesses to access payroll data directly from the payroll systems to streamline income and employment verification, improve underwriting models, and help employees and independents avail custom benefits from their employers.

FinFlx

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a cloud-based platform designed to provide tools to understand financial insights. The company's platform offers efficient contributions' management by employers to their employees' gratuity plans under DIFC employment law and offers a platform to support savings goals, financial freedom and empowering employees, enabling employers to attract and retain talented employees by offering a proper EOSB plan in a convenient, transparent, and cost-effective way.

Verofax Limited

Seed Round in 2022
Traceability as a service for Pharmaceuticals, valuables and Food. Improve trust through eradicating counterfeit, tampering or inventory diversion. Solution includes last mile safe delivery.

Umoja Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Emerging Impact modernizes financial services in emerging markets through blockchain technology. It is a benefit corporation that supports NGOs and government agencies leverage blockchain technology as a tool for humanitarian programming. The Oakland, California-headquartered company was established in 2020.

PeopleFund

Series C in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Vega

Seed Round in 2021
We are experiencing the biggest paradigm shift in investing. Unlike the last ten generations, everyone today has the ability to actively invest at their fingertips. Understanding how to invest however is still a problem for most as today's solutions are fragmented, unreliable, and often inaccessible to the public. We believe that the future of investing is going to be transparent, social, and community-driven. Vega aims to democratize investing knowledge - empowering people to utilize investing and crypto to create better outcomes for themselves, together.

Mujer Financiera

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mujer Financiera is a startup on a mission to close the gender gap in financial inclusion for women through education and community. We educate women on personal finance to help them make better life-decisions; start saving; start investing and manage their personal finances correctly. We have our own free PFM app called Felicity (https://www.felicity.app/) and other simple financial management resources destined to help women gain control of their finances and take better informed short and log term decisions.

Finaxar

Venture Round in 2021
Finaxar is a financial service company that finances small businesses through cloud accounting platforms. The company leverages technology to provide fast and flexible business funding, aided by its simple, transparent pricing structures and integration. Finaxar provides superior, fully automated capital solutions to help Singaporean small businesses manage short-term cash flows and avoid bankruptcy. These include receivable financing, a flexible line of credit etc. - a perfect marriage between finance and technology. The company was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Monnai

Seed Round in 2021
Monnai provides a global infrastructure that delivers more than 500+ insights to financial organizations to make more accurate and informed decisions throughout the lifecycle of their customers. Through a single API, fintech firms get access to a global integrated platform that helps them navigate the four key pillars of onboarding, trust and fraud risk, credit underwriting and debt collections.

Enter

Seed Round in 2021
Enter is a payments platform for the world's leading emerging market businesses.

Plum Fintech

Series A in 2021
Plum Fintech is a developer of personal savings assistant solutions for customers. It offers Plum that monitors the daily spending and automatically sets money aside that the user won't need; analyzes the account to learn about the income, expenses, and spending patterns, monitors the current account and every few days transfers some money from it to the user’s Plum savings, and notifies the users about their balance. Alex Michael and Victor Trokoudes founded Plum Fintech on February 1, 2016. It has its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom.

Productfy

Series A in 2021
Productfy is a secure and advanced platform for building financial applications. The platform integrates with different vendors and adds data science to normalize and sanitize the data to create a single, unified platform that provides the most common workflows and tasks for financial applications. Productfy also provides credit checks, financial data model & projects, asset valuation, bank integrations & account verifications, KYC, and identify & contact information verification.

TartanHQ

Seed Round in 2021
Our technology allows businesses to access payroll data directly from the payroll systems to streamline income and employment verification, improve underwriting models, and help employees and independents avail custom benefits from their employers.

Bringy

Seed Round in 2021
bringy is a mobile app that enables customers to buy insurance services instantly, in a simple, digital end-to-end manner, with only a few clicks. bringy as a platform aspires to provide financial services and potentially digital banking services in an easy, fast and secure manner.

Integrated Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Integrated Finance is a fintech company that specializes in providing a core banking platform tailored for banks and financial institutions. The company develops API-enabled solutions that facilitate the integration of various financial products. Its offerings include tools for building and launching financial services, enhancing customer engagement, automating workflows, and supporting open banking initiatives. By providing these features, Integrated Finance enables financial institutions to effectively manage their business finances and streamline operations, ultimately enhancing their service delivery and customer experience.

Flat.mx

Series A in 2021
Flat.mx is a property tech startup that that simplifies the process of buying or selling a home, with a deep layer of technology and data. With Flat.mx, sellers can sell their homes for a fair price in a matter of days, and move-in to a new apartment effortlessly. For buyers, Flat.mx assures the conditions of the property, a fair purchase price, and a seamless buying experience. Bernardo Cordero and Victor Noguera founded it in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal.

Baubap

Venture Round in 2021
Baubap is a developer of a microlending financial platform focused on providing personal loans. The platform allows customers to access instant loans through a user-friendly application, eliminating the need for extensive documentation and complex procedures. This streamlined process enables users to apply for loans conveniently, anytime and anywhere, enhancing accessibility to financial support.

Vech

Seed Round in 2021
Vech is a financial services provider focused on supporting independent workers in Latin America, particularly gig economy participants such as drivers and delivery personnel. The company offers short-term loans designed to help these workers maintain stable earnings on a weekly basis. Utilizing alternative credit scoring methods, Vech tailors its loan products based on the specific trip details provided in loan applications. This approach allows gig workers to access funding quickly and without the need for endorsements or lengthy waiting periods, thereby facilitating their financial stability and enhancing their ability to work effectively in a fluctuating income environment.

Sarwa

Series B in 2021
Sarwa Digital Wealth Limited develops a platform that offers investment advice. It offers investment strategies for better returns, simplified investing, and automated investing. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Tenex

Venture Round in 2021
Tenex is a software as a service (SaaS) platform established in 2020 and headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company focuses on enhancing the operational efficiency of property managers through a tenant engagement platform tailored for the commercial real estate sector. By offering tech-enabled services, Tenex aims to streamline property management processes, allowing landlords and property managers to deliver superior services to their clients.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Infina

Seed Round in 2021
Infina is an investment platform that engages in real estate and financial services.

YAS

Venture Round in 2021
YAS is an innovative micro-insurance marketplace based in Hong Kong, designed to provide a customer-centric digital experience for insurance seekers. Functioning similarly to an app store, YAS harnesses open APIs to allow insurers to integrate their offerings seamlessly. The platform leverages advanced technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and GPS to deliver tailored insurance solutions that activate based on users' real-time activities, such as hiking or playing sports. This automated protection turns on and off according to location, enhancing convenience for users. Additionally, YAS incorporates 5G technology to facilitate telehealth services, allowing for immediate medical assistance while traveling. The platform emphasizes data privacy with its proprietary blockchain protocol, enabling secure storage of smart contracts and customer data, while also providing users with control over their information. By utilizing machine learning for risk assessment and dynamic pricing, YAS aims to deliver cost-effective insurance alternatives, fostering customer loyalty and redefining the insurance landscape for both businesses and consumers.

Umoja Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Emerging Impact modernizes financial services in emerging markets through blockchain technology. It is a benefit corporation that supports NGOs and government agencies leverage blockchain technology as a tool for humanitarian programming. The Oakland, California-headquartered company was established in 2020.

Runway Financial

Venture Round in 2021
Runway Financial, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial solutions that enhance the accessibility of financial data and insights. The company focuses on modernizing the presentation of business financials through innovative design and technology, aiming to foster greater alignment among teams and facilitate improved decision-making. With its origins in San Francisco, California, Runway Financial emphasizes clarity and speed in financial information, empowering organizations to collaborate effectively. The company's offerings are designed to be user-friendly, making financial data more comprehensible and actionable for various stakeholders within a business.

Chipper Cash

Series C in 2021
Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Funding Societies

Venture Round in 2021
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

Sanad Cash

Venture Round in 2021
Sanad Cash is a pay mobile app that helps employees relieve financial stress by getting them instant access to their salaries between paychecks.

Cyberwrite

Venture Round in 2021
Cyberwrite delivers a simple to use financial cyber risk assessment platform to using proprietary AI technology. The company serves large corporates in 4 continents for use cases including cyber insurance, 3rd party risk, and self-assessment of financial cyber risk. Cyberwrite was selected as the most innovative cyber risk modeling firm of 2020 by Frost & Sullivan. Cool Vendor by Gartner in 2018 and additional awards for its innovative technology.

Graviti

Seed Round in 2021
Graviti offers you the products you need the most, financed for months. No credit or debit card, no initial payment, no arrears, and with your credit approved immediately. Graviti wants to make sure every family in LATAM is able to buy basic appliances for the home by offering fair and accessible financing to acquire them.

Fintor

Seed Round in 2021
Fintor’s mission is to democratize real estate investing for all. We are enabling everyone to have access, liquidity, and clarity to the real estate markets that have traditionally been available to a select few. We’ve built Fintor from the ground up to make real estate investing approachable, favorable, and understandable for newcomers and experts alike. Farshad and Masoud founded the company in 2020. Fintor is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2021
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Instacash

Venture Round in 2021
Instacash is a lending marketplace that uses preauthorized credit cards as collateral. For investors, this minimizes risk while maximizing returns. For borrowers, this allocates loans instantly at an affordable rate. Using Instacash, investors decide how much they want to invest by allocating money into a secure digital wallet. This gives investors a set interest rate of return. All repayments will then be deposited into the same wallet and the investor will be able to withdraw their money whenever they want. Meanwhile, borrowers can set their desired loan amount and loan time frame. After verifying their credit card, the Instacash secure technology will preauthorize the collateral for the loan amount, which will be reduced as long as the borrower continues repaying the loan. With our immediate peer-to-peer payment service, the money will go directly from the investor to the borrower, with a small commission going to help us continue advancing our platform. Users can track and manage all their operations from any digital device in real time. With smart contracts, all users’ data and privacy are secure and protected. Instacash applies cutting-edge technology such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to ensure a fast, secure, and reliable platform, allowing you to get money when you need it or make money when you want to invest. Through money democratization, Instacash positively impacts people’s lives. We’re changing the world by revolutionizing the way money—and opportunities—are distributed. Instacash, spreading opportunities with loans powered by people.

Lendo

Series A in 2021
Lendo is a fintech company that offers a peer-to-peer lending platform with core focus towards SMEs' debt finance. Its platform provides a variety of financing products for SMEs with an initial focus on pre-invoicing finance. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Saudi Arabia.

Neon

Venture Round in 2021
Neon is a Brazilian fintech company established in 2016, focused on enhancing and simplifying financial experiences through technology and design. Employing over 250 individuals, Neon primarily offers a digital banking platform that allows users to manage their finances without the need for physical branches. The platform enables customers to perform various banking activities, including making payments, issuing slips, and utilizing virtual cards, all accessible via smartphones. In 2018, Neon secured 72 million reais in Series A funding from notable investors such as Propel Ventures, Monashees, and Quona, among others. To facilitate the custody and settlement of its accounts, Neon has partnered with Banco Votorantim.

FarMart

Seed Round in 2021
FarMart Service Private Limited operates an online marketplace that connects farmers who own agricultural machinery with those who need it, facilitating a pay-per-use model. Founded in 2015 and based in Gurugram, India, the company has developed a mobile app that allows farmers to order and schedule the use of agricultural machinery conveniently. Recognizing that a significant portion of Indian farmers manage small landholdings, which limits their ability to own machinery, FarMart offers a solution that enhances productivity while minimizing costs. This platform not only provides access to the latest agricultural technology but also promotes rural entrepreneurship by enabling farmers to monetize their machinery.

Cushion

Venture Round in 2021
At Cushion, our goal is to democratize access to financial help, not just financial advice - enabling consumers to waste less money, save more, and live financially healthier lives. We believe that the future of consumer finance is all about intelligently doing work on behalf of the end user - requiring very little input from, or interaction with, the consumer. Our first offering is a bot that negotiates with banks, on behalf of our customers, to get their bank fees and credit card interest charges waived - a $200 Billion annual problem in the U.S.

Duithape

Venture Round in 2021
Duithape is a mobile payment and remittance platform based in Jakarta, Indonesia, founded in 2015. The company offers a system that allows users to conduct transactions without the need for a bank account. Its services include cash deposits and withdrawals, money transfers, installment payments, and social security transactions. By utilizing secure technology, Duithape enables customers to access essential banking services, making financial transactions more accessible for individuals who may be underserved by traditional banking systems.

Finda

Venture Round in 2021
Finda, inc. operates an online comparison platform to compare various financial products including mortgage, personal loans, P2P loans, and investments. The company is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Bibit

Series A in 2021
Bibit is a Robo-advisor application aimed at making investing more accessible in Indonesia. It offers a financial platform that assists users with personal investments by intelligently allocating their funds into a diversified mutual fund portfolio. The platform takes into account individual factors such as age, income, and overall risk profile, thereby providing users with a streamlined and hassle-free investment experience. Bibit effectively combines technology with professional financial planning services, enabling a broader audience to engage in investment activities.

Builtfirst

Seed Round in 2020
Builtfirst is a venture partnership platform that offers a low-code online B2B marketplace, enabling companies to efficiently manage their offerings, discounts, and support. The platform allows businesses to create a customized marketplace for perks, integrations, and services tailored to their needs. By providing access to a wide range of software and service discounts, Builtfirst assists startups in optimizing their operational costs and improving their financial efficiency. This enables entrepreneurs and business owners to save resources on essential tools and services, streamlining their efforts in navigating available options and maximizing their advantages in the competitive landscape.

Ethic

Series B in 2020
Ethic operates as a tech-driven asset manager that powers the creation of investment portfolios. It builds separately managed accounts (SMAs) optimized to track the market, align with one’s investment allocation, and outperform on a client’s chosen sustainability criteria. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

MHub

Seed Round in 2020
MHub is a developer of a real estate fintech platform that facilitates collaboration among property developers, real estate agents, bankers, and buyers. The platform aims to streamline the property purchasing process, allowing these stakeholders to work together more efficiently. By creating a community focused on simplifying interactions within the real estate market, MHub helps deserving buyers navigate the complexities of acquiring homes. The company's goal is to establish a systematic and synergistic environment that enhances communication and collaboration among all parties involved in real estate transactions.

Friz

Seed Round in 2020
Feige develops credit cards and credit lines for the brave and relentless freelancers of Southeast Asia. It helps in bridging working capital gaps so its users can focus on their passion. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Singapore.

Fakespot

Series A in 2020
Fakespot Inc. develops and operates a data analytics platform that spots fake online product reviews. It uses patented algorithms to sift out online product reviews that it thinks are unreliable on e-commerce platforms. The company’s application is available on App Store and Google Play. Fakespot Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Productfy

Seed Round in 2020
Productfy is a secure and advanced platform for building financial applications. The platform integrates with different vendors and adds data science to normalize and sanitize the data to create a single, unified platform that provides the most common workflows and tasks for financial applications. Productfy also provides credit checks, financial data model & projects, asset valuation, bank integrations & account verifications, KYC, and identify & contact information verification.

Chipper Cash

Series B in 2020
Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Chipper Cash

Series B in 2020
Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

EMTECH

Seed Round in 2020
EMTECH is a fintech company founded in 2019 and based in New York, New York, focused on modernizing central banks to enhance financial inclusion and resilience. The company develops cloud-based software that provides scalable and robust digital infrastructure for central banks. Its offerings include digital regulatory sandboxes for collaborative workflows, as well as solutions for digital cash and digital currency integration, facilitating cross-border transactions. By customizing its services to meet the specific needs of different economies, EMTECH aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of central bank operations.

YoFio

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of microcredit application designed for purchases at informal corner stores. The company's application scans QR codes to show the details of the products being bought and authorizes the purchase by notifying the store and provides credit facilities to corner stores through the app and in partnership with the store gives credit lines to the store customers, enabling customers to buy today and pay in a month.

BloomCredit

Series A in 2020
Bloom Credit is a fintech platform that works to improve the financial eligibility of people declines for lending products. The company's technology uses a data-driven approach to offer actionable advice, insights, and guidance working directly with lenders to graduate their applicants through consumer credit analysis, ongoing credit monitoring and alerting lenders when an applicant meets eligibility requirements, enabling consumers to improve their financial health and loan eligibility. With credit at the heart of financial customer relationships, BloomCredit creating advanced developer-friendly API solutions that can improve, monitor, and promote credit health to build trust between consumers and the financial institutions that serve them. It was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, United States.

Nikel

Seed Round in 2020
Impact Credit Solutions develops a financial technology platform designed to provide finance to investors. Its platform offers credit to online lending platforms that focus on SME and consumer lending as well as give access to alternative lending investments, enabling lending platforms to get financial support to lend money to consumers and SME.

Vech

Seed Round in 2020
Vech is a financial services provider focused on supporting independent workers in Latin America, particularly gig economy participants such as drivers and delivery personnel. The company offers short-term loans designed to help these workers maintain stable earnings on a weekly basis. Utilizing alternative credit scoring methods, Vech tailors its loan products based on the specific trip details provided in loan applications. This approach allows gig workers to access funding quickly and without the need for endorsements or lengthy waiting periods, thereby facilitating their financial stability and enhancing their ability to work effectively in a fluctuating income environment.

Pariti

Seed Round in 2020
Pariti is a money management application platform. Their free app connects to your different bank accounts and credit cards to provide a simplified view of where you stand and a plan for improvement. They automatically forecast your upcoming income and bills to calculate how much you can afford to spend each week and provide proactive warnings to help you stay on track.

Stoovo

Seed Round in 2020
Stoovo, Inc. develops and offers Stoovo, an application to pay off loans, taxes, and bills with instant gigs. The application also offers financial advice through AI that analyzes spending, debt, and tax obligations in real-time. Stoovo, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Productfy

Seed Round in 2020
Productfy is a secure and advanced platform for building financial applications. The platform integrates with different vendors and adds data science to normalize and sanitize the data to create a single, unified platform that provides the most common workflows and tasks for financial applications. Productfy also provides credit checks, financial data model & projects, asset valuation, bank integrations & account verifications, KYC, and identify & contact information verification.

Pagaris

Seed Round in 2020
Pagaris is a fintech company based in Mexico that supports financial institutions in navigating the emerging Open Banking landscape. With the recent regulatory changes mandating that banks and fintech startups provide APIs, many institutions are struggling to comply. Pagaris offers solutions that not only meet these regulatory requirements but also enhance customer experience by exceeding current consumer expectations. Additionally, Pagaris provides a platform that facilitates online financial transactions through the use of virtual cards, allowing users to make purchases and pay over time, thereby simplifying the payment process. By bridging the gap between compliance and consumer needs, Pagaris positions itself as a vital partner for financial institutions in the evolving digital economy.

FineDine

Seed Round in 2020
Finedine is a growing tech company that provides data-driven digital menus for a smarter and more profitable dining experience. Finedine Menu app tracks customer behavior and collects insights on what to keep and what to improve. The order management feature helps streamline the ordering process and improve table turnover. Restauranteurs can also collect instant feedback and contact information from guests to take action towards enhancing the dining experience. Finedine is used in 45 countries.

Spenny

Seed Round in 2020
Spenny offers an easy and fast way to save and invest money. It uses encryption and partner with insured custodians to ensure the assets are held safely. Every time a user makes any digital transaction, it rounds off the amount to the nearest 10 INR and invests it for them into a diversified portfolio, automatically.

Infina

Seed Round in 2020
Infina is an investment platform that engages in real estate and financial services.

Chipper Cash

Series A in 2020
Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TrustIQ

Series B in 2020
TrustIQ is a fintech company that offers a platform where users can apply for online loans without collater. The platform's online loan application makes it easy for documents to complete because it only requires a soft copy of an ID card, a selfie photo with an ID card. Filling in the document form is easy and the questions asked are light, the point is still reasonable and not difficult. Upon application, the borrower receives an SMS to submit the loan. After getting an SMS link to submit a loan, then click the notification link, click approval on the Aja Link account, after that, the borrower will get a verification code for the mobile number, fill in all the forms and select the loan amount and the tenor, after that the contract is signed online and wait approximately 24 hours, then your loan will be included in LinkAja balance. Trustiq installment payment date is set for maturity every 25th of the same month because loans are approved only from 1-5th of each month, so borrowers cannot choose the payment date. Payment using a virtual account number that will be given to the borrower via a complete SMS by way of payment. The company operates under PT. Financial Technology Trust. It was headquartered in Jakarta, Jakarta Raya in 2018.

Split

Seed Round in 2020
Split Pte Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in Singapore, is a fintech startup that specializes in providing installment payment solutions. The company enables retailers and businesses to offer a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service, allowing customers to make purchases in three equal monthly payments. This service is available for online transactions, in-store purchases, and through various chat applications. Split's platform seamlessly integrates with e-commerce websites and applications, giving consumers the flexibility to finance their purchases through interest-free installments. By offering this payment option, Split aims to enhance the shopping experience for customers across various sectors including retail and social commerce.

Spare Payments

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a financial platform designed to help schools implement cashless payments. The company offers a wearable device paired with financial software on smartphones that allow kids to make purchases at school through electronic payments, enabling parents to leverage modern technology to create a safer life for their children.

Runway Financial

Seed Round in 2020
Runway Financial, Inc. is a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial solutions that enhance the accessibility of financial data and insights. The company focuses on modernizing the presentation of business financials through innovative design and technology, aiming to foster greater alignment among teams and facilitate improved decision-making. With its origins in San Francisco, California, Runway Financial emphasizes clarity and speed in financial information, empowering organizations to collaborate effectively. The company's offerings are designed to be user-friendly, making financial data more comprehensible and actionable for various stakeholders within a business.

Cushion

Seed Round in 2020
At Cushion, our goal is to democratize access to financial help, not just financial advice - enabling consumers to waste less money, save more, and live financially healthier lives. We believe that the future of consumer finance is all about intelligently doing work on behalf of the end user - requiring very little input from, or interaction with, the consumer. Our first offering is a bot that negotiates with banks, on behalf of our customers, to get their bank fees and credit card interest charges waived - a $200 Billion annual problem in the U.S.

Bizzi

Seed Round in 2020
Bizzi Vietnam Co., Ltd, founded in 2019 and based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, specializes in accounting automation through its innovative platform powered by robotic process automation (RPA) technology. The company's solutions are designed to streamline and digitize various financial operations for businesses, including bill payments, receipt scanning, compliance management, and bookkeeping. By leveraging RPA, Bizzi aims to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial processes, thereby supporting accountants and organizations in managing their financial tasks more effectively.

Bizzi

Seed Round in 2020
Bizzi Vietnam Co., Ltd, founded in 2019 and based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, specializes in accounting automation through its innovative platform powered by robotic process automation (RPA) technology. The company's solutions are designed to streamline and digitize various financial operations for businesses, including bill payments, receipt scanning, compliance management, and bookkeeping. By leveraging RPA, Bizzi aims to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial processes, thereby supporting accountants and organizations in managing their financial tasks more effectively.

WeWe Technology JSC

Seed Round in 2020
WeWe Technology Joint Stock Company develops an audiobook and podcast platform. The company offers a mobile application, Voiz FM, which provides access to learning and entertainment audio content and artificial intelligence (AI) based suggestions. It also develops audio book applications. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

PeopleFund

Venture Round in 2020
PeopleFund is Korea’s leading tech-based financial platform that is opening doors to financial freedom through affordable loans and attractive alternative investment products. It is the fastest growing marketplace lender in Korea and uniquely positioned as the first and only Korean marketplace lending platform to fully integrate with a top-tier commercial bank to process personal and business loans that are government approved. PeopleFund is also the first fintech platform to offer investment products directly on KakaoTalk, Korea’s most popular messaging app, which has allowed the company to grow and scale up its business. PeopleFund was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.

Curlec

Series B in 2020
Curlec is introducing a new bank to bank payment system that brings Direct Debit into the digital age, making it accessible to companies of all sizes. they enable businesses to easily collect payments from their customers, automate processes and ensure that they maintain a long term and cost effective relationship with them.

Mamo

Seed Round in 2020
Mamo Pay is a financial technology company that specializes in a peer-to-peer payments application, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The application allows users to transfer, receive, track, and split payments with family, friends, and businesses without incurring any fees. Mamo Pay enables users to connect their bank accounts, facilitating quick and secure money transfers. Additionally, the platform supports global payments in multiple currencies, offers virtual card issuance, and integrates with e-commerce platforms. This functionality helps businesses optimize their financial operations and gain insights into spending patterns.

Mamo

Seed Round in 2020
Mamo Pay is a financial technology company that specializes in a peer-to-peer payments application, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The application allows users to transfer, receive, track, and split payments with family, friends, and businesses without incurring any fees. Mamo Pay enables users to connect their bank accounts, facilitating quick and secure money transfers. Additionally, the platform supports global payments in multiple currencies, offers virtual card issuance, and integrates with e-commerce platforms. This functionality helps businesses optimize their financial operations and gain insights into spending patterns.

Staple

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Staple AI Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence software aimed at automating accounting, finance, and paperwork. Founded in 2018, the company employs advanced technologies such as natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, and optical character recognition to read and interpret contracts, orders, and agreements, transforming unstructured data into structured formats. Its platform enhances data extraction efficiency, enabling processing speeds that are significantly faster and more cost-effective than traditional manual methods. The software features a user dashboard that provides real-time insights into financial position, performance, and risk exposure, while also facilitating robotic process automation to manage tasks related to delivery and job completion. Staple primarily serves data-intensive industries, including banking, financial services, professional services, healthcare, and industrial sectors, helping businesses streamline workflows and reduce the burden of repetitive tasks.

Bankiom

Seed Round in 2020
Bankiom is a digital bank that allows customers to open a current account and quickly download a virtual debit card on your smartphone.