Standard Chartered

As a leading international bank, we strive to help people and businesses prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. We offer banking services that help people and companies to succeed, creating wealth and growth across our markets. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise – Here for good. With more than 86,000 employees in more than 60 markets, we have over a 150-year history in some of the world’s most dynamic regions. We're listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India.
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Shamsul Arefin

Director

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Joe Casson

MD

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Wee Peng Chin

Associate Director

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Andrew Dawson

Investment Professional

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Jad Ellawn

Associate Director

Andy Halford

Group CFO

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Duncan Hall

Regional Head, Investor Relations

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Tjen Chew Lee

Private Equity Director and Associate Director

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Sera Nam

Investor Relations Officer

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Niluka Ratnayake

Regional Head of Investor Relations

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Rahul Shah

Associate Director

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Nesreen Srouji

Director

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Mark Stride

Global Head of Investor Relations

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Anselm Tan

Associate

Bill Winters

Group CEO

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Kim Zhang

Associate

49 past transactions

Airtel Africa

Post in 2021
Airtel African operations are owned by Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. The company offers mobile voice and data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national and international long distance services to carriers. Bharti Airtel has over 200 million customers (November 2010) across its operations, including 50 million in Africa. Airtel is driven by the vision of making mobile communications affordable for all to give people the freedom to meet their daily challenges and to drive economic and social development. Airtel is making a positive impact in the communities in which it operates through extending its networks to rural areas and through its education initiatives.

Jubilant Pharma

Debt Financing in 2022
Jubilant Pharma Limited, an integrated pharmaceutical company, manufactures and markets active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), dosage forms, radiopharmaceuticals, and allergy therapy products. It operates in Contract Development and Manufacturing Operations, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, and Generics segments. The company offers APIs in the therapeutic areas of the cardiovascular system (CVS), central nervous system (CNS), anti-infectives, anti-diabetic, etc.; and solid dosage formulations for CVS, CNS, GI, and anti-allergy therapeutic categories. It also provides radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic imaging of cardiology, oncology, lung, kidney, brain, and bone, as well as radiotherapy for thyroid and cancer; and allergy therapy products, such as allergenic extracts and mixes, and a line of specialized skin test devices, as well as venom extracts. In addition, the company offers contract manufacturing services of sterile injectables, ophthalmics, otics, sterile and non-sterile ointments, creams, and liquids; and insect venom products for the treatment of allergies to insect stings. Jubilant Pharma Limited offers its products in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. It has a strategic partnership with SOFIE Biosciences, Inc. to advance its theranostic pipeline, and support novel PET diagnostic manufacturing and distribution. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Singapore. Jubilant Pharma Limited is a subsidiary of Jubilant Life Sciences Limited.

Contour

Series A in 2021
Contour is building the world’s open trade finance network. By focusing on collaboration and leveraging new technologies we are dissolving the barriers to seamless trade. Our networks of banks, corporates, services and partnerships enable the instant flow of trusted data across the world’s trade routes and current fragmented ecosystems.

Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited

Debt Financing in 2015
SMILE Telecoms is a broadband provider company. Founded in 2007, Smile Telecoms says it has more than 300 million potential customers in Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and the DR Congo. Internet penetration in all four of Smile’s markets is still low so increasing the availability of speedy mobile connections can help more people go online, especially when combined with increased smartphone ownership.

Ripple

Series B in 2016
Ripple provides one frictionless experience to send money globally using the power of blockchain. "Ripple offers a global real-time payment system that enables banks and financial institutions around the world to directly transact with each other without the need for a central correspondent. The company also offers FX Market Making, a solution enabling enterprises to gain access to cross-currency liquidity through a distributed network that allows foreign exchange to be externally sourced from a competitive FX marketplace or an internal FX trading desk. This minimizes FX exposure thereby lowering the volatility and counter-party risk of trades. Ripple Insights features industry updates, insider perspectives, and in-depth market analysis.

Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited

Private Equity Round in 2014
Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets citrus fruits, grapes, bananas, apples, tea, macadamia nuts, and vegetables. It also produces and exports wines. The company serves customers in South Africa and internationally. Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited was founded in 1992 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. It has additional offices in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Chile, Spain, and China.

Metaco

Series A in 2020
Established in 2014, Metaco has rapidly become an expert in helping banks and financial institutions, including national banks, capitalise on the latest blockchain technologies and systems. It has developed specialist, high-grade cryptographic solutions that can be fully integrated into a bank’s core processes. The firm is also a leading provider of highly secure custody solutions for crypto assets. Its proprietary offering has continued to differentiate Metaco in the blockchain sector and position the firm at the forefront of the market.
DASAN Networks, Inc. provides networking solutions worldwide. It offers networking products and solutions for public organizations and telecommunication companies; software for corporations and public markets; wellness and home IoT, safety and security through smart bands, missing child prevention bands, smart tags, and home gateway devices, as well as connected car services; and electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing materials to various mobile devices and home appliances. The company also provides air-cooling heat exchangers that are used in power generation and petrochemical plants; automotive electronic parts for self-driving and connected cars; communication technology for vehicles; and IP-push-to-talk, which offers various radio services, such as individual and group calls, and message transmission, as well as real-time positional information services. In addition, it sells various Tonino Lamborghini branded smart phones. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

N Kid Corporation

Venture Round in 2016
N Kid Group is Vietnam's leading player in the kids' lifestyle market. N Kid Attractions owns and operates more than 20 locations under the tiNiWorld kid's edutainment and T-Clb teen concept brands. N Kid Products operates a large retail and distribution network consisting of today's leading toy brands including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Thomas the Tank Engine, Bandai, and more.
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) is one of the largest renewable companies in India, with a current project portfolio of 5,290 MW. AGEL is part of the Adani Group’s promise to provide a better, cleaner and greener future for India. Driven by the Group’s philosophy of ‘Growth with Goodness’, the Company develops, builds, owns, operates and maintains utility-scale grid-connected solar and wind farm projects. The electricity generated is supplied to central and state government entities and government-backed corporations.

Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited

Private Equity Round in 2011
Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets citrus fruits, grapes, bananas, apples, tea, macadamia nuts, and vegetables. It also produces and exports wines. The company serves customers in South Africa and internationally. Afrifresh Group (Pty) Limited was founded in 1992 and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. It has additional offices in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Chile, Spain, and China.

NMC Health

Debt Financing in 2015
NMC Healthcare is a healthcare providers in the private sector in the UAE. It has two main business. Our mission is to provide quality healthcare to all sections of society while upholding ethical medical practices. We believe that healthcare is simply not about detecting, diagnosing, informing or treating an individual but it is also about helping people lead a wholesome and healthy life.

Adani Transmission

Post in 2021
Adani Transmission Limited (ATL) headquartered at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, is one of the largest private sector power transmission companies in India with a presence across the western and northern regions of India. They primarily aim at addressing the vast potential in India’s transmission sector and our ambitious target is to set up 20,000 circuit km of transmission lines by 2022. They currently operate more than 8500 circuit kilometer of transmission lines and around 14000 MVA of power transformation capacity. They have invested in the latest technologies resulting in the highest network availability of over 99.80% in the country, which corresponds to the best global standards

Adidas Ag

Post in 2020
Adidas strives to be the leading sports brand in the world an ambitious yet realistic goal. One major lever to achieve this is the brand broad and unique product portfolio spanning from apparel and footwear for professional athletes to premium fashion. It allows adidas to address multiple consumer needs, tackle market opportunities from various angles as well as be less affected by one-dimensional market risks. This product portfolio as well as adidas commitment to excel in all relevant segments differentiates the brand from competitors and ensures solid market growth, while staying true to the brand values. Currently, the brand focuses on five global priorities: Football, Running, Training, Basketball and Originals.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Debt Financing in 2020
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) was established in 1971 to operate in all areas of the oil and gas industry and since then has steadily broadened its activity in establishing companies and subsidiaries and creating an integrated oil and gas industry in the fields of exploration and production, support services, oil refining and gas processing, chemicals and petrochemicals, maritime transportation and refined products and distribution. The Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC), chaired by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al- Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, formulates and oversees the implementation of Abu Dhabi petroleum policies. During the past four decades, ADNOC has expanded its business activities, enhanced its competitive position and so managed to become one of the world’s leading oil companies with substantial business interests in upstream and downstream activities, including transportation, shipping, marketing and distribution. ADNOC’s efforts in the exploration and production field have concentrated on assessing undiscovered reserves and optimizing hydrocarbon recovery by improving the reservoir management. Over the last few years significant achievements were made in the expansion and development of gas fields to meet increased demand from industry gas users and gas injection requirements in order to enhance the oil and condensate recovery from the producing fields. ADNOC is committed to sustainable development. In 2009, the company has launched the ‘ADNOC Sustainability Performance Initiative’ ensuring a harmonious balance between society’s needs and Earth’s resources, while its track record in HSE sets the standards for the rest of the Arabian Gulf. Giving top priority to education, ADNOC established a number of institutions that train and develop a qualified UAE cadre for the energy sector. The Petroleum Institute, The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi, the ADNOC Technical Institute, the Achievers’ Oasis and other scholarship programs are but a few examples of ADNOC’s educational projects. ADNOC has 15 subsidiary companies working in the various fields of the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry as well as crude oil and gas transport and services. They include ADCO, ADMA-OPCO, GASCO, ADGAS, ZADCO, TAKREER, NDC, ESNAAD, IRSHAD, FERTIL, BOROUGE, ADNATCO-NGSCO, ADNOC Distribution, Elixier and Al Hosn Gas.

Al Jazeera Agricultural

Private Equity Round in 2014
Al Jazeera Agricultural manufactures and distributes poultry and livestock feed. It owns PS farms, hatcheries, and feed mills. Al Jazeera Agricultural was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amman, Jordan with an additional office in San Francisco, California, United States.

Souq

Venture Round in 2016
Souq operates an e-commerce platform in the Middle East and North Africa region. It offers products in the categories of baby and toddler, mobiles and accessories, computers and tablets, clothing and shoes, watches and jewelry, perfumes and fragrances, and toys and gaming, as well as TVs, audio, and camera. Souq also operates as a marketplace for third party sellers. Ronaldo Mouchawar founded Souq in 2005. Souq has its headquarters in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with commercial offices in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait and technical and development centers in Jordan and India. Souq operates as a subsidiary of Amazon as of May 12, 2017.

Bukalapak

Venture Round in 2021
PT Bukalapak owns and operates an online e-commerce platform in Indonesia. The company sells products, such as bike, motorcycle, cars, parts, and accessories; mobile, computer, laptop, desktop, monitor, server, printer, scanner, hardware, accessories, processors, computer peripherals, smart watch, mobile accessories, power bank, household appliances, food products, and multimedia products. It also provides virtual financial products. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Bukalapak

Venture Round in 2021
PT Bukalapak owns and operates an online e-commerce platform in Indonesia. The company sells products, such as bike, motorcycle, cars, parts, and accessories; mobile, computer, laptop, desktop, monitor, server, printer, scanner, hardware, accessories, processors, computer peripherals, smart watch, mobile accessories, power bank, household appliances, food products, and multimedia products. It also provides virtual financial products. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The pharmaceutical space, PEL is one of the leading custom manufacturing player globally, has presence in the global critical care segment with a portfolio of inhalation and injectible anesthetics, and its OTC business is ranked no. 7 in India. PEL is also engaged in drug discovery & research and has strong pipeline of development products. In the financial services space, PEL has a real estate focused Private Equity fund Indiareit and a Non-Banking Finance Company that is focused on lending to real estate and education sector.

Liquid Telecom

Debt Financing in 2015
Liquid Telecom is an independent data, voice, and IP provider that commits to build a digital future. Liquid Telecom has built Africa’s largest single fibre network, currently stretching over 18,000km across Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho and South Africa. The award-winning Pan-African fibre network covers Africa’s fastest growing economies, where no fixed network has existed before.

Contour

Corporate Round in 2020
Contour is building the world’s open trade finance network. By focusing on collaboration and leveraging new technologies we are dissolving the barriers to seamless trade. Our networks of banks, corporates, services and partnerships enable the instant flow of trusted data across the world’s trade routes and current fragmented ecosystems.

Gryphon Partners Advisory Pty Ltd.

Acquisition in 2011
Gryphon Partners Advisory Pty Ltd. is a boutique investment banking firm.

MTN

Post in 2016
MTN Group Limited operates in the telecommunications industry. It offers voice, data, access, virtual private network, and cloud solutions. The company also provides digital services, such as mobile money account; and entertainment services, including MTN Music and Play. As of December 31, 2017, the company had 217.2 million subscribers in 24 countries in Africa and the Middle East. MTN Group Limited was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Union Bank Ltd

Acquisition in 2006
Union Bank Ltd is a bank in Pakistan.

Azuri Technologies Ltd

Debt Financing in 2017
Azuri Technologies Ltd. develops, manufactures, and installs solar power products for off-grid emerging markets in Africa and the United Kingdom. The company offers AzuriTV, a solar-powered television; Indigo, a pay-as-you-go system that enables solar electricity to be delivered as a service using scratch cards for payment; Azuri Quad, a solar home system that provides household lighting, including LED lights, rechargeable radio and torch, and mobile phone charging; and PayGo, a solar home system that delivers clean energy to rural households living without electricity. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom with distribution networks in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Zambia, and South Africa.

Nakornthon Bank

Acquisition in 1999
Nakornthon Bank is a Thai commercial bank.

Linklogis

Corporate Round in 2020
Linklogis is a supply chain financing service provider that is based in China. Linklogis is committed to development of supply chain financial business on basis of practical scenes, Internet, statistics, holding the banner of building China's largest Financial Services Company with specialized supply chain and increasing shareholder value. The company aims at contributing to development of financial market and efficient growth of overall economy. It focuses on the scene of the supply chain financial business assets to obtain and transfer O2O, the scene is closely related to the upper reaches of industrial chain and ecosystem within companies on basis of high-quality operation and core competitiveness.

Cobalt

Private Equity Round in 2020
Cobalt delivers a private peer-to-peer network that significantly reduces post-trade cost and risk for financial market participants. It aims to use the technology behind bitcoin to simplify foreign exchange trading. The company also aims to create a single, shared view of each transaction by using blockchain technology, which uses complex cryptography to allow people to safely view and edit shared ledgers. The technology was first developed to underpin cryptocurrency bitcoin, doing away with the need for a central bank. Cobalt was founded in 2015 by Andy Coyne and Adrian Patten. It is headquartered in London, England.
Shanghai Siyanli Industrial Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes beauty care products in China. It offers skin and hair care products, including moisturizer, anti-ageing cream, eye care, and hair loss prevention products. The company also imports and distributes skin care products of other brands through their online portal. It also provides spa treatment through their stores. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Rivian Automotive, LLC

Debt Financing in 2018
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility. The company creates solutions that redefine traditional automotive economics and remove the pain points of conventional ownership. It also manufactures autonomous electric vehicles intended to offer a comfortable and eco-friendly drive experience. Robert J. Scaringe founded Rivian in Plymouth, Minnesota in 2009.

Navigat Group

Venture Round in 2013
Navigat Group (“Navigat” or the “Company”) is Indonesia’s leading distributed power plant developer, owner and operator with 265MW of installed capacity and has other operations in Thailand and Myanmar. Navigat is also the second largest global distributor of General Electric (“GE) Jenbacher power equipment having sold over 1,000MW of units in South East Asia, with the distribution license for these products in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The top holding company is incorporated in Singapore with the Company’s headquarters in Jakarta and substantially all its operations in Indonesia. The Company’s main focus is the distributed gas to power market in South East Asia (“SEA”), and it typically pursues power projects of 5 – 100MW in size. Through its two major divisions, Navigat Energy (GE Jenbacher gas engine equipment sales and service) and MAXPower (IPP, BOOT and Rental projects), Navigat has the ability to fully exploit distributed power opportunities along the value chain from equipment sales, to services, to construction management, to project development and asset ownership.

Momo

Series B in 2016
Momo is a FinTech startup that offers a mobile, electronic wallet and payment application for iOS and Android devices. Its products help customers in Vietnam make nationwide cash transfers, pay more than 100 types of bills, recharge mobile phone accounts, settle personal loans, and purchase services such as software license and online game cards, airline and movie tickets, etc. The company’s payment system partners with 24 domestic banks and foreign payment networks, including JCB, MasterCard, and Visa.

Phoon Huat

Private Equity Round in 2016
Phoon Huat & Co (Pte) Ltd. engages in the wholesale supply of bakery, beverage, and confectionery ingredients. It also operates specialty stores for housewives, cafes, and restaurants. The company was founded in 1947 and is based in Singapore with specialty stores in Singapore.

FINE

Private Equity Round in 2015
The leading integrated tissue manufacturer across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Gryphon Partners Canada Inc.

Acquisition in 2011
Gryphon Partners Canada Inc. offers corporate finance advisory services to the mining and metals sectors.

Chayora Holdings Limited

Series B in 2016
Chayora is a world-class infrastructure developer based in Hong Kong with a primary focus on building Data Centre platforms in China. Chayora enables international online companies to effectively access the vast and rapidly developing Chinese market. They provide the fastest, most reliable and assured route to your business engagement in China.

Northern Arc

Venture Round in 2016
Northern Arc Capital Limited operates as a non-banking financial company in India. The company offers microfinance, agricultural finance, housing finance, vehicle finance, and consumer finance; and small business and gold loans, as well as fintech services. It also provides structured products and capital market instruments; term loan, debt syndication, and guarantee-backed lending; and fund management services. The company was formerly known as IFMR Capital Finance Private Limited and changed its name to Northern Arc Capital Limited in March 2018. Northern Arc Capital Limited was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Chennai, India.

Emirates Global Aluminium

Debt Financing in 2020
They are the world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the biggest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas.EGA is the world's largest 'premium aluminium' producer with a heritage in aluminium smelting stretching back four decades. The GAC bauxite mining project, and our recently-completed alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, expand our business upstream in the aluminium value chain. Bauxite is the ore from which aluminium is derived. Bauxite is refined into alumina, a white powder which is the feedstock for aluminium smelters. GAC completes EGA's tranformation into an integrated global aluminium producer, delivering value from mine to metal.Emirates Global Aluminium is built on the proud heritage of two aluminium pioneers. We have been developing our business for the past four decades, and today our aluminium is used to create products that touch lives around the world. From skyscrapers to smart phones, aluminium makes modern life possible– and through us, the UAE is a leading supplier of this ‘metal of the future.’

Octal

Debt Financing in 2019
OCTAL is the world's largest producer of PET sheet and resin on a single site and the world's leading clear rigid packing material supplier, producing nearly 1 million metric tons of bottle grade PET and DPET™ sheet per year. Their large-scale production facilities, innovative products and global reach are enhancing the performance of their customers around the world by converting from PVC, polystyrene and PP to theirour fully-recyclable and economically-efficient DPET™ solutions.
Symphony offers a secure team collaboration platform that transforms the way users communicate effectively and securely with a single workflow application. Forging a new path in the industry, Symphony is designed to help individuals, teams and organizations of all sizes improve productivity while meeting complex data security and regulatory compliance needs. Symphony was founded in October 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, Singapore, Sophia-Antipolis, Stockholm and Tokyo.

American Express Company

Acquisition in 2008
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. Its products and services include payment and financing products; network services; expense management products and services; and lifestyle services. The company’s products and services also comprise merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. It sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through mobile and online applications, third-party vendors and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house sales teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Metaco

Series A in 2020
Established in 2014, Metaco has rapidly become an expert in helping banks and financial institutions, including national banks, capitalise on the latest blockchain technologies and systems. It has developed specialist, high-grade cryptographic solutions that can be fully integrated into a bank’s core processes. The firm is also a leading provider of highly secure custody solutions for crypto assets. Its proprietary offering has continued to differentiate Metaco in the blockchain sector and position the firm at the forefront of the market.

IHS Netherlands HoldCo B.V.

Debt Financing in 2014
IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure services, as well as managed services, such as maintenance, security, and power supply for towers owned by third parties. It serves mobile network operators and other communication service providers. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in the Hague, the Netherlands. IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V. is a subsidiary of IHS Netherlands (Interco) Coöperatief U.A.
Dianrong is an online marketplace lending company that uses technology to transform the way China is financed to help enrich people’s lives. Dianrong offers individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises a comprehensive, one-stop financial platform supported by industry-leading technology, compliance and transparency. The company’s sophisticated and flexible infrastructure enables it to design and customize lending and borrowing products and services, based on industry-specific data and insights, all supported by online risk-management and operation tools.

uRento

Pre Seed Round in 2020
uRento is a multi-functional app that helps small to medium-scale landlords manage their properties from a single platform. Be it residential or commercial properties, we want to help the landlords to do business in an efficient and cost-effective manner by embracing digital transformation. From the most basic need, such as collecting rent, to key operational needs, such as managing timely maintenance, we want landlords to do it all through uRento’s easy-to-use one-stop shop platform.