Next Billion Ventures

Established in 2018, Next Billion Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Washington D.C. It focuses on investing in early-to-growth stage tech companies operating in emerging markets, with an emphasis on those that have a positive global impact.

Tiang Lim Foo

Venture Partner

Ken Toyoda

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

31 past transactions

minu

Series B in 2024
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Clivi

Seed Round in 2023
Clivi is a specialized digital clinic focused on improving the treatment of diabetes and obesity. The company offers a comprehensive platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to assist in patient follow-up and management. By providing affordable and accessible healthcare solutions, Clivi enables patients to receive timely treatment through features such as customized messaging plans for glucose monitoring and step-by-step consultations with health specialists. This approach ensures that individuals living with diabetes can access the necessary support and resources for effective disease management.

Advance Tech Lending

Series A in 2023
Advance Tech Lending Inc. is an online salary loans provider based in Makati City, Philippines, founded in 2018. The company focuses on enhancing employee productivity by offering financial empowerment solutions. By providing quick access to funds, Advance Tech Lending helps employees meet their daily financial needs with minimal hassle, charging only a processing fee without any interest. This approach not only facilitates immediate financial relief but also contributes to increased employee engagement, reduced turnover, and lower workplace stress, thereby assisting organizations in attracting and retaining talent.

Caantin

Seed Round in 2022
Caantin empowers African restaurants by providing a platform for procuring food supplies, accessing short-term credit, and managing business operations.

Abhi

Seed Round in 2021
Abhi is a financial wellness platform based in Pakistan, founded in 2021, that focuses on providing salary advances to employees based on their accrued wages. The platform enables users to withdraw a portion of their earned salary directly into their bank accounts, thereby offering a solution to immediate financial needs without hidden charges. In addition to its salary advance services, Abhi supports employers by streamlining payroll processes and reducing the administrative burden on HR and finance departments. The company aims to enhance financial access and flexibility for employees while ensuring timely payments for employers, ultimately transforming the way individuals manage their finances.

Trinio

Seed Round in 2021
Trinio is a company that specializes in enhancing e-commerce experiences by reducing friction in the payment process and increasing conversion rates. It operates a payment gateway platform that offers a customizable and secure infrastructure designed to facilitate seamless transactions for shoppers and e-commerce platforms. By focusing on fraud prevention and streamlined checkout processes, Trinio aims to improve user satisfaction and bolster the overall efficiency of online shopping.

GajiGesa

Seed Round in 2021
GajiGesa is a fintech company based in Jakarta, founded in 2020 by Martyna Malinowska and Vidit Agarwal. It provides a platform that enables employees to access their earned wages early, offers financial education, and helps manage finances responsibly. This improves long-term financial health for employees and reduces financial stress, enhancing productivity and engagement for employer partners.

Dropezy

Seed Round in 2021
Indonesia-based Dropezy is the pioneer of quick commerce, offering rapid delivery of groceries and household essentials within 15 minutes, 24/7. Customers can choose from over 2000 products via its platform, making shopping convenient and efficient.

Morada Uno

Seed Round in 2021
Morada Uno is a technology company that equips real estate brokers and professionals with digital tools and financial products. Its services enable seamless and secure rental processes, enhancing interactions between property owners and tenants.

EmCasa

Series C in 2021
EmCasa is a real estate platform based in Brazil that aims to simplify the home buying and selling process through advanced technology and a strong emphasis on customer service. The platform offers virtual tours that allow users to explore properties in detail, including wall colors, room sizes, and unique features. By providing data-driven advisory services, EmCasa helps users save time and money while minimizing stress and inefficiencies associated with real estate transactions. The company's approach focuses on making the experience enjoyable and straightforward for clients.

Trella

Venture Round in 2021
Founded in 2018, Trella is a Cairo-based company that operates an online platform connecting shippers with carriers. It aims to enhance efficiency for drivers, create job opportunities, and reduce costs for shippers while providing real-time shipment tracking.

Arrow

Convertible Note in 2021
Arrow creates new, fast, seamless consumer online purchase experiences. Arrow's first product is an instant one-tap checkout solution, works across all platforms, and with local payment methods.

minu

Series A in 2021
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

GajiGesa

Seed Round in 2021
GajiGesa is a fintech company based in Jakarta, founded in 2020 by Martyna Malinowska and Vidit Agarwal. It provides a platform that enables employees to access their earned wages early, offers financial education, and helps manage finances responsibly. This improves long-term financial health for employees and reduces financial stress, enhancing productivity and engagement for employer partners.

Facio

Seed Round in 2020
Facio is a financial technology company based in Brazil that provides salary-advance services to workers. The company has developed a digital financial platform that integrates seamlessly with employers' systems, allowing employees to access loans directly from their payroll. This innovative approach eliminates intermediary fees, offering credit facilities that are repaid through monthly deductions from employees' salaries. By enabling businesses to offer secure liquidity options, Facio aims to empower the working class with greater financial flexibility and access to funds when needed.

Capiter

Seed Round in 2020
Capiter is a B2B e-commerce marketplace based in Cairo, Egypt, that connects small businesses, vendors, wholesalers, and FMCGs on a single platform. Founded in 2019, the company streamlines the supply chain by allowing merchants to order products online and access on-demand credit facilities. Capiter facilitates immediate payment to suppliers for goods sold to buyers, thereby mitigating collection and credit risks. By leveraging advanced technology and machine learning, it enhances operational efficiency and data accuracy across the supply chain. This approach not only supports small businesses in increasing sales and expanding their customer base but also improves cash flow management.

Capiter

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Capiter is a B2B e-commerce marketplace based in Cairo, Egypt, that connects small businesses, vendors, wholesalers, and FMCGs on a single platform. Founded in 2019, the company streamlines the supply chain by allowing merchants to order products online and access on-demand credit facilities. Capiter facilitates immediate payment to suppliers for goods sold to buyers, thereby mitigating collection and credit risks. By leveraging advanced technology and machine learning, it enhances operational efficiency and data accuracy across the supply chain. This approach not only supports small businesses in increasing sales and expanding their customer base but also improves cash flow management.

EmCasa

Series B in 2020
EmCasa is a real estate platform based in Brazil that aims to simplify the home buying and selling process through advanced technology and a strong emphasis on customer service. The platform offers virtual tours that allow users to explore properties in detail, including wall colors, room sizes, and unique features. By providing data-driven advisory services, EmCasa helps users save time and money while minimizing stress and inefficiencies associated with real estate transactions. The company's approach focuses on making the experience enjoyable and straightforward for clients.

Propzy

Series A in 2020
Propzy is a comprehensive real estate platform in Vietnam that facilitates property sales and leasing transactions. By integrating a marketplace with backend services such as logistics, documentation, and transaction management, Propzy enhances the real estate experience for both consumers and agents. The platform allows for direct communication between property owners and buyers, as well as landlords and renters, utilizing social media to streamline the transaction process. This approach has positioned Propzy to capitalize on the growing demand for real estate transactions in Vietnam, where mobile and internet penetration is rapidly increasing. Founded by entrepreneur John Le, who has a successful track record in technology ventures, Propzy aims to simplify the buying and selling of verified, legally constructed homes in the Vietnamese market. The company has shown significant growth, facilitating substantial property transactions and aiming to capture a share of the potential agency commissions in a market valued at approximately $1 billion.

Advance Tech Lending

Seed Round in 2020
Advance Tech Lending Inc. is an online salary loans provider based in Makati City, Philippines, founded in 2018. The company focuses on enhancing employee productivity by offering financial empowerment solutions. By providing quick access to funds, Advance Tech Lending helps employees meet their daily financial needs with minimal hassle, charging only a processing fee without any interest. This approach not only facilitates immediate financial relief but also contributes to increased employee engagement, reduced turnover, and lower workplace stress, thereby assisting organizations in attracting and retaining talent.

Jenfi

Seed Round in 2020
Jenfi is a financial technology company founded by Jeffrey Liu and Justin Louie, specializing in revenue-based financing for digital-native businesses in Southeast Asia. The company offers a service known as Growth Capital as a Service (GCaaS), which provides non-dilutive capital of up to US$1,000,000 to help businesses scale their marketing, inventory, and growth initiatives. Jenfi utilizes a proprietary risk assessment engine to evaluate both the creditworthiness of businesses and their marketing growth efficiency, ensuring that financing options are flexible and customized to meet the specific needs of each client. The platform has supported hundreds of digital-native companies, including various B2B and SaaS startups. Prior to founding Jenfi, Liu and Louie successfully developed and exited the fitness subscription service GuavaPass.

Sprout Solutions

Series A in 2019
Sprout is a technology company specializing in payroll and HR software for emerging markets. It automates timekeeping and attendance using biometrics, simplifies processing with single-click functionality, and employs prescriptive analytics. Sprout has a strong presence in the Philippines and is expanding into Singapore and Indonesia.

minu

Seed Round in 2019
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Flat.mx

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Flat.mx is the one-stop-shop for residential real estate in Mexico that simplifies the home-buying experience. They provide multiple products and services including home brokerage, a marketplace, and credit products.

Trella

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Trella is a Cairo-based company that operates an online platform connecting shippers with carriers. It aims to enhance efficiency for drivers, create job opportunities, and reduce costs for shippers while providing real-time shipment tracking.

Trella

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Trella is a Cairo-based company that operates an online platform connecting shippers with carriers. It aims to enhance efficiency for drivers, create job opportunities, and reduce costs for shippers while providing real-time shipment tracking.

Propzy

Convertible Note in 2019
Propzy is a comprehensive real estate platform in Vietnam that facilitates property sales and leasing transactions. By integrating a marketplace with backend services such as logistics, documentation, and transaction management, Propzy enhances the real estate experience for both consumers and agents. The platform allows for direct communication between property owners and buyers, as well as landlords and renters, utilizing social media to streamline the transaction process. This approach has positioned Propzy to capitalize on the growing demand for real estate transactions in Vietnam, where mobile and internet penetration is rapidly increasing. Founded by entrepreneur John Le, who has a successful track record in technology ventures, Propzy aims to simplify the buying and selling of verified, legally constructed homes in the Vietnamese market. The company has shown significant growth, facilitating substantial property transactions and aiming to capture a share of the potential agency commissions in a market valued at approximately $1 billion.

EmCasa

Series A in 2018
EmCasa is a real estate platform based in Brazil that aims to simplify the home buying and selling process through advanced technology and a strong emphasis on customer service. The platform offers virtual tours that allow users to explore properties in detail, including wall colors, room sizes, and unique features. By providing data-driven advisory services, EmCasa helps users save time and money while minimizing stress and inefficiencies associated with real estate transactions. The company's approach focuses on making the experience enjoyable and straightforward for clients.

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