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Fintech: Digital Finance Platform Funding Societies Raises $7.5m for SE Asia SMEs

Funding Societies (Modalku), a unified small and medium enterprises (SME) digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, has announced raising $7.5 million in debt from Norfund, Development Financial Institution (DFI) operated by the Norwegian government. DFIs have played a significant role in impact investments in Southeast… Read More

Fintech: Digital Finance Platform Funding Societies Secures $27m in Debt

Funding Societies, also known as Modalku, Southeast Asia’s largest unified SME digital finance platform, has successfully secured $27 million in debt funding, led by private credit financier AlteriQ Global. Multi-family office Aument Capital Partners (ACP) and sustainability-focused fund Orange Bloom also contributed to this funding… Read More

Funding Societies, CGC Digital to Support Malaysia-based MSMEs

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) financing platform Funding Societies announced that it has teamed up with CGC Digital, the Fintech division of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia (CGC) in order to support MSMEs operating across the Southeast Asian nation. Via this collaboration, CGC Digital created a… Read More

Asian Platform Funding Societies Tops THB 1 Billion in Thailand

Singapore-based Funding Societies has surpassed THB 1 Billion (USD $27.8 million) in online lending in Thailand, according to a note from the company. Funding Societies secured a license in Thailand in 2021. Funding Societies is a platform providing access to capital for SMEs in multiple… Read More

Funding Societies Buys CardUp, a Licensed Payments Provider

Leading Asian SME financing platform and emerging neobank Funding Societies is acquiring regional payments solution, CardUp. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. CardUp is a payments provider serving both businesses and individuals. CardUp was founded in 2016 and operates in Singapore, Hong Kong,… Read More

Funding Societies Expands into Vietnam

Funding Societies, a Singapore-based digital finance platform, has launched in Vietnam today. This is Funding Societies 5th Asian market. Funding Societies provides smaller firms with access to capital with a credit marketplace. To date, Funding Societies has originated S$3.16 billion with just a 1.26% default… Read More

Funding Societies Offers Sign with Singpass for MSMEs, Streamlining Digital KYC Process

Funding Societies, which claims to be Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform, recently announced that it has teamed up Dedoco, a “decentralized” digital document and workflow management platform, in order “to become one of the first FinTech platforms to enable micro, small and medium… Read More

Funding Societies Says it Will Purchase Employee Shares Up to $16 Million

Funding Societies, a leading Asian online investing marketplace, says it will purchase up to $16 million in employee securities to provide current and former employees liquidity. Last month, Funding Societies announced a $294 million funding round led by SoftBank. Under the plan, all eligible former… Read More

Malaysia Debt Ventures (MDV) Establishes Pilot Fund with Assistance from Funding Societies

Malaysia Debt Ventures (MDV), a subsidiary of the Minister of Finance (MOF) and dedicated tech financier, is reportedly establishing a pilot fund valued at RM500,000 to be invested through Funding Societies, a Southeast Asia-based SME digital financing platform. This move intends to reach underserved companies,… Read More

Funding Societies Introduces Elevate, a Virtual Card to Address SME Digital Payment Requirements

Since the start of the Coronavirus crisis, both digital-service use and the digital market have grown significantly in Southeast Asia. According to the e-Conomy SEA 2021 Report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company, there are now around 350 million digital consumers in the region… Read More

Funding Societies Raises $294 Million Led by SoftBank as Digital Finance Platform Executes on Mission

Funding Societies, an online capital formation platform serving Asia, has announced $294 million in funding led by SoftBank. According to a statement by the company, USD $144 million was raised in an oversubscribed Series C+ equity round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with new… Read More

Funding Societies, an Asian Online Capital Formation Platform, Shares Key Updates from Past Year

Just a year ago, countries all across the globe were rushing to pull down the shutters on their airports and economies took a massive hit, however, today “paints a different picture,” according to an update from Funding Societies. The team at Funding Societies writes in… Read More

Funding Societies Publishes Impact Report: Digital Finance is Helping Small Businesses Across Asia

Funding Societies, an Asian digital finance platform supporting SMEs, has published a regional study to mark 5 years of online lending. Funding Societies originates microloans from USD $500 up to US$1.5 million, which can be disbursed in as fast as 24 hours. The report notes… Read More

Southeast Asia’s Funding Societies Partners with MUFG Bank Malaysia to Introduce Referral Scheme Program

Southeast Asia-based online financing platform Funding Societies announced earlier this week that it teamed up with MUFG Bank Malaysia, which operates as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in order to introduce a Referral Scheme Program exclusively for the banking institution’s corporate customers in… Read More

Southeast Asia’s Funding Societies, an Online Capital Formation Platform, Partners with Foodpanda, Helps Disburse RM1 Million in Financing

Southeast Asia-based Funding Societies, an established digital financing platform, has teamed up with Foodpanda in order to provide short-term online financing services for registered merchants (via Foodpanda’s network). Through the partnership, the companies have collectively disbursed RM1 million (appr. $240,000) in financing, which enables local… Read More

Fintech Funding: Singapore based Fintechs Secured Nearly Half A Billion Dollars in Q1 2020

Fintech businesses in Singapore have secured a total of SGD 656 million (appr. $492.8 million) in equity funding during Q1 2021. This figure represents a 355% increase from last year, according to a recent report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The rise in Fintech… Read More

Southeast Asia’s Funding Societies, an Online Capital Formation Platform, Reports S$2 Billion in Business Financing Disbursals

Southeast Asia-based Funding Societies, a digital financing platform, has revealed that it has made S$2 billion (appr. $1.5 billion) in disbursals of business financing to SMEs across the region as the company enters its sixth year of offering loans. Funding Societies’ management noted that the… Read More

Funding Societes Expands into Thailand

Singapore based Funding Societies has announced the expansion of operations into Thailand. The online capital formation platform will operate under a crowdfunding license authorized by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission. According to a note from Funding Societies, the company worked for more than a… Read More

Dutch Crowdfunding Platform Lendahand Announces €5 million Debt Facility For Funding Societies to Support Southeast Asian Underserved SMEs

Lendahand, a Netherlands-based for-profit crowdfunding platform for impact investing, announced over the weekend that it has agreed to provide Singapore-based Funding Societies with an up to €5 million debt facility to invest in underserved SMEs, predominantly in Indonesia, but also including Singapore and Malaysia. Lendahand reported… Read More

Samsung Invests in Funding Societies, a Marketplace Lending Platform

Funding Societies has received an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, according to a note from the Fintech.  Details on the investment were not disclosed. Samsung Venture is an investment arm of the South Korean conglomerate, Samsung Group, and has been an active investor in… Read More

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