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| 12.12.2025 | Validus secures $30 M in Series D funding from Khazanah | The Singapore-based digital supply chain financing platform Validus has announced that Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, is leading a $30 million investment in its Series D funding round.
After selling its Singapore busin... |
| 23.04.2025 | Validus Group’s Singapore business acquired by GXS Bank | The acquisition of Validus Capital Pte Ltd, the Singaporean subsidiary of Validus Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (Validus Group), has been approved by regulators, according to a Monday announcement from GXS Bank.
“With the acquisition, small a... |
| 14.04.2025 | GXS acquires Validus’ Singapore unit in business banking push | AcquisitionsFintechNews
Benjamin Cher · 14 Apr 2025 · 2 min readGXS acquires Validus’ Singapore unit in business banking push
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GXS Bank announced on Monday that it has acquired digital lending platform Validus Group’s ... |
| 06.04.2025 | Navigating the Agritech Landscape: TechCoop's Bold Move in Vietnam | In the heart of Vietnam's agricultural landscape, a startup named TechCoop is sowing seeds of innovation. Founded in 2022 by Hao Diep, a former executive at Nafoods Group, TechCoop recently secured a staggering $70 million in Series A fundi... |
| 06.04.2025 | Southeast Asia's Tech Landscape: A Dual Narrative of Resilience and Innovation | Southeast Asia is a vibrant tapestry of innovation and challenge. The region's tech landscape is a mix of promise and peril. On one hand, we see green shoots in greentech logistics. On the other, agritech ventures are pushing against skepti... |
| 02.04.2025 | VN startup banks on co-ops to defy agritech skeptics | Premium Content
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Elyssa Lopez · 2 Apr 2025 · 5 min readVN startup banks on co-ops to defy agritech s... |
| 21.11.2024 | FOUR POTENTIALS TO ACCELERATE INDONESIA'S GOLDEN AGE: OLIVER WYMAN | New report uncovers how impetuses in Indonesia's macroeconomy, carbon economy, energy transition, and artificial intelligence-driven growth can propel its Golden Indonesia 2045 vision
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Oliver... |
| 03.09.2024 | $50 M facility secured by Validus from HSBC to strengthen digital lending for Indonesian MSMEs | The establishment of a debt facility from HSBC of up to $50 million under the ASEAN Growth Fund strategy was announced on Monday by Validus, a digital platform for lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with its headquarters l... |
| 02.09.2024 | Validus Secures Up to US$50M Facility from HSBC to Strengthen Digital Lending for MSMEs in Indonesia | Validus has secured a debt facility of up to US$50 million from HSBC under the ASEAN Growth Fund strategy to support financial inclusion for Indonesian MSMEs. SINGAPORE, September 2, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Validus, a leading digital SME... |
| 02.09.2024 | Deals in brief: Didi takes stake in AutoAi, Validus secures USD 50 million debt facility from HSBC, Genesia Ventures backs LaLa, and more | Didi offloads smart cockpit assets for stake in AutoAi
Didi, China’s ride-hailing giant, is trading its smart cockpit division for a stake in AutoAi, a state-backed player specializing in intelligent cockpit software and hardware.
Details o... |
| 01.09.2024 | Validus bags $50m loan to fund Indonesian MSMEs | FintechInvestmentsNews
Michelle Zhu · 6h ago · 2 min readValidus bags $50m loan to fund Indonesian MSMEs
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Validus has secured a debt facility of up to US$50 million from HSBC under the lender’s ASEAN growth fund strateg... |
| 06.02.2024 | Deals in brief: CarbonHQ and Oobit secure funding, Nio Capital completes second RMB fund, 15 other China and India deals, and more | Investible and Galileo Ventures lead CarbonHQ’s pre-seed round
CarbonHQ, an early-stage carbon project management platform, has secured AUD 600,000 (USD 390,760) in a pre-seed funding round jointly led by Investible’s Climate Tech Fund and ... |
| 05.02.2024 | Deals in brief: Pyxis and Gaia EnviroTech secure funding, Japan’s Reazon Holdings invests in Validus, 11 China and India deals, and more | Pyxis secures SGD 4.5 million in oversubscribed seed round
Pyxis, a Singapore-headquartered maritime electrification startup, has raised SGD 4.5 million in a seed funding round jointly led by Motion Ventures and Shift4Good.
The oversubscrib... |
| 04.02.2024 | Validus banks new funding to boost SME financing in Vietnam | FintechInvestmentsNews
Jofie Yordan · 5 Feb 2024 · 1 min readValidus banks new funding to boost SME financing in Vietnam
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Financing remains one of the challenges for SMEs in Southeast Asia. Many of them remain underserv... |
| 13.01.2024 | Lendable Announces $10M Debt Investment in Validus, an SME Lending Platform with Operations in Southeast Asia | Lendable is pleased to announce a $10 million debt investment in Validus, an SME lending platform with operations in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Validus drives SME financial inclusion “across Southeast Asia by leveraging pr... |
| 15.12.2023 | Deals in brief: Rose All Day Cosmetics confirms Series A funding, Velocity Ventures invests in Joyned, Lunit to acquire Volpara, and more | Rose All Day Cosmetics confirms completion of Series A round
Following reports on December 8 regarding Rose All Day Cosmetics (RADC)’s forthcoming completion of its Series A funding round, the Indonesian D2C cosmetics brand has officially c... |
| 14.12.2023 | Former Ant exec's PE fund 01Fintech invests $20m in SG's Validus Capital | 01Fintech, the Southeast Asian growth-stage fintech fund started by Ant Group’s former global investment chief, has made a $20 million equity investment in Singapore-based SME financing platform Validus Capital. |
| 14.12.2023 | Deals in brief: ProfilePrint secures Series B funding, Line Next bags USD 140 million, multiple China and India deals, and more | ProfilePrint completes Series B round
ProfilePrint, a Singapore-based technology company that has developed a proprietary artificial intelligence-powered food “fingerprint” technology, has announced the completion of a Series B funding roun... |
| 27.07.2023 | SME financing platform Validus appoints new Singapore CEO | FintechManagementNewsStartups
Deepti Sri · 31 Jul 2023 · 1 min readSME financing platform Validus appoints new Singapore CEO
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Validus Capital has appointed Vineet Agarwal as the new CEO for its Singapore operations effe... |
| 14.06.2023 | Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Innovation and Regulation in Southeast Asia’s Fintech Industry | As Southeast Asia’s fintech industry continues to soar, creating a delicate balance between fostering innovation and implementing regulation has become a critical challenge. This vibrant sector has been experiencing tremendous growth, drive... |
| 19.12.2022 | Financing Platform Validus Secures First Tranche in Series C-1 Round | Validus announced that it has secured its first tranche of funds in a Series C-1 round with new, key strategic investors NongHyup Financial Group, NorinChukin Bank, Aizawa Asset Management and Lotte F&L Singapore.
Validus’ early investo... |
| 07.11.2022 | Meet the 36 SFF Global Fintech Awards Winners | 36 companies and individuals have been selected as winners of the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022 under the theme “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”.
The winners, which were announced during the Singapore Fintech Festival’s Fintech... |
| 01.11.2022 | Meet the 65 Finalists at the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022 | The SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022, presented by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and supported by PwC Singapore, is themed “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”.
223 submissions were ... |
| 23.06.2022 | Singapore SMEs Struggle Securing Financing | In Singapore, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling to secure sufficient financing from traditional lenders, with most still largely relying on their personal networks to support their business, findings from a new study ... |
| 23.03.2022 | Singapore SME financing firm buys Citibank unit’s loan portfolio | AcquisitionsFintechNewsStartups
Miguel Cordon · 1d ago · 1 min readSingapore SME financing firm buys Citibank unit’s loan portfolio
Singapore-based Validus, a growth financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, has said that it... |
| 21.03.2022 | SME lending platform Validus acquires Citi Singapore’s CitiBusiness loan portfolio | Validus, a Singapore-based lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, is acquiring CitiBusiness’ loan portfolio for an undisclosed amount to bolster its top-line revenue and customer base and expand its growing loan book.
Nikh... |
| 07.05.2021 | Validus Secures S$50 Million From UK’s Asset Manager Fasanara to Boost SME Lending | Validus, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for SMEs, has received over S$50 million from UK’s alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital to boost SME lending for underserved and unbanked SMEs in Singapore.
In addition to investing over ... |
| 03.03.2021 | Asia: P2P Lending Investment Outlook for HNWIs and Institutional Investors | The ASEAN economy is expected to become the fourth-largest economy in the world by 2030, growing at a pace of over 5% per year. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the biggest contributors to this regional growth — they account for betw... |
| 31.12.2020 | The Time of COVID: The Biggest Fintech Stories of 2020 | 2020 was a challenging year for the entire world. The ongoing health crisis surprised everyone as the world dove into a pandemic, pummeling the global economy and impacting everyone. In many respects, Fintech emerged as a beneficiary of COV... |
| 12.05.2020 | Singapore-Based Fintech Lender Validus Raises US$20 Million | May 12, 2020 2 min read
Singapore-headquartered Validus on Wednesday announced that the SME financing platform has raised over US$14 million, with US$20 million in committed capital, in its ongoing Series B+ funding round which was led by V... |
| 12.05.2020 | SME financing platform Validus raises $20m in Series B extension round | Premium
Southeast Asian SME financing platform Validus has raised $20 million in an extended Series B funding co-led by Vertex Growth Fund and Kuok Group’s Orion Fund managed by K3 Venture Partners.
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| 12.05.2020 | Singaporean lending platform Validus raises USD 20 million in Series B+ | Singapore-headquartered fintech lending platform Validus announced on Tuesday that it has secured USD 20 million—with USD 14 million already raised and the rest in committed capital—in its ongoing series B+ funding round that was co-led by ... |
| 11.05.2020 | Southeast Asian lending platform Validus raises $20 million for its Series B+ round | Small- to medium-sized businesses are one of the most important parts of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many have trouble securing growth capital from traditional financial institutions. Validus wants to fix the financing gap with its peer-t... |
| 25.02.2019 | Singapore’s Validus Capital raises $15.2m in Series B funding led by Dutch bank FMO | Premium
Singapore-based P2P lending platform Validus Capital has secured $15.2 million (S$20.5 million) in a Series B funding led by FMO, a development bank from the Netherlands.
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| 25.02.2019 | Daily funding roundup - February 25th, 2019 | Narrative raised $3M; Dray Alliance raised $3.5M; Funnel raised $8M; TheGuarantors raised $15M
Narrative: Narrative makes it easy for you to access, acquire, and integrate the data your company needs to thrive. And if you're a data owner, w... |
| 25.02.2019 | SME lender Validus Capital raises $15M for expansion in Southeast Asia | SME lending was a hot topic in Southeast Asia last year, and companies continue to attract investor dollars in 2019. The latest to pull in capital of its own is Singapore-based Validus Capital, which today announced a SG$20.5 million (US$15... |
| 25.02.2019 | ‘P2B’ lender Validus Capital raises $15m series B round led by Dutch development bank | Validus Capital, a Singapore-based peer-to-business (P2B) financing platform for small and medium enterprises, closed a S$20.5 million (US$15 million) Series B financing round which was led by FMO, a Dutch public-private development bank.
O... |
| 25.02.2019 | SME lender Validus Capital raises $15M for expansion in Southeast Asia | As reported by Jon Russell in TechCrunch (found here):
SME lending was a hot topic in Southeast Asia last year, and companies continue to attract investor dollars in 2019. The latest to pull in capital of its own is Singapore-based Validus... |
| 25.02.2019 | Validus Capital raises $15m for SME financing | Validus Capital, a Singapore-based SME financing platform, has raised SGD 20.5 million ($15.2 million) in a Series B funding round, led by FMO, a Dutch public-private development bank.
Validus will seek to expand beyond Singapore to Indones... |
| 31.07.2018 | Peer to Peer Lender Validus Capital Tops S$100 Million in Loans | Singapore based online lender Validus is reporting a milestone of having originated over S$ 100 million in loans to SMEs. Validus is claiming to the be Southeast Asia’s fastest growing SME lender. Validus is licensed by the Monetary Authori... |
| 03.07.2017 | Singapore: Vertex Ventures invests $3m in Validus Capital’s Series A round | Premium
Vertex Ventures has invested $3 million (S$4.1 million) in Validus Capital, an online fintech marketplace for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Singapore. Validus Capital said will use the Series A cash infusion to fund t... |
| 31.10.2016 | Singapore Fintech Awards 2016 Announces 40 Finalists | Singapore FinTech Awards 2016, comprising the MAS FinTech Award and ABS Global FinTech Award, will be part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival that will be held during 14 – 18 November 2016.
The Awards recognise innovative FinTech s... |
| 21.07.2016 | P2P Lender Validus Partners with EQ Insurance in Singapore: SME Investor Protection | Singapore-based P2P online lending platform Validus Capital has partnered with insurance provider EQ Insurance to offer investor protection on some of the financing it provides to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Stra... |
| 19.07.2016 | First Singapore SME Lending Platform to Provide Investor Protection | Validus Capital, an SME lending platform, has announced it will be the first platform in Singapore to provide investor protection for their invoice financing loans. Partnering with insurance provider, EQ Insurance, Validus Capital will join... |
| 19.04.2016 | Fintech Validus Gears Up, Linking Investors to SME Companies | Fintech Validus is a SME fund box that links Singaporean and Global investors to Singaporean SMEs. Differentiated from p2p, it is a new asset class that connects investors who are prepared to put in $100,000 and above, looking for better th... |
| 18.12.2007 | Validus Closes $10M Venture Round | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Validus DC Systems, of Brookfield, CT, announced today that it has closed a $10 million first round of venture funding led by Oak Hill Venture Partners. Validus makes DC power... |
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| - | Eurazeo updates its second Smart City fund, now at €150 million | French-born venture capital firm Eurazeo has announced the second close of its Smart City fund II, adding €70 million since the first close just shy of a year ago. As one might imagine, the firm’s Smart City fund is earmarked to invest in e... |
| - | Here are the top 15 start-ups to work for in Singapore, according to LinkedIn | Start-ups disrupting the financial services, health care and commerce industries are among the best to work for in Singapore, according to a new study from LinkedIn.
Fintech, telehealth and e-commerce start-ups dominated the professional ne... |
