Tagged: funding societies

February 8, 2021 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

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

January 25, 2021 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

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

December 15, 2020 @ 9:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

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

November 12, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore based peer to peer finance platform Funding Societies notes that after several years of laying the groundwork with ESG, they’re proud to confirm that their direct lending entity, FS Capital Pte Ltd (which is part of Funding Societies), was approved in October 2020 to… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 8:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, an SME digital financing platform has updated much of its executive team. According to a note from the company, Frank Stevenaar joins as the Fintech’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Nihit Nirmal takes on the role as Chief Product Officer (CPO), and Ishan… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Societies, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in Southeast Asia, announced on Tuesday it was named the winner of a Silver Stevie Award last week in the Innovation in Technology category in the seventh annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. The online lender claims… Read More

February 25, 2020 @ 7:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based peer to peer finance platform Funding Societies has announced a new partnership with Singapore E-Business Pte Ltd (SGeBIZ). The arrangement seeks to “provide quick financing solutions to local SME suppliers and their buyers.” Funding Societies offers a diverse range of loan products, that… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms in Southeast Asia, has revamped its executive team with new hires. Funding Societies provides access to capital to SMEs crowdfunded by both institutional and individual investors. To date, Funding Societies reports over S$ 800 million… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in Southeast Asia, has topped S$ 200 million mark in total crowdfunded SME loans. Funding Societies notes that this accomplishment arrives just 6 months after crossing S$ 100 million in January of this year. The… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies has closed a USD $25 million Series B funding round. The peer to peer lending platform said the oversubscribed offer was led by Softbank Ventures Korea. Additionally, Funding Societies said it has received expanded credit facilities from banks and other financial… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 11:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, a leading peer-to-peer lending platform based in Singapore, has crossed the S$ 100 million mark in total crowdfunded SME loans. The financing was provided to SMEs across Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. According to the company, Funding Societies has expanded its crowdfunding book by… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 12:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s SME crowdfunding platform Funding Societies announced on Friday it was named the first southeast Asia company to win the Global SME Excellence Award from United Nations’ ITU Telecom, which was held this year in Busan, South Korea. This news comes just days after… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, Singapore’s and Southeast Asia’s SME crowdfunding platform, has announced the launch of its new chatbot “Miyu”. This is described as the first such chatbot created by a crowdfunding company in Southeast Asia. Miyu was jointly developed by two Singapore Management University interns at… Read More

September 5, 2017 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Private equity fund manager Senturia Capital has reportedly announced a partnership with peer-to-peer financing platform Funding Societies to expand alternative financing access and capital solutions for Malaysian businesses. According to The Star, Senturia Capital managing director, Datuk Marco Yap, revealed that the partnership with Funding… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies has become the first peer-to-peer lending platform to become a member of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM), a prestigious forum for credit risk management. Funding Societies also reported that risk expert Terry Tse has joined the online lender’s… Read More

November 7, 2016 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

First P2B Online Lending Platform Approved by Regulators in Singapore & Malaysia Funding Societies, a peer-to-business online lender, has received an “in-principle approval” of a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license in Singapore, and has been selected as one of the six registered operators in Malaysia… Read More

August 4, 2016 @ 12:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, a Singapore-based “peer to business” lending marketplace, has raised a respectable S$ 10 million in a Series A funding round.  The investment was led by Sequoia India, part of the legendary Sequoia VC group. Funding Societies believes this is the largest investment in… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The largest bank in South East Asia, DBS, has signed an agreement with two peer to peer lending platforms to refer small business loans the bank turns away.  MoolahSense and Funding Societies will now become a service provider for the far larger bank. Simultaneously, both… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 1:39 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, a new marketplace for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending officially launched today to give Indonesia’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) greater access to funding by means of loans pooled from crowdfunding, according to a story in the JakartaGlobe. Modalku offers companies quick access to non-collateral loans with interest rates between… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-founder of Funding Societies in his 20s, Reynold Wijaya is now the peer-to-peer lending company’s chief operations (Singapore) leader, and has helped bring the company’s funding to near $1.25 million. Funding Societies was among the first homegrown P2P lending companies to bring in a trustee registered with the… Read More