Our Co-Founders (from left) Vikas Nahata, Ajit Raikar, Nikhilesh Goel We’re pleased to share news of our Series B round led by FMO, AAA-rated Netherlands’ leading development bank, that raised over $20 million. This also marks FMO’s first direct Fintech investment in Asia, and further affirms our ambition to become a digital ‘bank-like’ fintech for […]
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- 25 February 2019
- alternative financing|partnerships|Series B
Tech in Asia: P2P lender Validus eyes Indonesia, Vietnam after $15m funding
As published on Tech in Asia: Singapore-based Validus Capital has raised US$15.2 million in funding to push into Indonesia and Vietnam, it announced today. The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform’s series B round was led by Netherlands development bank FMO. Also joining the round were Openspace Ventures and Vertex Ventures from Singapore, Taiwan’s Cathay Financial, Vietnam’s VinaCapital […]
- 25 February 2019
- alternative financing|partnerships|Series B
e27 and Yahoo! News: P2P lending fintech Validus closes over US$15.2M Series B funding led by Dutch bank FMO
As published in e27 and Yahoo! News: Singapore-based fintech startup focussing on peer-to-peer (P2P) lending service Validus announced that it has raised over S$20.5 million (US$15.2 million) oversubscribed Series B funding. The funding was led by Netherlands-based development bank FMO, joined by Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings, Singapore’s Openspace Ventures (previously NSI Ventures), Temasek investment arm Vertex Ventures, […]
- 25 February 2019
- fintechsg|Investment|p2b lending|P2P Lending|startup
Asia VC Cast: Validus on Asia VC Cast with Daniel Song
- 25 February 2019
- alternative financing|partnerships|Series B
The Edge Singapore: Validus secures over $20 mil in oversubscribed series B funding
As published on The Edge Singapore: SINGAPORE (Feb 25): Validus Capital, a Singapore-based SME financing platform, has raised $20.5 million in its oversubscribed Series B funding round. See: Temasek-backed Validus Capital raises over $120 mil in business funding The Series B funding round was led by FMO, Netherlands’ public-private development bank. Other participating investors include […]
- 25 February 2019
- alternative financing|partnerships|Series B
Dealstreet Asia: Singapore’s Validus Capital raises $15.2m in Series B funding led by Dutch bank FMO
As published on DealstreetAsia: 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. Read more →
Download our exclusive SME Financing Economic Impact Study
We’re proud to share the findings of an independent study by Steward Redqueen, on the economic impact of Validus’ business financing activity in Singapore. By empowering SMEs through accessible financing, there was a considerable impact in GDP creation, and job growth across these SMEs in Singapore.
Through this report, we hope to highlight the financing challenges SMEs currently face, drive greater awareness on alternative credit sources available to help fuel SME growth and foster ecosystem collaboration.