Funding
BNPL Platform BillEase Raises US$20M Debt Facility from Singapore’s Helicap Securities
Consumer finance app BillEase has closed an up to US$20 million debt facility arranged by Singapore-based Helicap Securities, bringing the total raised by the lending platform to US$55 million in debt and equity. The company previously raised US$11 million in
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Philippines’ UNO Digital Bank Raises US$11 Million Led by Malaysia’s Creador
Singapore-headquartered financial technology company UNOAsia, the primary incorporator of UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines, has secured US$ 11 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Creador Private Equity. Creador has already invested a total of US$ 21
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Filipino MSME Bookkeeping App Lista Raises Over US$5.1 Million
Lista, a bookkeeping app for MSMEs based in the Philippines, has raised over US$ 5.1 million in a recent funding round led by Singaporean VC firm Openspace Ventures. Existing investors East Ventures, Saison Capital, and 1982 Ventures had also participated
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Coins.ph Raises US$30 Million in Series C to Deepen Its Southeast Asian Presence
Philippines’ fiat and crypto wallet services provider Coins.ph announced that it has closed a US$30 million Series C financing led by Ribbit Capital, and joined by other strategic investors. The company said that the new capital will be used to
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Philippines’ BNPL Firm BillEase Secures US$20 Million Debt Facility From Lendable
Philippines’ Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform BillEase announced that it has secured a US$20 million debt facility from Lendable, an emerging market credit provider. This adds to the recent US$11 million Series B equity that it had raised from
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PayMaya’s Parent Company Voyager Raises US$210 Million, Vaulting It to Unicorn Status
Voyager Innovations, the company behind the Philippines digital wallet PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, has raised US$210 million in new funds, vaulting it to unicorn status with a valuation of approximately US$1.4 billion. The round was led by Voyager’s first
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Top 5 Most Well-Funded Fintech Companies in the Philippines
In 2021, the Philippines’ fintech sector gained significant traction amid rapid adoption of digital financial services. This was supported by a conducive regulatory environment and investors’ growing interest in the prospect of technology to bring the country’s large population of
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Fintech Takes Lion’s Share of Philippines Tech Funding for Second Consecutive Year
The Philippines’ fintech industry is blossoming on the back of surging funding activity, a conducive regulatory environment, and rapid adoption of digital financial services, a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Foxmont Capital Partners shows. In 2021,
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PayMongo Secures US$31 Million Series B to Venture Into the BNPL Space
Philippines’ payment processing startup PayMongo announced that it has secured US$31 million in a Series B funding round. The round brings the company’s total funding to just under US$46 million, following a US$12 million Series A round in 2020 and
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Crypto Exchange PDAX Secures US$50 Million in Series B Led by Tiger Global
The Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) announced that it has raised more than US$50 million in funding led by Tiger Global. Tiger’s investment completes the company’s Series B funding round which began with US$12.5 million in August 2021. Other investors include
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