• Capital Match

  Participated · Series A · Aug 2015

  Capital Match is a peer-to-peer lending online platform founded in 2014 that connects SMEs in Singapore with professional investors seeking attractive returns. The platform lets investors view loan requests alongside professional credit assessments and select loans to participate in. As loans are made, Capital Match provides end-to-end services including payment processing, debt collection and reporting. The company is led by CEO Pawel Kuznicki and CTO Arnaud Bailly. It raised $1M in a Series A funding round and intends to use the proceeds to increase product development, marketing and sales. No operating metrics (revenue or user counts) were disclosed in the article.

• Scrollback

  Participated · Seed · Nov 2014

  Scrollback offers a simple, embeddable real-time chat widget integrated with mobile apps so users can follow discussions on desktop and smartphones. Users can join public discussions without being members of a site, and the company is developing a private chat function. Since launching in 2013 at Singapore incubator JFDI.Asia, Scrollback has gained 45,000 monthly active users and 700 groups. The product has been embedded on sites like Mozilla India and HasGeek and used as a networking app at conferences such as JSConf.Asia, with traction in Southeast Asia, India, and Spanish-speaking communities. Scrollback plans to monetize via a freemium model, charging for private community discussions and advanced moderation tools. The startup will use its seed funding to build mobile apps, improve its technology, and invest in marketing.

• HipFlat

  Participated · Equity · Dec 2013

  Hipflat operates an online real estate portal that lists residential, commercial and industrial properties and connects buyers and renters with sellers and landlords. The company uses a proprietary data-mining solution to collect, extract and process pricing data from hundreds of unstructured sources. Its data set—assembled with Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning—includes asking prices for over 2,500 projects going back as far as eight years, achievable rental yields and pricing trends. Hipflat currently lists 260,000 active property listings and receives over 30,000 monthly inquiries from homebuyers and renters. The company plans to use new capital to introduce innovative products aimed at increasing transparency in emerging property markets. Hipflat was incorporated in 2013 and is led by founder and CEO Denis Nemtsev. HipFlat is a Thai real estate search site that aggregates property listings and local information. It has developed an automated system that collects and processes offers from agents, owners, online classifieds and forums, and aggregates nearby restaurants, shops, schools and parks. The service includes a price trend graph to help users research and make informed decisions. The company raised $335k in funding and plans to use the proceeds to launch and build the team. Backers include Crystal Horse Investments, 8capita and a Thailand-based group of angel investors led by Kris Nalamlieng. HipFlat is hiring.

• Save22

  Led · Equity · May 2013

  Save 22 operates a mobile app and backend that index prices of goods and display price comparisons, including a barcode-scan feature that lists stores by price. Its database covers about 500,000 products, with listings sourced from retailers, app users, and staff who actively index popular goods on the ground. The company’s backend data engine mines retail partners’ catalogs, and investors expect Save 22 to develop an additional revenue stream by offering data analytics to third parties. The startup was founded in March 2010 (renamed from Lobangclub last year) and has nine employees. Management and investors are focused on expanding the product database across Southeast Asia to improve analysis quality and monetization potential. Save 22 faces regional competitors like PricePinz and larger global players with barcode-scanning apps such as ShopSavvy, Amazon’s PriceCheck, and eBay’s RedLaser.

No current team members are available.