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Futu Holdings

Unit C1-2, 34/F, United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island

Overview

Futu Holdings offers an online brokerage platform that enables individual investors to trade in listed stocks. The company provides users with trade execution, margin financing, market data and information, and social networking services through our proprietary digital platform Futubull for three major markets including Hong Kong, US, and Chinese A-Share-listed stocks. They have embedded social media tools to create a network centered around their users and provide connectivity to users, investors, companies, analysts, media and key opinion leaders. They also provide enterprise business services such as ESOP management and IPO subscription services for corporate customers, which is highly complementary to their retail brokerage business.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Information Services
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Investment portfolio

  • Futu Clearing

    Led · Equity · May 2021

    Futu Clearing Inc. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Futu Holdings that provides execution and clearing solutions to broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, facilitating trading of U.S. equities for clients worldwide. Established in 2018 and based in Palo Alto, the firm serves as the backbone for clients trading U.S. equities and offers clearing, deposits, and support for margin accounts. The company announced a $400 million strategic capital injection from parent Futu Holdings to expand its U.S. operations and scale counterparty relationships. Management says the funding will be used to scale day-to-day operational needs — including clearing and deposits, supporting margin accounts — and to maintain high-quality, uninterrupted trading services globally. The parent, Futu Holdings, earlier issued 10,925,000 ADSs (including the sale of 1,425,000 ADSs via the underwriters' option) to raise capital to support margin financing, international expansion, license applications and potential investments and acquisitions. According to Futu's full-year 2020 financials, Futu's total user base grew by 58.6% in 2020, reflecting rising transaction volumes handled by Futu Clearing.

Team

  • Leaf Li

    Founder, chairman & CEO

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  • Arthur Chen

    Chief Finance Officer

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  • Nineway Zhang

    Director

  • Robin Xu

    Senior Vice President

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