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Hong Leong Group

Level 30, Menara Hong Leong, No. 6, Jalan Damanlela, Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Damansara, 50490, Malaysia

Overview

Hong Leong Group is an investment management conglomerate that provides banking and financial services, manufacturing and distribution, property development and investments, hospitality and leisure, and principal investment. With a heritage and the dynamism to embrace up-to-date technology, professional management structures, systems, and methodologies of global standards, Hong Leong Group is poised to take on the challenges of global business in the 21st century.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
0
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Investment portfolio

  • SmartUp

    Participated · Series A · Feb 2017

    SmartUp operates a peer-to-peer micro-learning and knowledge-sharing platform that enables communities to create, share and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge. The platform is used by startup founders, companies, innovators, business schools and entrepreneurs around the world. Customers are creating interactive content for training, product information, onboarding, sales material, compliance, innovation and more, and some are building external customer and partner "academies." SmartUp is already used by over 100,000 startup founders and teams. The company plans to use new funding to expand operations and evolve the platform to serve the needs of large corporates and startups, enabling communities for teams to learn new skills and exchange knowledge. SmartUp was co-founded by Frank Meehan (CEO), Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane-Fox.

  • SmartUp.io

    Led · Series A · Feb 2017

    SmartUp.io provides an intuitive micro-learning platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange, used by startup founders, companies, innovators and business schools. The platform supports interactive content for training, onboarding, product info, sales material, compliance and innovation, and enables external customer and partner academies. SmartUp emphasizes bite-sized modules and feedback-driven learning across topics including innovation, rapid prototyping, fintech and AI. It is already used by over 100,000 startup founders and teams. The company plans to evolve the platform to better serve large corporates as well as startups, positioning itself as a modern alternative or complement to legacy Learning Management Systems. SmartUp was founded in 2014 and is based in London. The company announced a new financing round to support these product and go-to-market efforts.

Team

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