Thunes
1 Raffles Place, One Raffles Place Tower 2, #28-61, Singapore, 048616
Overview
Thunes provides a global payments infrastructure that enables businesses and financial institutions to move money internationally. The company offers cross-border payment solutions, digital wallets, bank transfers, and mobile money services, allowing users to send and receive funds in various currencies. Thunes focuses on simplifying the complexities of international transactions by connecting different payment systems across countries. The platform supports payment acceptance, disbursement, and currency exchange, helping companies expand their financial reach. Thunes also partners with banks, fintechs, mobile operators, and money transfer operators to facilitate seamless payment flows. Its technology enables fast, transparent, and interoperable financial services across emerging and developed markets. In April 2022, Thunes acquired a controlling stake in a leading anti-money laundering and compliance platform company Tookitaki, which now enables the company’s advanced compliance, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering capabilities, setting an international benchmark for sustainable compliance. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in London, Paris, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Miami and Nairobi. Current investors include Visa, EDBI, Endeavor Catalyst, Marshall Wace, Bessemer Venture Partners, 01Fintech, Future Shape, Insight Partners, Checkout.com, Helios Investment Partners and GGV Capital. For more information, visit www.thunes.com
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Mobile Payments
- Payments
Investment portfolio
- Gozem
Participated · Series A · Dec 2021
Gozem operates a SuperApp that combines ride-hailing, delivery, digital payments (Gozem Money) and a vehicle-financing arm known as Gozem Financing, which uses a "Drive-to-Buy" instalment model across smartphones, motorbikes, three-wheelers and cars. As of late 2025 the company reported facilitating around one million trips per month, surpassing one million registered users, and counting nearly 10,000 registered drivers; it has financed over 7,000 vehicles and reported generating more than $90 million in cumulative earnings for 40,000 driver-partners. Public estimates of 2025 revenue vary (Latka reports $112.9 million while other estimates place it near $72 million), and the company had about 590 employees per Latka. Gozem has expanded its footprint to Togo, Benin, Gabon, Cameroon and, since November 2025, the Republic of Congo, and plans entry into Côte d'Ivoire by the end of 2026. The company has pursued strategic partnerships—such as with MTN Congo for Wi‑Fi–equipped financed vehicles—and used Series B capital to strengthen vehicle financing and accelerate rollout of its digital-money services. Its integrated ecosystem and vehicle-financing model are central to its growth strategy, though management faces operational and currency risks as it scales into larger, more competitive markets.