And our renewed commitment to the local business community in future Let’s review Funding Societies: This month we turn 5 years old! From a wide-eyed newbie who burst onto the lending scene and quickly disbursed our first funded loan in 2015, to an experienced digital financing platform who is now …
How to Help An SME Get Financed And Be Rewarded
Have you come across business owners urgently looking for business financing but are unsuccessful in their attempts to get from banks or other sources? You can be a lifeline by referring them through Funding Societies’ SME Referral Programme. Besides providing the SME with an alternative avenue for financing, you also …
Funding Societies Year in Review 2018
Happy 2019 from Funding Societies! Let’s take a look at some of the key highlights in 2018. Series B Round We raised a series B round of US$25 million, led by Softbank Ventures Korea, along with existing investors Sequoia India, Alpha JWC Ventures (Indonesia) and Golden Gate Venture and new …
Funding Societies at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2018
What an exciting week for us and the finance industry at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2018! A report from MAS, the organiser of the event, showed more than 40,000 visitors gracing the Festival. Our booth at the ASEAN Fintech Startup Zone was constantly streaming with people from all over the …
Funding Societies Hosts Its First Tertiary Marketing Case Competition
This year, Funding Societies organised our own Tertiary Case Competition for Singapore-based tertiary students. It’s also the first-ever marketing case competition by a Fintech startup! Students were required to devise a 6-month integrated marketing plan to drive our mission in helping to increase financial inclusion for SMEs in Singapore. We …
Introducing CrowdFund Talks, A Community for Savvy and Discerning Investors
There are many forums out there but few that focus on investments in crowdfunding and alternative investments. CrowdFund Talks is Funding Societies’ very own community page. We are firm believers of the collective wisdom of the crowds (after all, we’re a crowdfunding platform!) and are motivated to create a platform …
Introducing Miyu, Your Friendly Chatbot, from Our Customer Experience Team
Funding Societies is excited to announce Miyubot, a chatbot for use in our daily interactions with you. Driven by artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing, the promise of these technologies in a chatbot coincides with our goal of serving you faster as well as better. Oftentimes, Miyubot will get to …
Q&A: Internship at Funding Societies (Part 2)
In our last post, we shared the first part of a Q&A session between our 2017 summer interns and Funding Societies Co-Founder & CEO Kelvin Teo. Here is the second and concluding post, where our interns share lessons learned and advice for those who will embark on FinTech internships. What …
Q&A: Internship at Funding Societies (Part 1)
Singapore’s FinTech industry is on the rise. In fact, based on a 2017 Deloitte report, Singapore and London are ranked together as the top FinTech hub in the world. The prominence of FinTech in Singapore has attracted students and educational institutions. This summer, Funding Societies welcomed a diverse group of …
My Greatest Takeaways From the 12-week Internship at Funding Societies
Shin Yiseul, our very first intern at Funding Societies, shares her greatest takeaways from her 12-week internship with us: Everyone dreams of finding a job they love. Like many other undergraduates, I spent several summer breaks in various internships, letting each experience guide me in discovering my passion. This phase …