Scaling Breakthrough Business Models, Together
SC Ventures is a business unit that provides a platform & catalyst for Standard Chartered to promote innovation, invest in disruptive financial technology and explore alternative business models.
30+
New Ventures
2500+
FinTech Bridge community
21
Portfolio Companies
4+
Years of Journey
Rewiring the DNA in Banking
Driving Transformation
Community Engagement
Our Themes
Considering changing global dynamics, we have developed high conviction themes which reimagine how banks will serve society.
Digital banking and lifestyle
Finance needs to be an integrated component of digital lifestyles for it to be efficient in addressing consumers’ needs
Online economy and payments
The rise and integration of the online economy is a key driver for economic growth, which banks must fully enable
SMEs and world trade
World trade is a crucial engine for global welfare and GDP growth, but SMEs still struggle with inclusion with the global economy and access to the financial system
Digital assets
Digital assets are here to stay but in need of a sustainable and safe infrastructure, which banks are well positioned to provide
Capabilities as a service
Banks have expertise in building core capabilities and processes, which could be leveraged commercially
Sustainability and inclusion
Corporates and banks have the opportunity to fully integrate sustainability and financial inclusion into their business models
Ventures
Minority Investments
Digital banking and lifestyle
Finance needs to be an integrated component of digital lifestyles for it to be efficient in addressing consumers’ needs
Ventures
Minority Investments
Online economy and payments
The rise and integration of the online economy is a key driver for economic growth, which banks must fully enable
Ventures
Minority Investments
SMEs and world trade
World trade is a crucial engine for global welfare and GDP growth, but SMEs still struggle with inclusion with the global economy and access to the financial system
Ventures
Minority Investments
Digital assets
Digital assets are here to stay but in need of a sustainable and safe infrastructure, which banks are well positioned to provide
Ventures
Minority Investments
Capabilities as a service
Banks have expertise in building core capabilities and processes, which could be leveraged commercially
Ventures
Minority Investments
Sustainability and inclusion
Corporates and banks have the opportunity to fully integrate sustainability and financial inclusion into their business models
Ventures
Minority Investments
how we operate
The whole is greater than the sum of our parts
SC Ventures is designed and structured such that the combination of key pillars enable the transformational impact.
Ventures
Build and scale new business models involving banking and financial services
Investment
Cement relationships via minority stakes in fintechs and partners
FinTech Bridge
Access a powerful community of fintechs to address business challenges
Intrapreneurship
Bringing innovation to corporates and SMEs through SC Ventures’ certified intrapreneurship process and whitelabel technology
The SC Ventures Advantage
01
We have the DNA to operate in hyper regulated environments, creating ventures that have a significant competitive edge in assessing risk and creating compliant business models
02
We have a distinct approach to venture building and corporate structuring, which has resulted in 30+ nimble ventures that are backed by a regulated financial institution
03
We operate in the world’s most dynamic and innovative economies, predominantly focused on Asia, Africa and Middle East
04
We have built a very diverse team, across multiple which brings a wealth of different perspectives to venture building
05
We leverage partnerships as key building blocks for ecosystems of the future
Stories
SC Ventures provided us the platform to kickstart and nurture the co-creation process with our first client, Lenovo. By leveraging SC Ventures’ tech and venture building expertise, as well as SCB’s (expand) global footprint and regulatory framework, we were able to create a secure, automated and bank-agnostic platform that locks economic value for clients and their ecosystem partners.
Stories
With the help and support from SC Ventures, we were able to kickstart CardsPal from being ‘just an idea’ to a full blown venture. SC Ventures incubated CardsPal and enabled CardsPal to become an innovation-led venture that operates in a safe environment. By leveraging on SC Ventures venture building expertise and Standard Chartered Bank’s network, we will continue to tap on the unfair advantage to accelerate CardsPal’s growth.
Saim Yeong Harng
Co-founder & CEO, CardsPal
Stories
SC Ventures provided us the platform to kickstart and nurture the co-creation process with our first client, Lenovo. By leveraging SC Ventures’ tech and venture building expertise, as well as SCB’s (expand) global footprint and regulatory framework, we were able to create a secure, automated and bank-agnostic platform that locks economic value for clients and their ecosystem partners.
Kingshuk Ghoshal
Co-founder & CEO, TASConnect
