#IWD2023: Celebrating Our Female Venture Leaders
At SC Ventures, we believe that International Women’s Day is a necessary celebration of diversity. We are by design, a group of highly diverse individuals – former entrepreneurs, design thinkers, technologists, bankers and investment and risk professionals – across genders, nationalities and generations. While it can sometimes be challenging and uncomfortable, our magic lies in […]
Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Custody and SBI establish joint venture to set up the first tier 1 crypto asset custodian in Japan
London, UK — 02 February 2023 — – Zodia Custody Limited (“Zodia Custody”), a leading crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (“SBI DAH”) announce that they have entered into definitive agreements to launch a joint venture in Japan. Subject to anti-trust […]
Digital assets move one step closer to standardised processing in multibank partnership
26 January 2023, Singapore/Frankfurt – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) one of the largest banks in Germany, DekaBank and financial software specialist Comyno have entered into a joint venture to create SWIAT, a blockchain platform that enables real time settlement and trading of traditional and digital data, […]
SC Ventures by Standard Chartered and VinUniversity partner to launch Intrapreneurship programme for students
SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and VinUniversity have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the launch of the Intrapreneurship programme for VinUniversity (VinUni) students to help them develop entrepreneurship and leadership skills. Under the MoU, the Bank will host an innovation challenge that VinUni students will be invited to participate […]
B2B marketplace Solv launches in Kenya to unlock MSMEs’ growth potential
Nairobi, October 19, 2022 – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya will now be able to access working capital financing and a wide range of other business solutions following today’s launch of Solv in Kenya. In addition to providing access to multiple financial institutions, the full-stack platform promises to be a growth partner, […]
We’ll be at Singapore FinTech Festival & Hong Kong FinTech Week 2022
As a corporate sponsor of Singapore Fintech Festival 2022 and Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022, Standard Chartered will be hosting an entire week of events between 31st October and 4th November. Against the backdrop of profound global challenges, there lies the opportunity for businesses to be a force for good. Join our panels and visit […]
Standard Chartered joins Chekk’s multi-million dollar financing round to support growth of KYC company
Building on HSBC’s and SOSV’s investments, funds will be deployed towards product development and sales activities to further capture US$17b market Firm already services multiple units of Standard Chartered Bank, with more to come 23rd August 2022, Singapore/Hong Kong – Standard Chartered today announced that it has invested funds in Hong Kong-based KYC, KYB and […]
Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Markets Receives FCA Crypto Registration
Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Markets Receives FCA Crypto Registration, Launches Institutional Exchange and Brokerage in UK and EU London, 28 July 2022 – Zodia Markets, a UK-based cryptoasset exchange and brokerage for institutional clients backed by Standard Chartered, today announced that it has received cryptoasset registration from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and officially launched […]
Solv raises US$40 MN to deepen operations in India and expand globally
27 June 2022, Singapore – Solv, a trusted B2B digital marketplace for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), raised US$40 million in Series A funding led by marquee investor, SBI Holdings, with participation from SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm. SC Ventures has played a leading role in building and incubating the Solv franchise. Solv […]
SC Ventures and SBI sign MOU to accelerate portfolio expansion efforts and ecosystem building
9 May 2022, Singapore – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc to expand their portfolio, both at a business and geographic level, and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership. SBI is a major Japanese financial […]
