Podcast: Fintech Daydreaming | Building the blocks of digital finance with Kelvin Tan from audax
Building a digital banking platform in-house in a bank and then packaging it into a product is a journey that builds on the potential of a team that has deep understanding of how banks operate and how to address their needs. Tune in to hear how Kelvin and his team navigated through this journey and […]
SC Ventures Sells Incubated Venture CardsPal to utu
Travel-tech firm utu will leverage CardsPal’s hyper-localized rewards tech expertise for rollout in major tax-free shopping markets. Singapore, June 28, 2023 – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has completed the sale of CardsPal, a Singapore-based platform offering hyper-localized rewards, to utu, a Singapore-based travel-tech firm transforming customer experiences in tax-free […]
Meet Sally Yin, our Investment Fund team member helping partner companies scale 🚀
👋 Hi Sally, tell us about yourself! What are 3 words that best sum you up? S: Diligent, resilient, perseverant What do you do at SC Ventures, and how are you rewiring the 🧬 DNA in banking? S: I work on the Investment Fund team at SC Ventures, making strategic (minority) investments in partnering […]
Meet Jason Wiggin, leading Intrapreneurship at SC Ventures
👋 Hi Jason, tell us about yourself! What are 3 words that best sum you up? J: Direct, Social and Plucky What do you do at SC Ventures, and how are you rewiring the 🧬 DNA in banking? J: I basically harvest ideas from internal folks – whether at SC Ventures, Standard Chartered or […]
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SC Ventures exits stake in Metaco SA
SC Ventures was an early investor in Metaco’s vision for institutions to operate digital assets in a safe and compliant ecosystem Singapore, May 25, 2023 – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has exited its stake in Metaco SA (Metaco), a Swiss-based tech firm offering critical software infrastructure that enables institutions […]
SC Ventures launches Tawi to improve price transparency and financial access for smallholder farmers in Kenya
The B2B agritech marketplace facilitates smallholder farmers receiving more payment for their produce while improving product cost and quality for customers. The marketplace plans to provide financial services, plus support for farmers to scale in line with Tawi’s vision of making the food and agriculture value chain more sustainable. 09 May 2023, Singapore SC Ventures, […]
Meet Cherotich Rutto, venture lead of Tawi, our digital marketplace connecting farmers to commercial kitchens
Wrapping up our series of interviews with our venture leads this International Women’s Month, we speak to Cherotich Rutto, venture lead of Tawi, our digital marketplace, offering secured e-commerce transactions, financing and value-added services from farm to fork. Tawi’s mission is to create a more connected, trusted and transparent agriculture and food ecosystem while positively […]
Meet Amelia Ng, CEO of Olea, our fully digitized trade finance origination and distribution platform
Celebrating International Women’s Month, we speak to Amelia Ng, CEO of Olea, our fully digitized trade finance origination and distribution platform, which takes a radically transparent approach to partnering with both suppliers and investors to drive meaningful impact in the global economy. In our latest interview, Amelia shares her views on what she believes it […]
Meet Lynette Lee, venture lead of Huma, our solution focused on demystifying ESG due diligence
Celebrating International Women’s Month, we speak to Lynette Lee, venture lead of Huma, our solution focused on demystifying ESG due-diligence, about what three traits she thinks every successful entrepreneur should have, how she approaches gender biases along her founder journey, and the advice she would give her younger self – and budding entrepreneurs embarking on […]
Eco Money: Standard Chartered sees 12X investment potential in tackling climate change
Where are the lines drawn on what is and isn’t sustainable? AND what are big international banks doing about it? More importantly where are the investment opportunities? Eco Money Host, Rachel Kelly speaks to Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer of Standard Chartered Bank and Alex Manson, Member, SC Ventures to find out.
Meet April McKenna, CEO of Autumn, our all-in-one financial planning platform helping customers own their future
Celebrating International Women’s Month, we speak to April McKenna, CEO of Autumn, our all-in-one financial planning platform that helps customers own their future, about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, how we can overcome gender bias in the venture space, and the advice she would give her younger self – and budding entrepreneurs […]
Meet Fernn Lim, Chief of Staff of Standard Chartered nexus, our BaaS solution
Kicking off the first in our series of interviews with our female venture leaders this International Women’s Month, we speak to Fernn Lim, who is the Chief of Staff for Standard Chartered nexus. Standard Chartered nexus is our white-label plug and play Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution powered by Standard Chartered with a vision to redefine the […]
#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, […]
Activate the creativity within your organization through our Intrapreneur program
By leveraging our SC Ventures Intrapreneur Program which we offer as a white label solution, we can activate and empower the creativity that sits within our organisations – incubating ideas, testing them and bringing them to market with greater speed.
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 […]
Rewiring the DNA in banking through Client Engagement
At SC Ventures, we’re set up to rewire the DNA in banking. To this end, partnerships with clients are critical. Corporates and institutions are thinking about how their industries are changing and how the needs of their customers are evolving – but they don’t always know where to start. This is where we come in. […]
Podcast: myZoi Financial Technology Solutions x Fintech Surge
Syed Ali, Co-Founder and CEO of MyZoi and Christian Buckles, Founder and Chief Product Officer of MyZoi discuss how the UAE is the ideal testing ground for their state of the art financial inclusion software, ensuring everyone can manage their wealth with ease.