SC Ventures and Yabx, a Tech Mahindra Group company, invest $10 Million to setup Furaha and expand access to purpose-driven financing in Africa
Furaha combines SC Ventures’ global expertise and risk management capability with Yabx’s future-ready tech and alternate lending platform Furaha offers purpose-driven loans centred around education, gender and other responsible lending pillars for African markets Davos, Jan. 24, 2025 – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, and Yabx Technologies (Netherlands) B.V., a […]
SC Ventures and KiyaAI launch Akashaverse to redefine inclusive and accessible VR, AR and AI Experiences
Singapore, January 23, 2025 – SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, in partnership with KiyaAI, a digital solutions provider, is launching Akashaverse, an entertainment, social, ecommerce and lifestyle hub using immersive technologies and artificial intelligence. Akashaverse will explore immersive and interactive digital environments and intends to transform how people experience and […]
Eden Exchange acquires Dealcierge to establish one of the largest M&A marketplaces and private deal networks in the Asia Pacific
Melbourne fintech Eden Exchange acquires Dealcierge from SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm Creating a complete end-to-end platform for market services in APAC for buying and selling businesses Targeting underserviced SME transactions, enabling deal and capital flow across borders 20 January 2025, Melbourne/Singapore: Australian fintech Eden Exchange has acquired SC Venture’s […]
Supporting Regulatory Digital Asset Strategies Across the Globe
We are continuing to drive growth as an integral part of Standard Chartered Group’s innovation mandate. Specifically, our digital assets ventures are playing key roles in regulatory digital asset strategies across the globe. In Asia, Libeara, our tokenization platform, along with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Mox and Mastercard successfully completed a Proof of Concept […]
2024 Q2 Quarterly Perspectives
Exploring AI All eyes are on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI (GenAI). Our industry is still experimenting with the technology and we are no different, but it will come as no surprise that AI is already part of our daily activities and our ventures have incorporated AI in their businesses. For example, TASConnect, our […]
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 […]
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 […]
White Paper: The Metaverse – An Overview
Written by: Simon Figures, SC Ventures San Francisco Email | LinkedIn In Brief The metaverse is best described as a future version of the Internet where people interact socially and professionally in persistent, shared, and immersive virtual worlds. Numerous analysts are predicting a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity with far reaching implications for a broad range of industry […]
FinTech Bridge Live: Sustainability in PropTech
In our recent SC Ventures FinTech Bridge live session, Marion Bernardi and Harald Eltvedt spoke with Ashish Jerry Justin, CEM® CMVP® RCx Pro, Marie Cheong, Virginia Brumby Ferreira and Apurv Suri about trends, regulations and opportunities to drive sustainability and impact in the booming #proptech space. Here are some key takeaways: 💥 Tech advancements, hybrid work arrangements, increasing business focus on achieving #netzero and government regulations are key factors […]
Mobilizing the potential of AI for sustainable trade finance
Around the world, 1.7 billion people still lack access to a formal bank account. As data grows exponentially, AI has the power to transform this data profusion into financial inclusion, with the right infrastructure and ethical framework. In a recent World Economic Forum article, SC Ventures’ Amelia Ng and Laurent Le Moal, CEO of PayU, share the three key elements needed […]
Zodia mastering digital custody and gender balance
SC Ventures founded Zodia to manage digital assets for institutional clients while maintaining a robust compliance and control framework – a unique selling point. Find out how Zodia is pioneering institutional-grade digital custody solutions and how gender diversity plays in Zodia’s success story. The need for a regulated digital custody solution Zodia by SC Ventures […]
A year of grit and growth
By: Alex Manson, SC Ventures Well… we didn’t see that one coming! Last year was painful for most people, to varying degrees – at times tragic with the loss of loved ones, emerging forms of mental illness, loss of jobs and means of living. The gap between rich and poor increased and humanity suffered […]
Corporates Supporting Startups: Does it all have to be about the money?
By: Hari Rajmohan, SC Ventures | 24 Oct 2019 I first spoke to Edward Neequaye on an teleconference line, along with a few other employees of Standard Chartered Bank. By then we had shortlisted Edward/ Built and another start up, from amongst over 100 contenders to be the recipient of a $50k cash award and […]
Finding the Silver Lining of Covid-19 for startups
By: Alex Toh, SC Ventures | 16 June 2020 (Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer) Being in the startup scene, you tend to be (or after a while become) optimistic as you’re surrounded by passionate people building their dreams. On the VC side, you […]
Digital CVP – the elusive segment of ‘one’
By Sachin Rajat Sharma, CPO, nexus | 24 August, 2020 Are financial institutions ready for hyper personalisation? Sachin R Sharma with Vipul Gupta ,23 August 2020 You were talking about a holiday and lo and behold!, an advertisement for ‘weekend getaways’ appears on your social media wall. ‘This is spooky, are they listening to me?’ […]
Does safe online banking compromise accessible online banking?
By Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive at Standard Chartered 21 Oct 2020 Here is a constant conundrum many of us in banking face. How do you make your online banking services as easy and accessible as possible while ensuring they are completely safe and secure? Making select investments in savvy fintechs that think laterally about […]