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Most Active Fintech Investors in Southeast Asia in the Past 2 Years

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The firm invests between US$150,000 and US$500,000 using a “post-money” Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) in return for approximately 10% equity in the company. Founded in 2002, Gobi Partners supports entrepreneurs from early to growth stages, focusing particularly on emerging and underserved markets.

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Fastest-Growing Asia Pacific Fintechs, According to the Financial Times (2025)

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Established in 2015, Lendbox is a platform designed with lenders in mind, dedicated to delivering stable, high-quality, and consistent returns. It offers a full-stack payments platform with features like 100+ payment methods, instant payouts, cross-border transactions, one-click checkouts, and tools for cart recovery and return prediction.

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The Russian Connection (To Alt Lending Globally)

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ID Finance Co-Founders Boris Batine and Alexander Dunaev were far from newcomers to the world of finance when they started up their business in 2012. And so, in 2012, with only a few hundred thousand of their own dollars to get up and running, ID Finance launched in one of those underserved markets — their home market of Russia.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

The app has won multiple awards since it was released in 2012. Founded: 2012. In return, AstraZeneca has first rights to negotiate on any series that might be able to be developed into drugs. Notable projects: The Applied Innovation Lab is applying technology to underserved areas around the world. Founded: 2012.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

How Mint returns 100+ lost hours to its users lives right away. It’s clear that 2012 is also when we start to see the beginnings of serious user growth at Credit Karma : Each one of these tools showed prospective Credit Karma users (and financial product customers) a small slice of the value the service could offer them.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. In 2012, Stripe introduced Stripe Connect to allow businesses and individual sellers on online marketplaces to get paid via Stripe. This risk is reflected in processing fees, which are higher for online transactions.

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Social Capital Teardown

CB Insights

Industries like education and healthcare are considered difficult and underserved due to the long-term return on investment, capital-intensive start-up costs, regulatory uncertainty, and perceived early-stage risk. valuation in 2012. . “Our mission is to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems.”