
Vision Fund leads $144m round for Singapore lending platform

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a USD 144m equity round for Singapore small business lending platform Funding Societies.
Singapore’s Indies Capital, K3 Ventures, and EDBI also participated, as did Vietnam’s VNG Corporation and Ascend Vietnam Ventures. They were joined by Sequoia Capital India, Indonesia’s BRI Ventures,...
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