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1982 Ventures Welcomes Jenny as Operational Lead

January 13, 2025

As the Operational Lead for 1982 Ventures, Jenny is responsible for the smooth and efficient functioning of the firm's day-to-day operations. This encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including project management, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations, overseeing financial reporting and analysis, managing human resources functions, and providing comprehensive support to the General Partners. Prior to joining 1982 Ventures, Jenny honed her skills at UOB Private Bank, where she gained valuable experience in managing investment product revenue reporting, conducting in-depth client portfolio analysis, and strategically implementing incentive programs for financial advisors. She also successfully led the FX Margin Trading project and provided executive assistance to the Head of Investment Products and Advisory. Jenny brings a wealth of experience and a strong work ethic to 1982 Ventures, and we are confident she will be a valuable asset to the team.

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Truely, a Global eSIM Provider, Raises US$3.5 Million Funding Round led by 1982 Ventures with participation from Beenext and Kopital Ventures

January 2, 2025

Truely, a global Travel eSIM provider enabling global connectivity for travelers, today announced the completion of a US$3.5 million round of financing led by 1982 Ventures with participation from Beenext, and Kopital Ventures. The round also saw participation from the founding team members and various strategic angel investors, including JJ Chai (ex-Airbnb), Kum Hong Siew (ex-Airbnb), HY Sia (Founder of Tranglo), Mohammad Gharaybeh, Qin En Looi, Eric Dadoun, and Gilbert Relou, among others.

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1982 Ventures Appoints Technology Executive James Kim as Operating Partner

November 29, 2024

1982 Ventures, the leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on fintech and tech infrastructure in Southeast Asia, has announced the appointment of James Kim as an Operating Partner based in Singapore. James is a Managing Director at Accenture and leads their Software & Platforms Industry Practice in the Growth Markets (including Asia Pacific and Latin America). He also serves as the portfolio leader for the Southeast Asia practice.

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iPiD Closes Oversubscribed USD 5.3 Million Pre Series A Round to StrengthenGlobal Payments with Advanced Verification of Payee Solutions

June 5, 2024

iPiD (International Payment Identity), a pioneer in global fintech, announced it has secured USD 5.3 million in a Pre Series A funding round today. This oversubscribed round was led by early stage tech-focused venture capital firm, Monk’s Hill Ventures. They are joined by global fintech venture funds QED Investors and Quona Capital, alongside existing partners Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Saison Capital and Resolution Ventures. This funding will accelerate iPiD’s efforts to enhance payment security globally, with a focus on strategic markets like Europe and Asia.

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The State of Fintech Conference

April 2, 2024

We are extremely proud of our 1st The State of Fintech Conference! The event was held in Jakarta, Indonesia and hosted by 1982 Ventures and Trihill Capital. We would like to thank everyone that attended and participated in the event. Also, our event partners at Alibaba Cloud and Uptown Serviced Office. Special appreciation goes out to our esteemed speakers and moderators who shared their invaluable insights: "Path to Profitability for Fintech Companies" Moderated by: Eddi Danusaputro, CEO at BNI VenturesPanellist: Dima Djani, Group CEO at Hijra‍Yosia Sugialam, CEO and Co-Founder at Paper.id‍Kevin Hausburg, CEO and Founder at wagely‍Melisa Hendrawati, CFA, FRM, CFO at Superbank"Fintech Investing: Biggest Learnings and Future Opportunities" Moderated By: Joshua Agusta, Executive Director at Vertex Ventures SE Asia & IndiaPanellists: Alwyn Rusli, Investor at Trihill Capital‍Herston Elton Powers, Founding Managing Partner at 1982 VenturesNicko Widjaja, CEO at BRI Ventures‍Eggy Tanuwijaya, Head Of Solution Architect of Alibaba Cloud

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Singapore-based AI Automation Company, Bluesheets, Raises US$6.5M in Series A Funding Round Led by Illuminate Financial

January 22, 2024

UK-based financial services VC fund Illuminate Financial led the funding round with participation from Antler Elevate Fund and early investors, such as 1982 Ventures and Insignia Ventures Partners. The fresh funds will support AI product development, market expansion and strategic hires at the management level.

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Deal Street Webinar: Southeast Asia's VC Landscape: Has it Hit Rock Bottom?

December 15, 2023

Herston Powers of 1982 Ventures participated in the recent Deal Street Asia webinar "Southeast Asia's VC Plunge: Have we hit rock bottom".

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Triple-A Raises $10M Series A From Peak XV, Shorooq Partners and 1982 Ventures

October 25, 2023

Triple-A the global digital currency payment institution announces their US$10 Million Series A funding round today. The round was led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India & Southeast Asia), with participation from existing investor 1982 Ventures, along with the strategic backing of Shorooq Partners, leading tech investor from Middle East.

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LUNA Raises Funds from TNB Aura and Seedstars to Become Indonesia’s Vertical SaaS platform for Retailers

October 16, 2023

LUNA, an Indonesian embedded fintech and vertical SaaS platform for retailers and MSMEs, today announced the completion of a round of financing led by TNB Aura through its TNBA Scout initiative, with participation from Seedstars as well as existing investors 1982 Ventures, Century Oak Capital, and Prasetia Dwidharma.

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1982 Ventures Expands Regional Team with Key Ecosystem and Platform Hire

October 9, 2023

New hire to strengthen 1982 Ventures' capabilities supporting strategic stakeholders including founders, limited partners and corporate partners.

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1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN Report 2021

December 6, 2021

1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN 2021 Report for Singapore Fintech Festival. In a collaboration with PwC Singapore and Singapore Fintech Association, UOB published FinTech in ASEAN 2021: Digital takes flight.

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Podcast: Southeast Asia Fintech with 1982 Ventures

November 25, 2021

Scott Krivokopich and Herston Elton Powers, Managing Partners of 1982 Ventures joined Merek Danyluk, CEO and Managing Partner of Space Executive Group and Space Ventures, to share their insights on Southeast Asian fintech, on the "Space Talks" podcast. They discussed the fintech environment in Southeast Asia, investment strategies, challenges faced ..

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1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M

November 22, 2021

1982 Ventures backed Vietnamese proptech Homebase has raised $30 million in equity and debt from a group of foreign investors including Y Combinator, Partech Partners, Goodwater Capital, according to an announcement.1982 Ventures is the leading seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia.

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1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)

November 22, 2021

1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan, which recently raised $2.6M USD in Seed investment, is working to make travel easier and upgrade the online travel agency industry in Bangladesh. 1982 Ventures is the leading seed fund in Southeast Asia.

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1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive's MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines

November 20, 2021

1982 Ventures backs Lista - a bookkeeping app for MSMEs based in the Philippines. Through its financial inclusion app, they offer Filipinos a free and secure way of managing finances such as tracking debts, recording transactions and issuing invoices.

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1982 Ventures Backs Indonesian Personal Finance App Pina

September 22, 2021

PINA Founding Team (from left): Fajar Kuntoro (CTO), Christian Hermawan (Co-founder), Daniel van Leeuwen (CEO) and Hendry Chou (CPO) 1982 Ventures backs Pina- an Indonesia based platform that provides wealth management and financial planning services through its app which has enabled Indonesians to manage and grow their money by providing automated money management and investing solutions in a single app.

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1982 Ventures invests in Singapore Based Data Transformation Platform Bluesheets

September 15, 2021

1982 Ventures backs Bluesheets, a Singapore-based data transformation platform, in an oversubscribed round of $1.5 million USD.

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1982 Ventures backed Fundiin raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round from Affirm executives.

September 15, 2021

1982 Ventures backed Fundiin, Vietnam's leading buy-now, pay-later raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round. 1982 Ventures is the leading seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia.

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1982 Ventures backs NextPay, Philippines' first neobanking platform for businesses and entrepreneurs

July 15, 2021

1982 Ventures backs NextPay – Philippine-based fintech startup NextPay, an all-in-one digital banking solutions provider has raised USD $1.6 million in seed funding from leading funds and prominent angel investors.

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1982 Ventures backs Infina, the “Robinhood of Vietnam” Digital Investment App

June 28, 2021

1982 Ventures backs Infina, Vietnam-based digital investment platform, in an oversubscribed 7-digit seed round. 1982 Ventures is the leading seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia.

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Podcast: The Fund Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia

June 21, 2021

Herston Elton Powers, Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures joined Kunal Thakur on the Geeks of The Valley podcast to share his experience building the leading seed stage fund investing in fintech in Southeast Asia.He discusses why Southeast Asia fintech is the key venture capital investment opportunity, recent investments and portfolio developments and how 1982 Ventures provides access to this fast growing asset ..

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Podcast: Vietnam's leading BNPL service, Fundiin's CEO and Co-Founder, Nguyen Anh Cuong

June 10, 2021

Nguyễn Ảnh Cường, CEO and Co-Founder, of Fundiin, joins podcast host Ruby Nguyễn on Vietcetera's Vietnam Innovators, an emerging podcast about the country's growing economic might, to discuss the ups and downs in the early years of Fundiin, finding the right product for the market, strategies to scale.

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1982 Ventures Backs Indonesian Earned Wage Access and Financial Inclusion Fintech Wagely

June 9, 2021

1982 Ventures backs wagely – an Indonesia-based platform that provides financial wellness and earned wage access to millions of low and middle-income workers. 1982 Ventures is an early backer of wagely and the only seed fund focused on fintech in Southeast Asia.

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Proctor & Gamble (P&G) - Sustainable Merchant Microcredit for Emerging Markets

May 4, 2021

1982 Ventures was invited for the launch of iLab 2021, a three-day virtual innovation festival organized by Procter and Gamble (P&G) in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board and Pilot 44. The festival aimed at bringing together local and regional startups to develop technology solutions for challenges faced in ..

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Buy Now Pay Later For Impact in Southeast Asia

April 22, 2021

Scott Krivokopich (Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures) was invited to deliver a presentation to impact and institutional credit investors on what makes Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) businesses attractive for investment. He delivered insights on why these businesses have been growing so rapidly on a global level, provides a sustainable ..

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Just Say No To Investors That Are Not a Fit

April 9, 2021

Scott Krivokopich, Managing Partner, of 1982 Ventures joins podcast host Konstantin Dubovitskiy on Fundraising Radio, a podcast about fundraising for early-stage startups, to discuss Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem, how startup founders should approach investors, and how to find the right investor for your startup.

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1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Leading Vietnam Buy-Now, Pay-Later Fundiin

March 31, 2021

Fundiin, Vietnam’s leading buy now, pay later, announces close of venture funding round led by 1982 Ventures and others. Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale, driving up to 30% increase in sales for partner merchants.

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1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Financial API Provider Brick

March 22, 2021

Brick, a fintech API provider, has secured funding from 1982 Ventures and other leading venture capital firms from Indonesia, Silicon Valley and Singapore.

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Google Pay shaping up to be a serious contender in Southeast Asia

March 10, 2021

User acquisition is a pain for new players, but Google Pay seems to have cracked the code for digital payments. 1982 Ventures stressed how Google Pay could push regional digital payments past the current inflection point.

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1982 Ventures and South Korea’s Infobank, C&Venture Partners and BTC Investment Sign Investment Partnership

March 9, 2021

1982 Ventures, a leading early stage venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, has entered a strategic partnership with three leading South Korean investors Infobank (039290: KOSDAQ), C&Venture Partners and BTC Investment.

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The Rise of Financial Wellness in Southeast Asia

February 2, 2021

1982 Ventures takes a look at how fintechs are reinventing financial wellness in Southeast Asia.

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Fintech in ASEAN Report Get Up, Reset, Go!

January 11, 2021

1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN ReportIn a collaboration with PwC Singapore and Singapore Fintech Association, UOB published Fintech in ASEAN: Get up, Reset, Go! which examines the pandemic’s impacts on businesses, fundraising, and industry outlook for fintech firms.

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The Next Big Thing in Fintech for Southeast Asia

December 20, 2020

Scott Krivokopich, Managing Partner, of 1982 Ventures joined SoHo Advisor's Frank Troise on the Unhedged podcast for a candid conversation on the next big thing in Southeast Asia fintech, the massive gaps across the payments ecosystem and where Singapore digibank hopefuls go from here.

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1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Homebase

December 15, 2020

Homebase, a proptech and home ownership platform in Vietnam, has secured funding from 1982 Ventures and leading VCs from Silicon Valley, Vietnam and Singapore.

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Managing a Specialist Fund and the Power of Going Deep

December 9, 2020

Listen to a candid conversation on the Southeast Asia fintech scene, running a specialised venture firm, the role of banks in fintech, neobanks and the verticalization of banking.

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1982 Ventures Presents at INSEAD Emerging Markets Conference

November 9, 2020

Starting a Southeast Asia VC fund and how to break into VC. 1982 Ventures was invited to join a panel at INSEAD’s Emerging Markets Conference on starting an ASEAN Focused Venture Capital Fund.

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Masterclass on Fund Raising for Founders

August 10, 2020

1982 Ventures was invited to deliver a Masterclass for the F10 “Prototype to Product” batch.

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Bandung Startups Pitching Day

July 15, 2020

1982 Ventures was invited to participate in the Bandung Startups Pitching Day as a judge in collaboration with The Greater Hub Bandung.

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See First | 近期东南亚金融圈：多金的支付，受重创的借贷，被低估的保险科技

May 8, 2020

In an interview with 7.5 Degree, Scott Krivokopich, Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures, talks about the relevance of early-stage fintech investing in Southeast Asia for Chinese investors. He also explains 1982 Ventures emphasis on scalability and sustainability when evaluating investments into fintech startups, driving impact and superior investment returns.

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Doing Deals Responsibly in A Crisis

April 27, 2020

Why seed is less risky than late stage, emerging trends in Southeast Asia’s tech and VC ecosystem, and the impact of Covid-19 on startups. Scott Krivokopich, Managing Partner at 1982 Ventures, discusses these topics and more with Kunal Thakur on the Geeks of the Valley podcast.

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Philippines Remains a Key Market for 1982 Ventures

March 23, 2020

In this interview, 1982 Ventures talks about the region’s fintech landscape, how the Philippines is growing and how Covid-19 is affecting the startup sector.

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Krasia Article On 1982 Ventures

January 24, 2020

1982 Ventures is SE Asia's first exclusively seed-stage fintech VC firm

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1982 Ventures Hosts Indonesia PE/VC Ecosystem

January 22, 2020

1982 Ventures and DWF were delighted to have hosted over one hundred of venture capital and private equity investors in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Indonesian Founder Event in Jakarta

January 16, 2020

Herston Powers of 1982 Ventures shares his views on venture capital, fund raising, company building, talent and culture to a group of entrepreneurs in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Deal Street Asia Article on Venture

December 12, 2019

1982 Ventures is launched in Singapore.

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1982 Ventures Welcomes Jenny as Operational Lead

Truely, a Global eSIM Provider, Raises US$3.5 Million Funding Round led by 1982 Ventures with participation from Beenext and Kopital Ventures

1982 Ventures Appoints Technology Executive James Kim as Operating Partner

iPiD Closes Oversubscribed USD 5.3 Million Pre Series A Round to StrengthenGlobal Payments with Advanced Verification of Payee Solutions

The State of Fintech Conference

Singapore-based AI Automation Company, Bluesheets, Raises US$6.5M in Series A Funding Round Led by Illuminate Financial

Deal Street Webinar: Southeast Asia's VC Landscape: Has it Hit Rock Bottom?

Triple-A Raises $10M Series A From Peak XV, Shorooq Partners and 1982 Ventures

LUNA Raises Funds from TNB Aura and Seedstars to Become Indonesia’s Vertical SaaS platform for Retailers

1982 Ventures Expands Regional Team with Key Ecosystem and Platform Hire

1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN Report 2021

Podcast: Southeast Asia Fintech with 1982 Ventures

1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M

1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)

1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive's MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines

1982 Ventures Backs Indonesian Personal Finance App Pina

1982 Ventures invests in Singapore Based Data Transformation Platform Bluesheets

1982 Ventures backed Fundiin raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round from Affirm executives.

1982 Ventures backs NextPay, Philippines' first neobanking platform for businesses and entrepreneurs

1982 Ventures backs Infina, the “Robinhood of Vietnam” Digital Investment App

Podcast: The Fund Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia

Podcast: Vietnam's leading BNPL service, Fundiin's CEO and Co-Founder, Nguyen Anh Cuong

1982 Ventures Backs Indonesian Earned Wage Access and Financial Inclusion Fintech Wagely

Proctor & Gamble (P&G) - Sustainable Merchant Microcredit for Emerging Markets

Buy Now Pay Later For Impact in Southeast Asia

Just Say No To Investors That Are Not a Fit

1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Leading Vietnam Buy-Now, Pay-Later Fundiin

1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Financial API Provider Brick

Google Pay shaping up to be a serious contender in Southeast Asia

1982 Ventures and South Korea’s Infobank, C&Venture Partners and BTC Investment Sign Investment Partnership

The Rise of Financial Wellness in Southeast Asia

Fintech in ASEAN Report Get Up, Reset, Go!

The Next Big Thing in Fintech for Southeast Asia

1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Homebase

Managing a Specialist Fund and the Power of Going Deep

1982 Ventures Presents at INSEAD Emerging Markets Conference

Masterclass on Fund Raising for Founders

Bandung Startups Pitching Day

See First | 近期东南亚金融圈：多金的支付，受重创的借贷，被低估的保险科技

Doing Deals Responsibly in A Crisis

Philippines Remains a Key Market for 1982 Ventures

Krasia Article On 1982 Ventures

1982 Ventures Hosts Indonesia PE/VC Ecosystem

Indonesian Founder Event in Jakarta

Deal Street Asia Article on Venture

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