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1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN Report 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.
December 2021
Podcast: Southeast Asia Fintech with 1982 Ventures
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M
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.
November 2021
1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive’s MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines
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.
November 2021
1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)
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.
November 2021
1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Indonesian Personal Finance App Pina
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.
September 2021
1982 Ventures invests in Singapore Based Data Transformation Platform Bluesheets
1982 Ventures backs Bluesheets, a Singapore-based data transformation platform, in an oversubscribed round of $1.5 million USD.
September 2021
1982 Ventures backed Fundiin raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round from Affirm executives.
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.
September 2021
1982 Ventures backs Infina, the “Robinhood of Vietnam” Digital Investment App
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.
June 2021
1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M
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,..
November 2021
1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive’s MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Indonesian Personal Finance App Pina
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..
September 2021
1982 Ventures invests in Singapore Based Data Transformation Platform Bluesheets
1982 Ventures backs Bluesheets, a Singapore-based data transformation platform, in an oversubscribed round of $1.5 million USD.
September 2021
1982 Ventures backed Fundiin raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round from Affirm executives.
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..
September 2021
1982 Ventures backs Infina, the “Robinhood of Vietnam” Digital Investment App
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..
June 2021
Podcast: The Fund Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia
Herston Powers, Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures shares his experience building the leading seed fund investing in fintech in Southeast Asia. He discusses why Southeast..
June 2021
1982 Ventures Backs Indonesian Earned Wage Access and Financial Inclusion Fintech Wagely
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..
June 2021
1982 Ventures shares insights in UOB Fintech in ASEAN Report 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,..
December 2021
Podcast: Southeast Asia Fintech with 1982 Ventures
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,..
November 2021
1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M
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,..
November 2021
1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive’s MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures Announces Investment into Indonesian Personal Finance App Pina
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..
September 2021
1982 Ventures invests in Singapore Based Data Transformation Platform Bluesheets
1982 Ventures backs Bluesheets, a Singapore-based data transformation platform, in an oversubscribed round of $1.5 million USD.
September 2021
1982 Ventures backed Fundiin raises $1.8M USD in oversubscribed round from Affirm executives.
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..
September 2021
1982 Ventures backs Infina, the “Robinhood of Vietnam” Digital Investment App
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..
June 2021
Podcast: Southeast Asia Fintech with 1982 Ventures
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,..
November 2021
Podcast: The Fund Investing in the Plaid, Stripe and Klarna of Southeast Asia
Herston Powers, Managing Partner of 1982 Ventures shares his experience building the leading seed fund investing in fintech in Southeast Asia. He discusses why Southeast..
June 2021
Podcast: Vietnam’s leading BNPL service, Fundiin’s CEO and Co-Founder, Nguyen Anh Cuong
Nguyen Anh Cuong, CEO and Co-founder of Vietnam's leading BNPL service, Fundiin, joins Vietcetera podcast host, Ruby Nguyen, sharing the many ups and downs in..
June 2021
Just Say No To Investors That Are Not a Fit
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..
May 2021
The Next Big Thing in Fintech for Southeast Asia
Scott Krivokopich of 1982 Ventures joined SoHo Advisor’s Frank Troise on the Unhedged podcast for a candid conversation on the next big thing in Southeast..
May 2021
Managing a Specialist Fund and the Power of Going Deep
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..
December 2020
Doing Deals Responsibly in A Crisis
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..
April 2020
1982 Ventures Backed Vietnam Proptech Homebase Raises USD$30M
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,..
November 2021
1982 Ventures invest in Ex-Grab Executive’s MSME book-keeping app in the Philippines
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..
November 2021
1982 Ventures backed Go Zayaan Is Working to Make Travel Easier in Bangladesh (Business Standard)
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..
November 2021
Google Pay shaping up to be a serious contender in Southeast Asia
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..
March 2021
1982 Ventures and South Korea’s Infobank, C&Venture Partners and BTC Investment Sign Investment Partnership
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:..
March 2021
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
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..
May 2020
Philippines Remains a Key Market for 1982 Ventures
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.
March 2020
Krasia Article On 1982 Ventures
1982 Ventures is SE Asia's first exclusively seed-stage fintech VC firm.
January 2020
1982 Ventures Presents at INSEAD Emerging Markets Conference
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..
November 2020
