Venture Capital fund anchored by Fintech Nation Founder Varun Mittal, managed by Vanessa Ho & supported by a professional team from a leading South East Asian VC. Fintech Nation Fund (FNF) invests in early-stage South East Asian Fintech and embedded finance companies at an early stage, typically sub-10M valuations with a sub-10% ownership stake, no board seat, and basic pro-rata rights.
Fintech Nation Angels (FNA) is an initiative by Fintech Nation, managed by Vanessa Ho, that offers capital and access to a network of industry leaders to invest in early-stage fintech companies with strong growth potential across Southeast Asia. FNA operates deal-by-deal with independent Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV). A structure like this allows the fund to tailor investments to meet the needs of each company. In addition, there is no fixed management fee, and the FNA operates with a carry-only model. As a result, the interests of deal leads and entrepreneurs are in full alignment.
Fintech Nation was setup as a community project to share Singapore's Fintech journey through a book. Fintech Nation evolved to create a talent vertical called Fintech 65 as an initiative under the main Fintech Nation umbrella by launching annual list of emerging leaders across categories. Fintech Nation Fund became the investment vertical inside Fintech Nation and Singanomics became the public policy and thought leadership verticals to advance the community aspirations.
Fintech Nation has been the pioneer in development of Fintech Ecosystem in Singapore for the last 10 years and closely worked with MAS & Elevandi to develop some of the most innovative concepts to bring together capital and startups.
Fintech Nation and its founding team previously orchestration Fintech Festival Investor Summit 2017, Investor Summit 2018 and SFF Investor Hours 2023 undertaking matchmaking between 600+ investors and 1000+ startups over the years.