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Contour is building the world’s open trade finance network. By focusing on collaboration and leveraging new technologies we are dissolving the barriers to seamless trade. Our networks of banks, corporates, services and partnerships enable the instant flow of trusted data across the world’s trade routes and current fragmented ecosystems.
Overview
Location
Singapore
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$4.9M
Founded date
2019
Investors 2
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| SEB Venture Capital | sebgroup.com |
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 9
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| Feb 21, 2024 | Deals in brief: UnoAsia banks USD 32.1 million, Franklin Templeton backs Singapore-based Transparently.AI, nine China and India deals, and more | UnoAsia banks USD 32.1 million in pre-Series B round UnoAsia, the parent company of Uno Digital Bank in the Philippines, has raised USD 32.1 million in a pre-Series B round, according to Tech in Asia. The round saw participation from Gatewa... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Deals in brief: PriyoShop raises pre-Series A funding, Xalts acquires Contour Network, Mask launches second fund of Bonfire Union venture arm, and more | PriyoShop raises USD 5 million in pre-Series A round PriyoShop, a B2B retail marketplace for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh, has completed its pre-Series A funding round, raising USD 5 million. The round was led ... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | SG-based Xalts acquires finance network owned by top banks | AcquisitionsFintechNews Jofie Yordan · 20 Feb 2024 · 2 min readSG-based Xalts acquires finance network owned by top banks Xalts founders Supreet Kaur (left) and Ashutosh Goel / Photo credit: Xalts Singapore-based fintech firm Xalts has acqu... |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Singapore-based fintech Xalts acquires digital trade platform Contour Network | In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks including HSBC, Standard Chartered and BNP. Terms of the deal were undisclosed,... |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Five Takeaways Banks Need to Consider for Their Trade Finance Platforms | Asia Pacific accounts for 55% of the global trade finance’s volume. As the region’s trade grows, so does the financing gap. The high cost-to-serve, perceived risks, legacy systems and processes has left US$700 billion worth of unmet demand ... |
| Jul 5, 2021 | DLT enabled Trade Finance Network Contour Launches Innovation Lab in Singapore to Support Digital Infrastructure | Contour, a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-enabled trade finance network that was previously called Voltron, has established a new innovation lab in Singapore. Contour says it will be working cooperatively with its wide network ... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | Contour launches trade finance innovation lab in Singapore | Future of Finance Lab will further develop Contour's product offering and create new standards for global trade SINGAPORE, July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Contour has opened an innovation lab In Singapore where it will collaborate closely with... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Meet the Fintech Startups from Asia Thrusting Trade Finance into The Future | Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially those in developing countries, have historically struggled to gaint access to trade finance, which, over time, has led to a global gap that the Asian Development Bank (ABD) estimated at ... |
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FAQ about Contour
When was Contour founded?
Contour was founded in 2019.
How much funding has Contour raised?
Contour has raised $4.9M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in Contour?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Contour, among them SEB Venture Capital.
What has the press written about Contour?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Contour, among them “Deals in brief: UnoAsia banks USD 32.1 million, Franklin Templeton backs Singapore-based Transparently.AI, nine China and India deals, and more” (Feb 21, 2024) and “Deals in brief: PriyoShop raises pre-Series A funding, Xalts acquires Contour Network, Mask launches second fund of Bonfire Union venture arm, and more” (Feb 20, 2024).
Is Contour still active?
Yes, Contour is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 21, 2024.