AFG Venture Group is a boutique investment banking firm that specializes in providing advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic consulting. The company focuses on mid-market companies and has a strong presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

AFG Partners is a FinTech Venture Capital Fund with the mission to be the growth partner for the next generation of global and regional FinTechs that will transform Asian Financial Services.  AFG invests in Seed+ to Series B Enterprise / B2B FinTechs that partner with both incumbent financial institutions to counter the wave of disruption as well as new emerging players in big tech / e-commerce that want to secure their place in a world where tech and finance are merging.  

We invest in Fintechs built by entrepreneurs with specific domain expertise, strong industry networks, solving difficult problems and who are reliable partners and addressing the critical needs of Financial Institutions and challengers.

Managed and advised by leaders and specialists in Asian Financial Services and backed by curated industry professionals invested in the Fund.  AFG Partners has a unique network of Asian Financial Services expertise, with extensive industry connections that we leverage to accelerate the growth of Asian FinTechs across the region and the expansion of global FinTechs into Asia.

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Welcoming Robin AI to the AFG Partners portfolio! 

Robin AI leverages the power of generative AI to automate and speed up the process of drafting and negotiating contracts, as well as extracting information from across entire contract repositories through simple search. Its legal copilot, available as a Microsoft Word add-in, can cut the time it takes to review contracts by 85%, allowing businesses’ legal teams to move faster, save money and ultimately invest their time more strategically.

We are very pleased to be joining the Series B round with highly seasoned investors including Temasek, Plural Platform and Quantum Light and look forward to scaling the business globally with them.

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AFG Partners is Proud to be a Supporting Organization of Hong Kong FinTech Week!!

Hong Kong is reaching out to the world to expand its business and finance sectors! Hong Kong FinTech Week (HKFTW) is the perfect opportunity for you to participate in the future of finance and technology, an ideal event to share ideas on leading technologies which shape the industry! 

Under the theme FinTech Redefined., HKFTW 2023 will explore policy and regulatory innovation, the transition from web2 to #web3, #AI, and leveraging technology for inclusion, #ESG and Green Finance. 

Book your tickets at https://bit.ly/43VtMtD (don't forget to redeem your tickets with our community discount code!) using AFG-DISCOUNT-40

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Proud to announce that two of AFG Partners ten portfolio companies Aspire and SESAMm have made it onto this year’s global CB Insights Top #Fintech100!

Link: https://lnkd.in/e2GXjXHa

From a pool of over 19,000 Fintechs worldwide, this list recognizes the fastest-growing private companies working on groundbreaking financial technology.  Arguably one of the more prestigious lists in the industry - and even more so with the list moving this year from the Top 250 to the Top 100.

Happy to also see we have one Asian born company and one European born company represented, which is reflective of AFG's mission to be the partner of choice for Global B2B/Enterprise Fintechs that want to grow in Asia.

Congratulations to Andrea Baronchelli, Giovanni Casinelli, Sylvain Forté, Florian AUBRY, Pierre RINALDI and their teams for this great and well deserved recognition.  We at AFG are looking forward to continuing working with you to help you scale your businesses!!

Also a special shout out to Unit and its founders Itai Damti and Doron Somech for making the list too - been fun and honor playing a small part in your story and too bad you were born before AFG was :)

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Congratulations to our portfolio company Traydstream for raising their Series B Round!!  

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Traydstream is a leading provider of automated trade document scrutiny and compliance checking solutions. Their innovative platform empowers financial institutions and corporates to streamline trade finance operations, reduce risks, and enhance efficiency. With a strong commitment to driving digital transformation, Traydstream is revolutionizing the trade finance industry!!  

We welcome new investors Pivot Investment Partners and e& capital and look forward to working closely with them, Sameer Sehgal and the entire Traydstream team as they continue to scale their business globally and in Asia!!   

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Ivan Ong, Warren Ho, Uzair Bawany, Sandip Sen

Congratulations to Aspire for proving that high growth and profitability are not mutually exclusive!

B2B Fintech is at the core of AFG’s thesis for a variety of reasons - including the ability to build sustainable and profitable businesses. 

Another core part of our thesis is backing exceptional founders :)

Kudos to Andrea Baronchelli and Giovanni Casinelli on this great milestone and we look to working with them and the Aspire team to help them further expand in the region.

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We are delighted to announce our latest investment in Sprout Solutions Series B round.
Sprout has successfully proven that their innovative, technology-enabled platform is scalable across companies of all sizes in the Philippines and their ability to embed financial services offering to their clients. This round nicely positions them for further product expansion to cater to customers across the Philippines and beyond. We’re excited to be on this journey with Cercano, SoftBank Ventures Asia, GSR Ventures, Integra Partners, ACA Investments, Mynavi Corporation 

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We are very pleased to announce the successful close of our debut fund investing in Enterprise and B2B fintechs that have proven solutions in their home markets and are looking for value added investors that will help them expand across Asia. The next few years will be an incredibly exciting time to be building and investing in B2B fintechs in Asia and we look forward to leading the charge. 

We’re also pleased to announce the promotion of Ivan Ong to Partner. Ivan is a seasoned fintech investor and has invested across early to growth stage technology companies globally. He has invested and has helped companies such as Wefox, N26, TransferWise, GoCardless and across Asia such as Payfazz and Osome. Ivan is based in Singapore and will be responsible for sourcing and executing global investments with a roadmap for expansion into Asia.

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We are delighted to share Brankas’ achievement in securing payment licenses in Indonesia and the Philippines, further expanding their reach in SouthEast Asia’s fast-growing digital payments landscape. 

With these licenses, Brankas will be able to offer a wider range of secure payment options to their customers that comply with the regulations set by Bank Indonesia and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Looking forward to supporting Brankas growth journey in the fintech industry!

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