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.
Location: Singapore
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4.9M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | ING Group | ing.com |
| - | SEB Ventur... | sebgroup.c... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.12.2021 | Series A | $4.9M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.02.2024 | Exclusive: How emerging manager Overture VC raised $60 million—yes, in this economy | Fundraising right now is zero fun. Obvious, I know, but it bears repeating—if you’re a VC, especially an emerging manager, you’re contending with high interest rates, anxious LPs, and far-reaching economic uncertainty while trying to raise ... |
| 21.02.2024 | 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... |
| 20.02.2024 | 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 ... |
| 20.02.2024 | 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... |
| 19.02.2024 | 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,... |
| 04.11.2022 | 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 ... |
| 05.07.2021 | 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 ... |
| 01.07.2021 | 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... |
| 03.12.2020 | 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 ... |