Cynthia Siantar, a member of Forbes 30 under 30 Asia Finance list , and Daniel Chia are the co-founders of Call Levels , a FinTech startup based out of Singapore where the sector, just as in most other parts of the world, is growing fast. They also have a presence in London through Level39, London’s Fintech hub in financial district Canary Wharf.
Call Levels is an app which allows users to track the financial markets from their smartphone or smartwatch and set “call levels” so they receive alerts when prices they specify are hit; it has already raised a $500,000 seed round from US Venture Capital firm 500 Startups, and several prominent angel investors, as well an undisclosed amount from leading Indonesian conglomerate, Lippo Group, led by the Riady family.
An infographic the company recently created reveals that the world’s tech unicorns are now worth more combined than most giant tech companies – around $514 billion, and that total global investment into FinTech has grown from just $3bn worldwide in 2013, to as much as $20bn in 2015. Call Levels co-founder Daniel Chia and Cynthia Siantar are “enabling progressive improvement and eliminating inefficiency” by introducing FinTech to retail and institutional clients; photo courtesy of Call Levels Although many of the world’s FinTech unicorns are based in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley (Stripe and Square), New York (Lending Club) and London (Transferwise and Funding Circle), Asia is also attracting significant investment ($3.5bn in the first six months of 2015 alone). Unlike in Europe and the US however, where FinTech trends are dominated by a disruptive mentality focused on payment and P2P, in Singapore many FinTech ventures are complementary to existing financial services, “enabling progressive improvement and eliminating inefficiency in current processes”, Siantar says.
The Call Levels app in fact works equally as […]
