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OctiFi

Winter 2021 · Acquired

Buy Now Pay Later for Southeast Asia

Location: Singapore, Singapore, SG

Founded: 2019

Team size: 11

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About

We empower commerce with instant 0% interest loans for responsible spenders. Consumers can now renovate their dream homes or buy furniture online with an extended budget and pay later at no extra cost.

Founders

  • Ed ChinFounder

    Ed Chin, based in Singapore, pioneered AI-driven credit underwriting for "buy now pay later" platform OctiFi (YC W21), driving its acquisition by Latitude Financial. A Yale graduate in Economics and Mathematics, Ed previously traded billions in distressed credit on Wall Street. Now, he's leveraging his expertise to revolutionize green asset financing across APAC with a new credit-focused platform backed by climate tech investors.

  • Amit KumarFounder

    I've strong experience in building and leading high performance engineering teams. Backend engineering comes easy to me, UI and UX are close to my heart and I keep a great deal of focus on how things are presented to the user.