Company:InstaReM
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Type of site | Private company |
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| Founded | 2014[1] |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Area served | Asia Pacific, Canada , Europe, United States |
| Founder(s) | Prajit Nanu, Michael Bermingham |
| CEO | Prajit Nanu |
| Key people | Prajit Nanu (Co-Founder, CEO) Michael Bermingham (Co-Founder, COO) |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Services | International Money Transfer |
| Employees | 200 (2019) |
| Website | www |
| Launched | August 2015 |
InstaReM (short for Instant Remittance), founded by Prajit Nanu and Michael Bermingham, is a Singapore-headquartered Fintech company offering digital cross-border money transfers to individuals and businesses."[2] InstaReM is now a part of Nium.[3]
History
Founders Nanu Prajit and Michael Bermingham developed a solution to provide a transparent service for overseas money transfer with close to live exchange rates.[2][4][5] InstaReM was incorporated in Singapore in August 2014[1] based on the premise of online instant remittances, hence the name InstaReM.[5]
Operations
Currently, InstaReM is focused mainly on Asia. Since starting operations in August 2015, InstaReM is serving 150 corridors with a staff of around 100 people globally.[2][6][7] In its first year of operations, InstaReM managed to gain 8% of remittance market share in the Australia to India corridor.
The company has also developed InstaReM MassPay, a product for managing bulk payments to multiple beneficiaries in multiple currencies.[8]
In September 2017, InstaReM received a regulatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for facilitating overseas remittances from India.[8]
Sending countries
As of October 2019, InstaReM sending countries are:[9]
- Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India
- Europe: Eurozone countries, United Kingdom
- North America: United States, Canada
- Oceania: Australia
Receiving countries
As of October 2019, InstaReM receiving countries are:[9]
- East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
- Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
- South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- North America: USA, Canada, Mexico
- South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru
- Oceania: Australia
- Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Investors and funding
Global Founders Capital, Germany-based Venture Capital arm of Rocket Internet Founders, invested US$500,000 as seed round of funding in InstaReM in January 2015 that helped the company develop its money transfer platform.[10][6]
InstaReM has raised US$18 million in two more rounds since.[11]
In March 2016, InstaReM received an investment of US$5 million in Series A from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India (part of the Vertex Holdings network of funds), Fullerton Financial Holdings and Global Founders Capital, to acquire licenses for money transfer business in other markets.[12]
This was followed by Series B round of US$13 million in July 2017, led by GSR ventures, with participation from SBI-FMO Ventures, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, Fullerton Financial Holdings, and Global Founders Capital. The company will use this investment to further build its global payment infrastructure by way of increasing its payment corridors from 150 to around 2000.[11][1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ainomugisha, Gerald. "How international money transfers ruined a buck’s weekend and birthed a global startup". Australian Anthill. http://anthillonline.com/how-international-money-transfers-ruined-a-bucks-weekend-and-sparked-a-global-startup/. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Money Transfer, InstaReM. "InstaReM: About Us". InstaReM. https://www.instarem.com/about-us. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "InstaReM Collaborates with SBM Bank India on Remittances". 2020-08-03. https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/08/164903-instarem-collaborates-with-sbm-bank-india-on-remittances/.
- ↑ "Remitting Money Faster and Cheaper - Prajit Nanu". http://fintechnopreneur.com/remitting-money-faster-and-cheaper-prajit-nanu/. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tan, Allan. "Finding differentiation when it’s all about sending money fast and cheap". FINTECH INNOVATION. https://www.enterpriseinnovation.net/article/finding-differentiation-when-its-all-about-sending-money-fast-and-cheap-617884729. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Editorial, Asia. "Fintech Asia: InstaReM". FINTECHASIA. http://www.fintechasia.net/fintech-asia-instarem/. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ Russel, Jon. "InstaRem raises $5M to make overseas money transfers cheaper and faster in Asia". Techcrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/15/instarem-raises-5m-to-make-overseas-money-transfers-cheaper-and-faster-in-asia/. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "InstaReM Gets RBI Nod to Offer Outbound Remittance Services From India". MediaInfoline.com. http://mediainfoline.com/brand/instarem-gets-rbi-approval-offer-outbound-remittance-services-india. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Instarem. Accessed October 10, 2019.
- ↑ Singh, Arti. "Singapore fintech startup Instarem raises $13 mn to expand payment infra, Mumbai ops". VCCiRCLE. https://www.vccircle.com/singapore-fintech-startup-instarem-raises-13-mn-to-expand-payment-infrastructure-mumbai-ops/. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Variyar, Mugdha. "Singapore payments startup InstaRem raises $13 million funding". ETtech. http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/singapore-startup-instarem-with-indian-cofounder-raises-13-million/59439850. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ Balea, Judith. "Fintech startup Instarem raises $5m from investors led by Vertex Ventures". TechInAsia. https://www.techinasia.com/instarem-raises-5m-from-investors-led-by-vertex-ventures. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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