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StashAway raises US$12 million in Series B funding
Funds raised will be used to enter additional markets in the region and accelerate investment product development
The Asset 29 Jul 2019

StashAway, a robo-advisor for both retail and accredited investors, has completed a US$12 million (S$16.4 million) Series B round led by Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International.

Asia Capital & Advisors, the private equity firm led by Francis Rozario and Aaron Rozario, also participated, having previously invested in StashAway’s Pre-Series A and Series A. This round brings StashAway’s total funds raised to date to US$20.4 million.

StashAway is a digital wealth management platform that delivers automated, personalised portfolio management to each client’s individual portfolios. Its risk-management investment strategy, ERAA (Economic Regime-based Asset Allocation), is designed to maximize clients’ long-term returns while keeping each individual customer’s specific risk exposure constant through changing economic cycles.

Tens of thousands of people of 125 nationalities and living in 77 countries have opened an account and used the platform since StashAway first launched in Singapore in July 2017. Since its Series A fundraising round in March 2018, StashAway entered its second country, Malaysia, and became the first and only robo-advisor in Singapore to accept the country’s Supplementary Retirement Scheme Fund for investments. The company also introduced its own financial education programming, StashAway Academy, for investing beginners to experts, and everyone in between.

Michele Ferrario, co-founder and CEO of StashAway, says, “The financial backing from Eight Roads Ventures, one of the earliest investors in Alibaba, alongside the continued support of Asia Capital & Advisors, will accelerate our investment product development for our clients in Singapore and Malaysia, while also supporting market expansion throughout the APAC region and doubling down on financial education content development and distribution.”

Raj Dugar, managing partner Asia at Eight Roads Ventures, comments, “The disjointed Southeast Asian wealth management landscape offers great potential to low-cost digital investment managers. StashAway is a regional pioneer in this sector, and we are impressed by the management team’s vision and execution.”

Dugar will join the board of directors, bringing over fifteen years of leadership experience, including tenures at both The Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs.

Asia Capital & Advisors also participated in StashAway’s fundraising for the third consecutive round. 

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