VALIDUS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE. LT
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Who is our customer
Validus Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Validus”) operates as a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending platform that connects SME borrowers looking to fund their short-term working capital requirements with accredited and institutional investors looking to invest in higher yielding, unsecured loan portfolio.
What is our funding objective?
The main funding objective is to support the growth of Validus in Indonesia which will allow it to take its SME Finance product in S.E. Asia.
Why do we fund this investment?
Indonesia is an important market for FMO and servicing SME’s with no access to traditional bank/NBFI lenders is at the heart of our strategy. The potential of providing loans to SMEs in Indonesia is huge and the impact of serving this under-served market with an innovative product offering is high – thus attracting FMO.
What is the Environmental and Social categorization rationale?
Validus is an E&S Risk C category client as 100% of its activities are used by SME clients (suppliers, wholesalers, manufacturers etc. ) who operate in the real economy with limited environmental impacts
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| 11/14/2022 | USD 0.65 MLN |
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- Website customer/investment
- https://validus.sg/
- Region
- Asia
- Country
- Asia
- Sector
- Financial Institutions
- Publication date
- 11/21/2018
- Effective date
- 2/12/2019
- Total FMO financing
- USD 6.08 MLN
- Funding
- MASSIF
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - C