Listen " wagely: Financial Empowerment in Frontier Asia"
Episode Synopsis
Amrita Vir is the Head of Strategy & Business Expansion, and Acting Country Manager at wagely and Sanjida Tanny is Lead of Community, and Communications, PR at wagely. wagely is Asia's leading financial wellbeing platform providing earned-wage access fintech operating in Bangladesh and Indonesia. It recently raised $8.3 million in pre-Series A funding, led by East Ventures (Growth Fund), with participation from returning investors like Integra Partners, the Asian Development Fund, Global Founders Capital, Trihill Capital, Blauwpark Partners and 1982 Ventures. The raise will go towards fueling Wagely’s expansion in Bangladesh, where it recently launched, and build other features to become a “holistic financial wellness platform".
In this episode, we will hear from them on:
- the initial vision, the evolving operating model of wagely and the earned wage access product
- their thoughts on the Bangladesh ecosystem, especially as it compares to Indonesia
- Amrita's experience in investing as an angel
In this episode, we will hear from them on:
- the initial vision, the evolving operating model of wagely and the earned wage access product
- their thoughts on the Bangladesh ecosystem, especially as it compares to Indonesia
- Amrita's experience in investing as an angel
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