Change is the new constant. This August, we bring you stories of positive changes and sharing on how we embrace change.
NerdWallet strides towards financial transparency, hand in hand with aboutLife
NerdWallet’s relentless pursuit of its mission always excites and energises us at iGlobe. The company has recently acquired aboutLife, a San Francisco-based start-up providing expert financial guidance for retirement decisions.
aboutLife, backed by KPCB, was the first acquisition NerdWallet made since its Series A funding of $69 million in 2015. All aboutLife employees are now part of NerdWallet’s family.
The joint force to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions heralds fresh change. It spells more holistic products and services offered to customers. While NerdWallet benefits from aboutLife’s well-designed data architecture and internal product APIs, aboutLife leverages on NerdWallet’s hyper growth to take their products into greater heights.
The best of both worlds, indeed.
Rajat Kongovi, founder of aboutLife, expressed his excitement;
“NerdWallet shares our consumer-first values; I am thrilled we’ve joined the team and can continue to develop the tools people need to take control of their financial futures.”
Mrs. Selvam on partnering and leading change
The Singapore start-up community has entered an exciting era marked by rapid adoption of newness, fresh technology disruptions, and vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem.
As public and private sectors actively foster a collaborative environment among the relevant stakeholders, local start-up scene thrives. While entrepreneurship injects disruptions into our traditional ways of living, the legal system defines, establishes and enforces healthy boundaries for embracing change and enacting social innovation.
Mrs. Arfat Selvam, iGlobe’s earliest supporter and advisor in legal processes, has been a proponent of innovation and positive changes. Since the enactment of Singapore’s Industrialisation Programme in the 1960s, Mrs. Selvam has embarked on the journey of a corporate lawyer.
Singapore SG50 also marks her 45th year contributing to the regional financial services market. She recalled the excitement in her early years being at the vanguard of the industry. She saw through major transactions such as DBS Bank’s acquisition of POSB, the merger of Keppel Bank with OCBC, and the IPOs of Singapore Airlines, Neptune Orient Lines and Creative Technology.
We interviewed Mrs. Selvam for her views on how lawmakers have partnered entrepreneurs to create a robust start-up ecosystem.
Welcome to the family, Kim!
Here at iGlobe, we are 100% invested in building superior global market value.
Constantly pursuing fresh perspectives, expanded networks, and diverse talent pools, we assemble a team of explorers, supporters, enablers and hunters to propel us internally, and to help steer our investee companies toward achieving their goals.
Kim Liu, our latest hire, is the enabler and supporter we seek. She has recently joined us as Vice President.
Kim brings with her 15 years of experience in Product Management in the Telco, Business & Computer Software Industry, as well as VC investment. Previously with Aicent Inc (acquired by Syniverse in 2014), Kim managed the global messaging and signalling product line.
“Spending years in a technology start-up company backed by venture capital firms, I appreciate the values investors bring to the table. The possibility of helping other Tech start-ups in the same way to bring their globalisation plan into fruition excites me. iGlobe’s rich network, solid track record and experience caught my interests. So I made my decision to take part in this journey with the iGlobe team”, said Kim.
Say hi to Kim when you see her around in our office 🙂