SIMON Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Korea Credit Data is a Seoul-headquartered fintech provider serving over 2 million merchants with business management, customer analytics, POS systems, payment processing, and marketplace services. Through subsidiaries like Korea Payment Networks, IMU for POS, and Korea Credit Service as a credit bureau, it holds the first CB license issued in 17 years. Backed by investors including Temasek's Pavilion Capital, Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, Kakao, KB Kookmin Bank, Hanwha Life, Shinhan Card, Dunamu's Upbit, GS25, and Fiserv, the group has raised over $220 million.

E-Finance For Digital And Financial Investments SAE is developing integrated platforms in Egypt's digital revolution. It is a fintech platform and developer of digital payments infrastructures. The company invests in platforms and solutions that serve everyone from government agencies to ordinary consumers. The business has seven operating segments; Services and operation of cards, Integrated solutions, installation, and technical support services, card center services, hosting services, maintenance and network contracts, and others. It derives a majority of its revenue from the Services and operation of the cards segment.

Huochebang is a Guiyang-headquartered online freight platform, now operating as Full Truck Alliance listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company connects millions of truck drivers with shippers through its O2O marketplace, providing load matching, payment processing, and logistics tracking services across China. Founded in 2013, it dominates the domestic digital trucking sector with nationwide coverage.

Rivigo is a tech-driven logistics provider offering truckload transportation and freight marketplaces in India. Gurgaon-headquartered Rivigo operates relay-based trucking on national highways, serving e-commerce giants like Flipkart and automotive firms with cold chain capabilities. The platform features GPS-enabled driver handoffs and algorithmic pricing for full truckloads.

Fenergo is a Dublin-headquartered SaaS provider of client lifecycle management software tailored for corporate, investment, and private banks worldwide. The platform integrates front- and middle-office operations, covering compliance requirements like KYC, CDD, AML, MiFID II, FATCA, and Dodd-Frank, alongside legal entity data management, product onboarding, collateral management, client servicing, and credit mitigants. Major financial institutions rely on Fenergo to accelerate onboarding processes, reduce setup times, and ensure consistent client experiences. In 2022, Chartis Research awarded Fenergo wins in three RiskTech100 categories and elevated it to 29th place among global risk and compliance technology leaders.

Juni is a Stockholm-headquartered fintech company developing a banking platform and app for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs. The service handles payments, treasury, foreign exchange, and lending to support business scaling in digital commerce.

Fujian Apex Software Co Ltd is a China based professional platform-based software company and application solutions provider. It offers software services like business process management (BPM) for different areas including financial securities, including securities and futures and funds, banks and trusts, electronic trading and private equity fund, and business and education.

Iress develops software for the financial-services industry, operating in multiple regions and servicing clients ranging from small retail to large institutional businesses. Its core business unit, mainly in Australia, generates most of the company's earnings and free cash flows. Iress expanded into noncore markets through acquisitions, ultimately eroding returns and margins, with free cash flows from the core business invested in the noncore businesses. Its recent strategy includes reprioritizing growth in the core Trading and Market Data and Wealth businesses, and divesting/monetizing noncore assets. We view this renewed focus on its core business as a positive, as it will help maintain Iress' economic moat.

Celo is an open blockchain platform designed for fast, secure digital payments to mobile phone numbers. Its ecosystem includes the Celo blockchain, the CELO token, and the cUSD stablecoin, along with a mobile wallet that lets users send peer-to-peer transfers using phone numbers, with early adoption in markets such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Argentina. The platform has since expanded beyond payments to support trading, lending, borrowing, and saving applications built by third-party developers.

Sinodata Co Ltd is a software and information service company. The firm is mainly engaged in the design and development of the software applications and platforms for banking and other financial institutions. The company focuses on the internet banking cloud platform, financial asset trading platform, supply chain financial service platform, an e-commerce platform, and mobile payment operations.

Global Infotech Co Ltd is one of the leading financial information software product and integrated service provider in China. The products and solutions include - EasyLoan Credit Management System, EasyIBS new core business system, Credit asset classification system, Fund transfer pricing overall plan, Point management system, EasyCard Bank Card System, and others.

Upvest is a Berlin-based fintech company, founded in 2017, that provides API-based investment infrastructure for banks and other fintechs. Its platform lets clients such as Revolut, N26, Santander's Openbank, and DKB offer brokerage services including fractional stock and ETF trading. Upvest processes more than 100 million investment orders a year and serves over 30 financial institutions across Europe.

Sunyard Technology Co Ltd provides end-to-end professional solutions and products for financial institutions mainly in the banking industry. It specializes in financial payment terminals and financial card machines. It is engaged in the research and development, production and sales of financial information security products and payment and information security solutions.

Globality is a Redwood City-headquartered AI sourcing platform that matches enterprises with suppliers across service categories, reducing procurement time from months to hours and achieving 20 percent cost savings through automated need scoping and supplier matching.

Omnio is a fintech provider of white-label banking and payment platforms headquartered in London. Formed in 2018 through the merger of PCT and Tuxedo Money Solutions, it delivers cloud-based services including digital wallets, card issuing, and account management to businesses in Europe, Australia, North America, and Africa. The company supports enterprises and governments with compliant financial products such as remittances and lending solutions.

M2P Fintech is a Chennai-based banking infrastructure provider, founded in 2014, offering API-based Banking-as-a-Service tools including digital payments, credit card issuance, core banking, buy-now-pay-later, and lending platforms such as Finflux. It lets banks, lenders, fintechs, and consumer-tech companies launch branded financial products while meeting local regulatory requirements, and it operates across more than 30 markets in Asia Pacific, MENA, and Oceania, supporting over 200 banks and 300 lenders.

10X Banking is a Johannesburg-headquartered digital bank offering personal finance products like savings accounts, credit facilities, and investment options via mobile app. It partners with traditional banks for backend infrastructure while providing seamless user interfaces for budgeting and payments. Targeted at underserved South African consumers, the platform incorporates behavioral nudges for financial wellness.