Identity check
Verified
Sanctions screening
UN · OFAC · MAS
Clear
Risk score
Low · 18/100
Backed by Tangent ($200k) · Singapore · July 2026

Automating KYC Compliance in SEA

We're talking to compliance officers across SEA before we write a line of code. If you work in compliance at a bank, insurer or fintech, we want to talk.

The problem

Compliance is mandated. The process is broken.

KYC regulations differ across MAS (Singapore), OJK (Indonesia), and BSP (Philippines). Institutions can't standardize against a moving regional target, so everything stays manual.

A single corporate onboarding can take weeks. Document collection, identity checks, and sanctions screening are still done by hand, one file at a time.

Existing tools were built for Western markets and retrofitted for Southeast Asia. They don't fit how compliance actually works here.

3+
Separate regulatory frameworks across SEA
Weeks
Typical corporate KYC onboarding timeline
$0
Compliance tooling built natively for SEA, not retrofitted from the West
What we're building

Built from the ground up. Starting with the people doing the work.

No product yet. Just a clear thesis, a funded incubator spot, and a commitment to not build the wrong thing.

Find the real pain
Mapping every step in the KYC workflow before writing a line of code.
Currently speaking with DBS · OCBC · UBS · Deloitte · eClerx · JP Morgan
Build the minimum that works
One broken step, fixed well. Not a platform trying to do everything. The thing that makes someone say they'd pay for it.
Expand from traction
Every adjacent step in KYC becomes the next product. The moat is knowing how SEA compliance teams actually operate, something no Western vendor has.

We want to hear from you

If you work in compliance at a bank, insurer, or fintech in SEA, we'd love 20 minutes. No pitch. We want to understand how KYC actually works at your institution before we build anything.

If you're a technical builder, especially with a background in law or regtech, we're looking for a co-founder. Early stage, funded, serious.

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