Sinwattana: Raising capital through crowdfunding

• Main Authors: CHIYACHANTANA, Chiraphol N., PRASARNPHANICH, Pattarawan, CHAN, Chi Wei
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Crowdfunding; FinTech; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Fundraising; SMEs; startup; Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/375; https://smu.sharepoint.com/sites/admin/CMP/cases/SMU-21-BATCH%20%5BPDF-Pic%5D/SMU-21-0025%20%5BSinwattana%5D/SMU-21-0025%20%5BSinwattana%5D.pdf?CT=1633321845088&OR=ItemsViewpp
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In January 2021, Kwek Hong Sin, a Singaporean, attended a crowdfunding roadshow. She had been captivated by Thailand’s retail environment and founded the crowdfunding platform Sinwattana in 2012 to help Thai businesses, particularly SMEs, raise capital. SMEs constituted over 99% of all enterprises i...