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Jefferson Chen
Co-founder, Group Chairman and CEO, Advance Intelligence Group
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year – Financial Technology (Digital Financial Solutions)
Jefferson Chen is Co-founder, Group Chairman and CEO of Advance Intelligence Group, a Singapore-headquartered FinTech and AI company that operates globally. Advance Intelligence has raised from top-tier global investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Warburg Pincus, Ares, Vision Plus Capital and Singapore-based global investor, Economic Development Board Investments (EDBI), among others.
Since founding the company, he has led its transformation into a global AI FinTech unicorn, building scalable credit and risk management infrastructure across emerging markets and positioning the Group at the forefront of digital identity verification, risk management and responsible access to credit and financial services.
Jefferson is also a Managing Partner at GSR Ventures, a leading global venture capital firm in Asia and the US. Prior to starting Advance Intelligence Group, Jefferson was head of private investing for Greater China at Farallon Capital, a leading alternative asset management firm. He previously also worked at Goldman Sachs where he worked on the IPO and M&A transactions for numerous Asian companies.
Jefferson received a Bachelor of Computer Science from Tsinghua University with first class honors and an MBA from Stanford University.
About Advance Intelligence Group
Founded in 2016, Advance Intelligence Group is an artificial intelligence (AI) native financial and data platform, enabling easy and fair access to financial products and services. The Group's enterprise business, ADVANCE.AI, is a leading provider of digital identity verification, know your customer (KYC) or know your business (KYB), risk management and credit information services in the region.
The Group's consumer business, Atome Financial, is Southeast Asia’s leading digital finance platform and is backed by leading institutional funding partners including Standard Chartered, HSBC, DBS Bank, SMBC, BlackRock, Evolution X Capital, InnoVen Capital and many others.
Headquartered in Singapore, Advance Intelligence Group is backed by top-tier investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Warburg Pincus, Ares, Vision Plus Capital and Singapore-based global investor, Economic Development Board Investments (EDBI).
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