“SMEs across Southeast Asia have historically struggled to access institutional finance and instead been forced to mainly rely on personal funding to support growth. Funding Societies is establishing a bridge for these companies to access more sustainable and cheaper financing by building unique data sets on their performance and using AI-led technology to assess their creditworthiness more effectively than traditional models.”

https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/15/sme-lender-funding-societies-raises-144m-led-by-softbank-vision-fund-2-plus-150m-in-debt-lines/