{"id":34027,"date":"2021-11-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/?p=34027"},"modified":"2022-09-09T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T03:13:24","slug":"latest-series-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/latest-series-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"What Our Latest Series A US$30 Million Funding Means To You \u2014 And The Biggest VTL Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read on to find out what we plan to do with the latest round of funding to help us strengthen our positioning as a Fintech company in the B2B &amp; B2C payment space \u2014 plus stand the chance to win an all-expenses-paid VTL trip, on us!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nutshell, YouTrip is doing well! Not only are we the go-to card for consumer multi-currency spending, we\u2019ve also amassed over 1.5 million app downloads and processed about 20 million transactions across its two markets in Singapore and Thailand to date! But what else does it mean for <em>you<\/em> \u2014 the consumer or the business?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, with Vaccinated Travel Lanes paving the way for safe travel to return, the new capital will definitely be used to quicken and sharpen your payments online and overseas. In addition, the funding will supercharge the company\u2019s technological capabilities to bolster its suite of payment products, in particular, entering the adjacent B2B payments space \u2014 as well as accelerating its entrance into the wider Southeast Asia!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Caecilia-Chu-Co-founder-and-CEO-YouTrip-landscape-1.jpg\" alt=\"What Our Latest Series A US$30 Million Funding Means To You \u2014 And The Biggest VTL Giveaway\" class=\"wp-image-34046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Caecilia-Chu-Co-founder-and-CEO-YouTrip-landscape-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Caecilia-Chu-Co-founder-and-CEO-YouTrip-landscape-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Caecilia-Chu-Co-founder-and-CEO-YouTrip-landscape-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Caecilia-Chu-Co-founder-and-CEO-YouTrip-landscape-1-600x314.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Youtrip CEO and Co-founder Caecilia Chu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have transformed tremendously as a company since our last round of funding. From a mobile travel wallet, we have grown to establish a strong foothold in new territories such as overseas online spending to meet the extraordinary shifts in consumer behaviours,\u201d YouTrip\u2019s CEO and Co-founder Caecilia Chu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe believe there is untapped potential in cross-border payments, and our market-leading position in this space puts us in a good place to serve more of our users\u2019 payment needs &#8211; from travellers to online shoppers, and now businesses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a company, this latest round also gives us the resources to strengthen our multiple growth engines to stay resilient and well-primed for expansion into new vistas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>YouTrip VTL Holiday Away<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1.jpg\" alt=\"What Our Latest Series A US$30 Million Funding Means To You \u2014 And The Biggest VTL Giveaway\" class=\"wp-image-34047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/YouTrip-for-Travel-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For our consumers, we\u2019ve got more exciting stuff coming up the pipeline for you \u2014 with Vaccinated Travel Lanes making leisure travel safe again, we are now working hard to bring the best value for your upcoming travels. This includes the best<a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/vtl-flight-promos-singapore\/\"> flight deals<\/a>, as well as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/cost-of-vtl-per-country\/\"> guides to various destinations<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/youtripsg.typeform.com\/to\/tUxZPYHc\" style=\"background-color:#702d82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And for that cherry on the pie \u2014 we\u2019re excited to share that from 30 November, we\u2019re giving away an all-expenses-paid VTL trip to one lucky YouTrooper, and up to S$100 worth of cashback to each of the first 1000 travellers who makes a transaction with their YouTrip card overseas! Simply click on the button above to be in the running \u2014 or find out more <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/vtl-holiday-giveaway\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/900-x-471-_KV-1.jpg\" alt=\"What Our Latest Series A US$30 Million Funding Means To You \u2014 And The Biggest VTL Giveaway\" class=\"wp-image-34298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/900-x-471-_KV-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/900-x-471-_KV-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/900-x-471-_KV-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/900-x-471-_KV-1-600x314.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Online shoppers, we\u2019re also working hard to expand on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/best-deals-youtrip-perks\/\">ever-growing merchant list<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/youtrip-perks\/\">YouTrip Perks<\/a>. In just November alone, we\u2019ve onboarded over 12 new merchants that include household names such as Dyson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/ultimate-taobao-singapore-compilation-guide\/\">Taobao<\/a>! As always, moving forward, we will strive to strike new partnerships with more of the merchants you love, and ensure that YouTrippers will always be able to call first dibs on all the best deals online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also look forward to seeing a refreshed YouTrip app and virtual card by early next year. With such exciting endeavours in our future \u2014 we don\u2019t know about you, but we\u2019re feeling 2022!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s more, if you\u2019re an aspiring entrepreneur or operating a business with a regional or global footprint looking to save on cross-border fees for your multi-currency payments \u2014 YouBiz, our latest upcoming product, is the one for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incorporating our core strengths of offering the best exchange rates and an extremely easy to use interface into YouBiz, we will help businesses \u2014 big and small \u2014 save money and time on multi-currency payment needs so that you can focus your energy and effort in finding growth. YouBiz will be rolled out in the first quarter of 2022. If you\u2019re interested to be one of the first few to try out our beta programme, register by clicking the button below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/youtrip-business\/?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog+Button&amp;utm_campaign=HQ+blog&amp;utm_id=YouTrip+Business\" style=\"background-color:#702d82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-youtrip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In case you didn\u2019t know<\/a>, YouTrip is completely free! There are no minimum income requirements, account fall-below fees or annual card membership fees. All you\u2019ll need to do is to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.onelink.me\/suQ5\/7cbe0ffd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download YouTrip<\/a>&nbsp;to register, wait to get verified and you\u2019ll receive your spanking new YouTrip card in the mail within the next two to three weeks!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still haven\u2019t gotten your free YouTrip card yet, use promo code &lt;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtrip.onelink.me\/HnkC\/49ead0da\" target=\"_blank\">BLOG5<\/a><\/strong>&gt; to sign up and receive a free S$5 in your account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more great guides like this,<a href=\"http:\/\/t.me\/youtripsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<strong>join our Telegram Channel (@YouTripSG<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/t.me\/youtripsG\"><strong>)<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.you.co\/blog-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>subscribe to our free weekly newsletter here<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or down below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/taobao-shopping-guide\/\"><strong>How to Buy From Taobao: Step-by-Step Taobao Shopping Guide<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/ultimate-overseas-online-shopping-compilation-guide\/\"><strong>The Ultimate Overseas Online Shopping Compilation Guide<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/blog\/youtrip-referrals\/\"><strong>YouTrip Referral Programme: Get $5 Every Time You Refer A Friend!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtrip.onelink.me\/HnkC\/49ead0da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/en-SG\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/1_728-x-90-1.jpg\" alt=\"YouTrip Banner 1\" class=\"wp-image-1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/1_728-x-90-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/1_728-x-90-1-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s all you need to know about the new funding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.you.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}