Pocket-sized learning

• Malaysia’s first child-safe financial management platform has been transforming financial literacy for children since 2019.
• Today, 500-backed Vircle is serving over 100,000 families across 150 nationalities with their app that helps parents manage all their child’s money and teach financial learning skills.
• The team also provides a prepaid Visa card for children, with parental controls and child-safe protection embedded.
• Vircle recently secured funding from 1137 Ventures to fuel their expansion. “Our core mission has always been to teach kids how to manage money wisely, and this investment enables us to scale our operations and expand our reach,” shared Gokula Krishnan Subramaniam, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vircle.
• Designed to help children budget, save, and spend responsibly, the platform has set an ambitious target of banking 1 million children in Malaysia and expanding to 3 million across Southeast Asia within 5 years.
• The team also partners with major private and international schools by providing cashless school platforms.
• Read the full story here.