Glints has raised $2.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Glints's investors include Good Startup.
Glints is a leading talent ecosystem and career development platform in Southeast Asia, connecting job seekers—particularly young professionals—with employers through job matching, career advice, upskilling resources, and recruitment tools.[1][2][3][5] It serves over 5 million professionals and 50,000 organizations across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Taiwan, solving talent shortages by enabling cross-border hiring and career growth for 120 million regional professionals.[1][5][8] Glints has shown strong growth momentum, raising $72.5 million total funding including a $50 million Series D in 2022, achieving top rankings like Nikkei-FT-Statista's High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific, and processing thousands of daily job applications.[1][5][7]
Glints was founded in August 2013 by Oswald Yeo, Looi Qin En, and Seah Ying Cong, high school friends from Hwa Chong Institution in Singapore who deferred their university studies at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Wharton to pursue the venture.[2][6] The idea emerged from helping friends find internships via Google Sheets, starting with 38 members and growing to over 7,000 by 2015; it officially launched that year as an internship matching service.[5][6] Early traction included a $475,000 seed round from Singapore tech investors, expansion to Indonesia, and a $2.7 million Series A led by Golden Equator Capital and Gobi Partners, evolving into a full career platform.[5]
Glints rides the SEA digital talent boom, fueled by a young population, rising gig economy, and post-pandemic remote work shifts, timing perfectly with 120 million professionals needing career tools amid talent wars.[1][2][5] Market forces like rapid urbanization, tech adoption in Indonesia/Vietnam, and investor interest (e.g., DCM Ventures) favor its expansion, positioning it as the #1 regional platform influencing human capital by enabling global opportunities for emerging markets.[1][5][7] It shapes the ecosystem by democratizing access to skills and jobs, boosting employer competitiveness.
Glints is poised to dominate SEA talent as AI-driven matching and upskilling trends accelerate, potentially hitting its vision of 120 million careers and 1 million organizations amid hybrid work and economic recovery.[5][8] Rising AI integration and China/Taiwan expansion could amplify influence, evolving it from recruiter to lifelong career partner—watch for deeper enterprise tools and IPO signals tying back to its mission of unlocking human potential.[2][5]
Glints has raised $2.5M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Series A in September 2016.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2016 | $2.0M Series A | Good Startup | |
| Feb 1, 2015 | $480K Seed | Good Startup |
