JuniGo, a Singapore-based fintech focused on instant cross-border payments for Africa-Asia trade, has closed its oversubscribed pre-seed round, GTR can reveal.
The female-founded platform, which settles multi-currency payments instantly using stablecoin rails, said it aims to slash global trade transaction costs by “up to 90% compared to traditional banks”.
Its latest financing round was led by Silicon Valley venture fund gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), with further participation from GTR Ventures and other blockchain and fintech funds.
Launched in early 2025, JuniGo primarily seeks to address barriers to SME trading in the Africa-Asia corridor, where small businesses face high transaction costs and payment and settlement delays, creating “a critical barrier to cross-border trade growth”, the fintech’s founders told GTR.
China to Africa commerce alone reached US$296bn in 2024, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs.
However, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s 2024 survey also found 68% of African SMEs identified payment-related issues as their primary obstacle to expanding international trade.
“We built JuniGo because we believe small businesses deserve the same fast, affordable payment infrastructure that large corporations take for granted,” said JuniGo co-founder and CEO, Amy Qian.
“This funding enables us to launch in Nigeria and expand across Africa-Asia corridors, unlocking billions in working capital that’s currently trapped in slow, expensive banking systems.”
JuniGo will be licensed in Nigeria by the end of 2025 and expects to secure its Hong Kong Money Service Operator license by Q2 2026.
This reflects the company’s “commitment to regulatory compliance across key trade corridors and ensuring businesses benefit from secure, transparent, and legally compliant cross-border transactions”, it said.
Rui Zhang, co-founder and managing partner of cryptocurrency focused gCC, said JuniGo wasn’t “just replacing legacy payment systems with stablecoin rails, they’ve integrated stablecoin infrastructure seamlessly with global trade logistics, enabling participants to migrate to a genuinely efficient system”.
“SMEs in the Africa-Asia corridor pay 6-11% per transaction in fees and settlement delays, while large corporations pay under 1%,” added Kelvin Tan, co-founder and chief investment officer of GTR Ventures.
“JuniGo’s stablecoin infrastructure enables instant, multi-currency settlements at a fraction of conventional costs – critical infrastructure for a US$300bn trade corridor that conventional banking can’t serve efficiently.”
In partnership with Global Trade Review, venture-building and investment platform GTR Ventures mobilises private capital for trade and trade finance, investing in and supporting the development of trade-focused fintech companies while working with multiple stakeholders to integrate technology into trade.
