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Charlie Lee Raised $90 Million To Serve 1 Billion Underbanked Users In India

May 27, 2021

Charlie Lee is now on his second startup. With a mission of reaching one billion unserved people with fintech solutions, his venture has already raised $90M. Charlie has raised financing from top-tier investors like Northern Arc, Bon Angels Venture Partners, Daesung Private Equity, and Softbank Ventures Asia. His venture True Balance also goes by Balance Hero and Balancehero India.

In this episode, you will learn:

* The differences in mindset and business culture between East Asia, America and India
* How to manage company culture and international teams
* Charlie Lee’s top advice for entrepreneurs, before starting a business

Alejandro Cremades · EP 337 Charlie Lee Raised $90 Million To Serve 1 Billion Underbanked Users In India
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About Charlie Lee:
Charlie Lee has won recognition for playing pivotal roles in the growing and leading of well-known businesses of mobile service segment from carrier billing and VAS(Value-added-service) to Smartphone apps in 5 different countries in Asia Pacific.
Charlie Lee discovered the fast-evolving mobile ecosystem due to the emergence of smartphones especially in India and seized the opportunity to jump into business with university colleagues (Balance Hero co-founders Jay and Martin) in discussion with ‘New Business Strategy’ a market larger than Korea.
Charlie Lee developed True balance business model and launched a commercial platform for smartphone users to check the balance and recharge by utilising this app. He also established Balance Hero in-house venture at Access Mobile.
Charlie Lee has in depth exposure to deal structuring, business investment, telecom services. He is identified as a thought leader for the development and policy making on mobile ecosystem.