Alibaba joins $35m pre-A+ round of SG's MetaComp

MetaComp, a Singapore firm building a regulated Web2.5 payments and wealth platform, said it completed a pre-A+ round that brings combined pre-A funding to US$35 million across two rounds in three months.

The round was backed by Alibaba, Spark Venture, and other institutional investors, with 100Summit Partners as exclusive financial adviser.

The new capital will fund expansion of its StableX settlement network across Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and support development of an Agent-Skills-MCP architecture for payments and wealth services.

MetaComp licensed in Singapore as a Major Payment Institution to provide Digital Payment Token (DPT) and Cross-border Money Transfer (CBMT) services.

MetaComp achieved full-year net profitability in 2025, bringing immediately available liquidity to over US$100 million.

🧠 Food for thought

Implications, context, and why it matters.

MetaComp is building a bridge, not a replacement, for traditional finance

MetaComp calls its approach a “Web2.5” model. It powers the StableX Network, a regulated cross-border settlement network where the StableX Engine can send payments through the traditional SWIFT banking network or regulated stablecoin networks 1.
Launched in May 2025, StableX Engine is the system’s core. It weighs cost plus time to pick the best settlement route for a corridor, which means a specific cross-border payment path such as Singapore-to-UAE 2.
The VisionX Engine adds real-time risk intelligence for compliance. It connects traditional currency (fiat) monitoring with stablecoin/crypto behavioural analytics and runs Know Your Transaction (KYT) checks inside payment flows 1.
MetaComp said its recent Pre-A+ round follows a US$22 million Pre-A round announced in December 2025. The company said total Pre-A funding reached US$35 million across two rounds in three months 2.

Alibaba’s investment points to growing enterprise interest in regulated stablecoin settlement

Alibaba’s backing suggests large tech investors see regulated stablecoin settlement as useful for business. Cross-border settlement delays can hit small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) hardest 1.
MetaComp says it is not tied to one stablecoin. StableX Engine supports more than 10 stablecoins, including USDT and FDUSD 2.
StableX works as financial middleware, which means software that links systems. It is built to run across both SWIFT and stablecoin networks 2.
VisionX Engine bakes in Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) monitoring plus KYT-focused checks. MetaComp frames this as a compliance-led setup for institutional use 1.

Recent MetaComp developments

🔗 Source: MetaComp