Multipolitan Raises US$2M Seed at US$25M Valuation, Eyes Manila Tech Hub for Cross-Border Mobility App

A Singapore company that helps people keep track of passports, visas and flight rules has raised US$2 million in seed funding, and part of that money is headed to Manila. Multipolitan, a global mobility technology firm, closed the round at a pre-money valuation of US$25 million. It plans to open an office in the Philippine capital and build up its technology team there.

The round was led by EmergentX, which describes itself as a global venture studio, accelerator and incubator. The company says the money will pay for two things: the global launch of its free, consumer-focused Multipolitan App in December 2026, and the growth of Multipolitan Private Client, a service aimed at high-net-worth individuals and affluent clients.

The company is not starting from zero. According to its own figures, Multipolitan Private Client has generated more than US$4 million in net revenue in under two years. The company says this gives it commercial validation, along with research and customer insights to feed into the broader platform. The figure is the company's own and is not independently verified in the source.

Two founders are behind it. Nirbhay Handa was previously Group Head of Business Development at Henley & Partners. Lee Smith is an entrepreneur and co-founder of the Japanese fintech company Paidy, which PayPal acquired for US$2.7 billion. Between them they bring experience in global mobility, wealth migration, financial technology and consumer platforms.

The company frames the opportunity in numbers: more than 1.5 billion international trips a year, over 300 million people living outside their country of birth, and an estimated 40 million digital nomads. For many of them, and for families in particular, mobility means juggling passports, visas, immigration rules, insurance, pre-arrival documents and flight details across separate systems. "Add a family with multiple passports and visas, and it quickly becomes overwhelming," Smith said.

The app is built around three functions. Live holds passports, visas, residence information and family documents, with reminders for deadlines. Travel gathers entry requirements, pre-arrival preparation and real-time flight updates. Stay tracks time spent abroad and remaining stay allowances, with planned calculations for rules such as Schengen scenarios. Underneath sit three proprietary tools: INREX, an immigration intelligence engine; FlightIQ, a real-time travel intelligence platform; and Visa Connect, an AI-powered visa engine.

The app will launch free worldwide. What the company learns from that rollout will shape a premium version with extra features, planned for the second quarter of 2027. Private Client, meanwhile, gives tailored advice to families facing more complex residency, wealth or succession decisions. Handa described the two products as the pillars of an ambition to build "the universal platform for global mobility."

The Philippines is one of the markets in the company's Asian expansion. Handa pointed to Filipinos who travel, work, study and build lives abroad, and to digital nomads based in the country. Manila's role is mainly technical: the company wants to hire from the city's pool of mobile and full-stack developers to support product development.

Multipolitan now employs more than 40 people at its Singapore headquarters and offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru. Manila and Kuala Lumpur are the next planned additions. The first test comes in December, when the free app goes live.