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Digital financial services for students in Southeast Asia
ErudiFi is a mission-driven technology company focused on expanding access to financial services for students. Operating as Danacita in Indonesia and Bukas in the Philippines, ErudiFi provides students a smarter way to pay for education and helps them build credit history. By providing financial inclusion to underserved students across the region, we believe we can drive generational transformation and build a better tomorrow.
ErudiFi provides education financing solutions in Southeast Asia, partnering with universities to offer installment tuition payments and student loans to increase affordability for students across the region.
The platform connects with partner higher education institutions to offer tuition installment plans and student loans for diploma, bachelor’s, master’s, and non-degree short courses. It operates through region-specific brands (Bukās in the Philippines and Danacita in Indonesia) to provide accessible financing options for students, enabling easy, secure, and integrated funding or payment plans for tuition and related costs.
Who it’s for: Students and prospective students pursuing higher education in Southeast Asia, including those seeking affordable financing for diploma, bachelor’s, master’s, or short courses, as well as partner universities seeking financing programs for their students.
Partner with multiple universities, region-focused operations, launched brands in the Philippines and Indonesia
Growing up in Indonesia and the first in her family to attend university, Susli co-founded ErudiFi, a technology company on a mission to build a better tomorrow for youths in Southeast Asia together with Naga Tan. Susli is now a Partner at Monk's Hill Ventures, a Southeast Asia focused VC with 40+ portfolio companies in the region. She holds degrees from Yale, Wharton, and Johns Hopkins, and is also a mother of two young boys.
Naga Tan is the CEO & Co-Founder of ErudiFi, a mission-driven company advancing financial inclusion and expanding access to education across Southeast Asia. Through its platforms Danacita in Indonesia and Bukas in the Philippines, ErudiFi partners with leading universities and vocational schools to provide students with affordable tuition installment plans. To date, the company has financed more than US$60 million in tuition fees for over 60,000 students.
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