Trusting Social
Trusting Social is an AI fintech company that provides credit scoring for emerging markets using big data and social/mobile/web data. It served 1 billion consumers across Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines in 2020, and has raised $65M in funding.
The growth story
Trusting Social grew from 200 to 340 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $65M along the way, most recently a Series C in April 2022.
About
Trusting Social sells AI-powered credit scoring tools to lenders in emerging markets, targeting consumers who lack traditional credit bureau coverage. Its solutions analyze social, web, and mobile data to assess risk and enable financial inclusion.
The company reached 1 billion consumers in 2020, a notable scale for a fintech operating in Southeast Asia and India. It raised $65M in a Series C round in April 2022, with backing from investors like 500 Global and BEENEXT.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Trusting Social, with 70 employees. The company has 340 employees total, with a median tenure of 3 years.
The Trusting Social org chart
Dr. Nguyen Nguyen (Founder, C.E.O) leads 59 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 121 (-3% YoY), Information Technology 40 (-13% YoY), Product Management 23 (+10% YoY), Sales 19 (0% YoY), Business Development 18 (-14% YoY), Human Resources 15 (-6% YoY).
Talent flow
Trusting Social hires heavily from Vietnamese tech companies like VNG (14 hires) and FPT Software (10 hires). Alumni often move to fintechs and banks, including Cake Digital Bank (5 hires) and ACB (4 hires).
Most common previous employers of Trusting Social staff: VNG (14), FPT Software (10), MoMo (M_Service) (7), TIKI (6), EY (6), Deloitte (6). Former Trusting Social employees most often moved to VinSmart Future (6), Cake Digital Bank (5), ACB - Asia Commercial Bank (4), Grab (4), Home Credit India (3), NAB Innovation Centre Vietnam (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Trusting Social mafia
Trusting Social alumni have founded 20 companies, including Cake Digital Bank (268 staff), Uplive (65 staff), and One2N (62 staff).
20Quang Nguyen, was CEO, Trusting Social Vietnam until 2021Jaideep Khandelwal, was Site Reliability Engineering Manager until 2019Nishant Modak, was Director until 2019Tanvi Agrawal, was VP - Business & Partnerships until 2020Troy Richardson, was Head Of Partnerships Indonesia until 2019Shayak Roy, was Product Management until 2020
Irwan Hermawan, was VP Product until 2019
Nhan Nguyen, was Account Managment until 2022
Pham Thanh Dat, was Director of Digital until 2023
Ravindra Shirsath, was Head until 2019
Daniel Vaverka, was Director of Product & Philippines Bank Partnerships until 2024
Asmita Dutta, was TABP - HR until 2026
Pranil Palan, was Fintech Lead until 2019
Phuc Nguyen Huu, was Enterprise Marketing and Communication Manager until 2019
Sharad Ingule, was Senior Consultant until 2024
Gulsher S., was Senior Director, Products until 2020
Trinh Dinh Bien, was DevOps Engineer until 2019Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 35% direct, 54% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Trusting Social: Python (Programming Language) (100), SQL (65), Project Management (59), Teamwork (55), Problem Solving (55), Machine Learning (54), Communication (54), Data Analysis (51).
Where the team actually sits
Trusting Social people are concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (102), Vietnam (50), Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area (17), National Capital Region, Philippines (11). 4 offices on record.
Search footprint
Trusting Social attracts about 21 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 3 ranking keywords and lost 2 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Trusting Social has 340 employees as of September 2026.
Trusting Social has raised $65M in total, most recently a Series C round in April 2022.
Trusting Social was founded in 2013 by Dr. Nguyen Nguyen, Tuyen Huynh.
Dr. Nguyen Nguyen (Founder, C.E.O) sits at the top of Trusting Social's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Trusting Social staff are VNG (14 people), FPT Software (10 people), MoMo (M_Service) (7 people).
Former Trusting Social employees most often move to VinSmart Future (6), Cake Digital Bank (5), ACB - Asia Commercial Bank (4).
At least 20 companies have a founder who previously worked at Trusting Social, including Cake Digital Bank, Uplive, One2N.
Trusting Social attracts about 21 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Trusting Social staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Project Management, Teamwork, Problem Solving.
Trusting Social staff are concentrated in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (102), Vietnam (50), Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area (17).
Trusting Social has about 121 people in Engineering, down 3% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Trusting Social has about 40 people in Information Technology, down 13% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 224 current and 275 former Trusting Social profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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