Singapore-based global mobility technology company Multipolitan plans to establish a Manila office and expand its technology team as it prepares to launch a free app featuring passport, visa, immigration, and flight information in December 2026.
The company raised $2 million in seed funding at a $25 million pre-money valuation, or its value before the investment. EmergentX, a global venture studio, accelerator, and incubator, led the round. Funding will support the app’s global launch and growth of Multipolitan Private Client.
“Travel involves managing passports, visas, insurance, and pre-arrival documents, on top of tracking flights,” said Lee Smith, co-founder of Multipolitan. “Add a family with multiple passports and visas, and it quickly becomes overwhelming. Multipolitan removes the friction of traveling to, or living in, other countries.”
In Manila, Multipolitan plans to tap mobile and full-stack developers, who build both the parts of an app people use and the systems running behind them. The team will support product development as the company expands its platform.
The Multipolitan App has three main sections: Live, Travel, and Stay. Live helps users organize passports, visas, residence information, and family documents in one place, with reminders for important deadlines.
Travel combines destination entry requirements, preparations before arrival, and real-time flight updates. It is designed to help travelers check what they need before departure and follow changes during their trip.
Stay helps users track time spent abroad, remaining permitted days, and approaching deadlines. Planned features include calculations for covered travel rules, such as those applying to stays in Europe’s Schengen area.
The platform uses Multipolitan’s own technology: INREX, its immigration intelligence engine; FlightIQ, a real-time travel intelligence platform; and Visa Connect, an AI-powered travel visa engine.
The app will initially be free worldwide. Multipolitan plans to use findings from the rollout to develop a premium version with additional features, scheduled for the second quarter of 2027.
Its separate Multipolitan Private Client service supports high-net-worth individuals and affluent families with more complex international mobility needs. The company said the service generated more than $4 million in net revenue in under two years.
Multipolitan was founded by Nirbhay Handa, former Group Head of Business Development at Henley & Partners, and Smith, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Japanese fintech company Paidy, which PayPal acquired for $2.7 billion.
The company employs more than 40 people across its Singapore headquarters and offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bengaluru. Additional offices are planned in Manila and Kuala Lumpur.