The Aegon-backed loan and insurance comparison platform will shut down after raising $97m in the past two years.

Singapore-based loan and insurance comparison platform GoBear has announced it will cease operations and shut down after facing difficulties in raising new funding.

The company said the covid-19 pandemic had created a challenging operating environment and thus it could not secure new funding from investors, according to a statement published on professional networking platform Linkedin.

Founded in 2015, GoBear has built a metasearch engine platform listing more than 2,000 products offered by banks and insurance companies across Southeast Asia.

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