Express Building

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-16%

est. 2Y upside i

Vertical SaaS

Financing Southeast Asia's ~$1 trillion housing backlog

Rank

#3812

Sector

Real Estate Financing

Est. Liquidity

~6Y

Data Quality

Data: Low

Express Building is a months-old, pre-revenue Philippine bridge lender with no disclosed valuation, no funding history, and only 25 employees competing against Pag-IBIG and established banks with a self-described thin moat.

Last updated: May 5, 2026

Bull (15%)+300%

Express Building carves out ~1% of its ~$28.5B SAM, builds a clean loan book through 2027, and closes a Series A at a $20–30M valuation — producing a 3–4x return on early equity. This requires flawless credit underwriting, low NPLs, and a credible institutional funding story within 18 months.

Base (40%)-50%

The company survives but grows slowly under pressure from Pag-IBIG, Maybank, and Unicapital, raising dilutive capital rounds without demonstrating scale. Early-employee equity loses roughly half its real value over two years as the cap table expands and liquidity remains years away.

Bear (45%)-90%

Unable to source affordable warehouse capital or differentiate its bridge-loan product, Express Building fails to reach self-sustaining loan volume within 24 months. Developer defaults or SEC compliance friction accelerates cash burn and early-employee equity is nearly wiped out.

Est. time to liquidity~6.0 years

Preference Stack Risk

low

Funding Intensity

0%

No funding rounds are disclosed, implying no preferred-stock liquidation overhang — but the absence of any external investment also means equity value is entirely unanchored with no independent price validation.

Dilution Risk

high

A pre-revenue specialty lender must raise repeated capital rounds to fund loan originations, realistically diluting early employees by 40–70% before any liquidity event materializes.

Secondary Liquidity

none

As a private Philippine financing company with no visible investor base or secondary marketplace, employee shares have effectively zero liquidity within any realistic 2-year window.

Questions to Ask at the Interview

Strategic questions based on Express Building's data — designed to show you've done your homework.

  • 1

    “What is the current gross loan book balance, average loan ticket size, and observed default or delinquency rate — and how does your bridge-loan pricing compare to bank developmental loan rates?”

  • 2

    “How does Moon Rabbit Financing Ventures Inc. fund new loan originations at scale — is there a warehouse credit facility or securitization program, and what is the all-in cost of funds versus your lending yield?”

  • 3

    “At what pre-money valuation is employee equity being issued, what is the vesting cliff and schedule, and is there any buyback or secondary-market mechanism if I need liquidity before an exit?”

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