SE vs NU Comparison

Sea started as a gaming business, Garena, but in 2015 expanded into e-commerce. Sea operates Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce company, Shopee, in terms of gross merchandise value. Shopee is a hybrid consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer marketplace platform operating in Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Brazil. For Garena, Free Fire is the key revenue-generating game. Sea's third business, Monee, provides lending, payment, digital banking, and insurance services. As of March 2025, Forrest Li, the founder, chair, and CEO, owned 59.1% of the voting power. Tencent owned 18.5% of issued shares with no voting power.

Nu Holdings Ltd is a Brazilian financial technology firm that offers digital banking services. Its services include Retail credit, SME credit, Payments, Customer assets, Insurance brokerage, E-commerce marketplace, and Mobile virtual network operator. It operates in single operating segment and geographically it operates in Brazil, Mexico, and Other countries with the majority of revenue deriving from Brazil.