Top 5 Big Data Startup Investors in Malaysia in May 2026

Vijay Sivaram

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
India, Malaysia

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BRB — Order coolest and newest chip on the block BRB Popped Potato Chips Not-Baked, Not-Fried, but POPPED. Keep munching while texting and posting.
eBikeGo — eBikeGo allows users to move quickly, and in style. We aim to make world class electric mobility solutions that transform how people move. We are driven towards creating a suite of customer-centric electric mobility solutions empowering people to seize not just the moment, but the future.
ConsCent — Leading media platforms trust ConsCent to engage, retain and transact with millions of users and build long-term relationships

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OSKVI was established in year 2000 and is the venture capital and private equity affiliate of OSK Holdings Berhad. OSKVI was listed on the then Malaysia Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation Market (“MESDAQ Market”) (now known as the ACE Market) of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) on 8 September 2004.TheOSKVI Group has an established presence in the private equity and venture capital industry in the region. Since inception, they have successfully invested, nurtured and divested several companies from various industries.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
Malaysia, Singapore, United States

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bythen — bythen enables the production of autonomous 3D avatar bots powered by AI.
Endowus — Licensed by MAS. Grow all your money through intelligent investment portfolios built by experts, customised to your goals. Award-winning fee-only wealth platform.
StoreHub — StoreHub is an all-in-one POS system that helps future-proof F&B, retail, service and enterprise businesses in Malaysia. Manage and grow your business, anytime, anywhere.

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WHO IS CRADLE?Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) is Malaysia's early stage start-up influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).Throughout its 13-year history, Cradle has helped fund over 700Malaysian tech start-ups and holds the highest commercialisation rate amongst government grants in the country. Having more than a decade of experience in the nation's grant funding scene, Cradle further expanded its role from grant provider to investor through the establishment of its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures in 2015 and following its portfolio expansion to equity investment in early 2017, Cradle now offers both funding and investment assistance. Cradle's product offerings are not only restricted to monetary aid, but also include commercialisation support, coaching and various other value-added services to cater today's entrepreneurs' diversified needs.OUR MISSIONTo be the leading pre-seed, seed and start-up stage funding agency in Malaysia, that provides effective grant and equity funding, commercialisation support, coaching, and industry value-add to accelerate the growth of start-up companies.Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
Malaysia, Singapore, United States

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Lokein — Lokein is a Malaysia secure marketplace - Buy and sell preloved, vintage, second hand and bundle items.
Ulalive — No-code video call-to-actions for higher conversion marketing. Acquire leads, build pipelines easily with Ulalive
Shoppegram — Shoppegram is a SaaS platform designed for ease of use with a high conversion rate for small businesses.With Shoppegram focusing on core essentials feature only, it helps our users to build their online store fast and with ease. Focusing on business validation and conversion rate without the technical hassles.Shoppegram also does regulartraining and workshops to help small business owners kick starts their own online business using e-commerce. We provide e-learning content from core fundamentals to advance analysis to helps our merchants learn and grow easily.Shoppegram currently have over 21,000 users in Malaysia. Shoppegram was founded in 2013 and launched to the public on 30 August 2019.

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XSquared Ventures is a private investment firm that serves as a catalyst for companies that are creative and disruptive. The company's mission is to improve the liberty and well-being of people around the world by pushing for disintermediation through the growth and adoption of distributed ledger technologies.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Big Data, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Malaysia, South Korea

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Bbodek — Bbodek provider of tableware rental and washing services intended for restaurants and school cafeterias. They provide products for children's tableware and hygiene management services. They specialize in using their self-developed smart factory to render low defect services to consumers, enabling them to just focus on cooking without worryingabout cleaning up. They are expanding their business to customized washing machine manufacture and sales.
SCBIO — SCBIO is a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs with specialized technologies in immuno-oncology. The company discovers and develops novel therapeutics for future medicine.
MetaVersus World — MetaVersus World is a Web3 metaverse service provider.

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