Top 15 Blockchain Startup Investors in Malaysia in January 2025
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Blockchain startups based in Malaysia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Blockchain companies from Malaysia. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Blockchain Startup Investors in Malaysia in January 2025
Investor | Blockchain Malaysia investments |
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Blockchain Founders Fund | 2 |
Susquehanna International Group (SIG) | 1 |
Vijay Sivaram | 1 |
Amber Group | 1 |
Bybit | 1 |
Cadenza Ventures | 1 |
Castle Island Ventures | 1 |
Plug and Play Tech Center | 1 |
Cradle Fund | 1 |
NewTribe Capital | 1 |
Dragonfly | 1 |
Stratified Capital | 1 |
GSR Ventures | 1 |
FTX Ventures | 1 |
xSquared Ventures | 1 |
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Symmio — Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets.
- KRNL Labs — KRNL Labs is a decentralized infrastructure protocol that makes smart contracts and develops an open, multichain software registry for the Web3 ecosystem. That allows developers to build dApps that can leverage multiple blockchains simultaneously.
- HIFI — HiFi Bridge is a cryptocurrency payments platform that allows customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, trade NFT's, borrow loans, and connect their bank accounts all-in-one.The startup offers equity, cryptocurrency, and options trading, as well as cash management accounts. The company provides the accessibility for traditional financialusers to gain access to modern decentralized finance tools through it's mobile and web platform.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2021.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dfns — Supercharge your platform with keyless custody as a service. One API to generate secure wallets, manage your crypto, sign transactions, set up business rules, monitor security, and more.
- Lava — Lava is a Bitcoin lending platform.
- Sporttrade — Sporttrade is America's most dynamic sports betting platform. Sports betting, meet stock trading.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Big Data
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- India, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- 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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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, China
Portfolio highlights
- Castile — Castile is a Web3 gaming platform that promotes a revolutionary game model that enables users to earn more sustainably.
- ChainOpera AI — ChainOpera AI - The Blockchain and Protocol for Co-owning and Co-creating Decentralized AI Apps and Agents for Humanity, Backed by Federated AI OS and Platform
- Meridian — Meridian is a Movement-native decentralized liquidity marketplace and liquid staking system that allows users to trade and earn with their assets smoothly.
Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in March 2018 to provide a professional platform with an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service, and multilingual community support for crypto traders. The company offers innovative online spot and derivatives trading services, mining and staking products, and API support to retail andinstitutional clients worldwide, and aims to be the most dependable exchange for the emerging digital asset class.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands
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- Hata — Hata is a regulated platform where businesses & consumers can transact and access cryptocurrencies with fiat currency such as the US Dollar & Malaysia Ringgit. Our vision is to enable safe & effortless access to cryptocurrency for all. We're committed to achieve that by providing a reliable platform for all to accesscryptocurrency easily, through our commitment to customers and compliance with regulations. Hata is regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange & Digital Broker) , and the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Malaysia) as a Licensed Money Broker & Payment System Operator. Learn more at : https://hata.io
- dvts.network — dvts.network is an ethereum liquidity staking protocol that reduces the initial capital requirements for ethereum validators.
- Lombard — Lombard is committed to leveraging Bitcoin's potential as a dynamic financial tool by integrating it to DeFi collaborating with technological and infrastructural partners on a common, ecosystem-driven aim to bring Bitcoin to DeFi.
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Nigeria, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Hata — Hata is a regulated platform where businesses & consumers can transact and access cryptocurrencies with fiat currency such as the US Dollar & Malaysia Ringgit. Our vision is to enable safe & effortless access to cryptocurrency for all. We're committed to achieve that by providing a reliable platform for all to accesscryptocurrency easily, through our commitment to customers and compliance with regulations. Hata is regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange & Digital Broker) , and the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Malaysia) as a Licensed Money Broker & Payment System Operator. Learn more at : https://hata.io
- Roxom — Roxom is the first Bitcoin Stock, Commodities and Crypto Exchange in human history.
- Validation Cloud — Validation Cloud is a Web3 data streaming and infrastructure company that connects organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform. Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Validation Cloud offers highly performant and customizable products in staking, node, and data-as-a-service. Its team brings extensive experience acrossWeb2 and Web3 from the likes of Coinbase, Kraken, Workday, Accenture, Crypto.com, Voyager, and more. Learn more at Validationcloud.io
Castle Island Ventures is a Cambridge, MA based early stage venture firm investing in startups building in the public blockchain industry.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, China
Portfolio highlights
- CAT Labs — CATLABS.IO - Building Digital Asset Recovery and Cybersecurity Tools to Enable Public and Private Sector Customers to Fight Crypto-Enabled Crime
- Hata — Hata is a regulated platform where businesses & consumers can transact and access cryptocurrencies with fiat currency such as the US Dollar & Malaysia Ringgit. Our vision is to enable safe & effortless access to cryptocurrency for all. We're committed to achieve that by providing a reliable platform for all to accesscryptocurrency easily, through our commitment to customers and compliance with regulations. Hata is regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange & Digital Broker) , and the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Malaysia) as a Licensed Money Broker & Payment System Operator. Learn more at : https://hata.io
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Investment focus
- Payments, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Biorce — Biorce is an innovating HealthAI startup committed to transforming drug development through the use of artificial intelligence.
- Hata — Hata is a regulated platform where businesses & consumers can transact and access cryptocurrencies with fiat currency such as the US Dollar & Malaysia Ringgit. Our vision is to enable safe & effortless access to cryptocurrency for all. We're committed to achieve that by providing a reliable platform for all to accesscryptocurrency easily, through our commitment to customers and compliance with regulations. Hata is regulated by the Securities Commission of Malaysia as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange & Digital Broker) , and the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Malaysia) as a Licensed Money Broker & Payment System Operator. Learn more at : https://hata.io
- MintNeuro — MintNeuro is pioneering the use of semiconductor technology in next-generation neural implants.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Malaysia, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
NewTribe Capital specializes in early-stage Web3 blockchain investments in Asia, Europe, and MENA. Discover our portfolio, team, etc.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- Singapore, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- bitSmiley — BitSmiley offers comprehensive Bitcoin DeFi solutions to bridge the stablecoin and lending infrastructure gaps within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Its main product is an over-collateralized stablecoin based on Bitcoin. Users can utilize Bitcoin as collateral for BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD.
- SecondLive — SecondLive is a diversified metaverse focused on building social networks and supporting creator economic activities.
- BLIFE Protocol — BLIFE Protocol's objective is to promote growth and development of Web3 on Bitcoin.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
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- Andrena — Andrena is a developer of an internet distribution platform designed to offer high-speed internet at reduced costs.The company works directly with internet providers who provide internet for universities, hospitals, financial services and other users with heavy data needs and leverage their existing fiber networks to deploy a series of antennas toblanket a geography with internet access, allowing customers and businesses to tap into a faster network wirelessly.
- Level — Level is a stakblecoin backed by restaked dollar tokens.
- RD Technologies — RD Wallet is a licenced Stored Value Facility in Hong Kong. It is the first business-focused, multiple-currency mobile wallet. RD Wallet offers deposits, local and cross-border payments and foreign exchange services for businesses.
Stratified Capital is a blockchain venture capital with its headquarter in Singapore. The fund aims to provide seed investment and incubation to early-stage blockchain related projects to get higher alpha and bring new vehicle to investors into adiversified & institutional-quality portfolio of digital assets.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round
- Japan, Malaysia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- BAC Games — BAC Games is a video game company that focuses on the Web3 platform. The company's software is based on blockchain technology and employs token-based digital game economics, allowing players to stake cryptocurrencies and gain financial rewards while playing.
- Turingbitchain — Turingbitchain is the creator of a decentralized blockchain contract platform that integrates Web3-era concepts. The company's technology uses the UTXO and POW models to achieve great performance and robust decentralization.
- Multiple Network — Multiple Network is a web3 DePIN project that uses SD-WAN technology to create a network layer that allows for high-speed transfer of digital assets and data.
GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, United States, Singapore
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- Ferrum Health — Ferrum Health is a developer of an enterprise IT and AI patient safety platform for health systems. Ferrum Health provides an artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform for health system executives to prevent medical errors across their patient population, serving as a safety net that uses AI algorithms to assist quality teams in the peerreview of radiology studies.
- BLIFE Protocol — BLIFE Protocol's objective is to promote growth and development of Web3 on Bitcoin.
- Xianshun Technology — Xianshun Technology develops near-eye display optical systems and integrates them with ultra-low-power hardware architecture to give consumers with AR smart glasses.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
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- Joepegs — Dive into Joepegs, the leading Web3 platform for NFTs and digital collectibles. As a cultural hub in the Web3 space, we offer secure buying, selling, and discovery of innovative digital assets.
- Lemon Cash — Lemon Cash is digital wallet with FIAT and crypto capabilities. End to end digital ecosystem for Latin America.
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
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.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Big Data, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Malaysia, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Blockade Games — Blockade Games is a leading blockchain video game development studio. Using industry expertise, we are developing blockchain layer two infrastructure and gaming applications.
- MetaVersus World — MetaVersus combines gaming with Web3 to provide a hyper-realistic digital environment for brands to build in and for users to discover as MetaCitizens
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