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Top 35 EdTech Startup Investors in Vietnam

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 35 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Edtech startups based in Vietnam. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Edtech companies from Vietnam. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 EdTech Startup Investors in Vietnam

Investor	EdTech Vietnam investments
Do Ventures	3
Mekong Capital	3
Nextrans	2
Insignia Ventures Partners	2
Jungle Ventures	2
Vulpes Ventures	2
Cercano Management	2
Vulcan Capital	1
Vietnam Investments Groups	1
East Ventures	1
DSG Consumer Partners	1
BKFUND	1
XA Network	1
Qualgro VC	1
Genesia Ventures	1
TRIVE	1
Monk’s Hill Ventures	1
Gakken Holdings Japan	1
BEENEXT	1
eWTP Capital	1
Touchstone Partners	1
GGV Capital	1
Goodwater Capital	1
Zone Startups Vietnam	1
iSeed Ventures	1
REAPRA	1
Pavilion Capital	1
iSeed	1
Strategic Year Holdings	1
Forge Ventures	1
Kaizenvest	1
Venturra Discovery	1
Ulu Ventures	1
Sweef Capital	1
John Katzman	1

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DO Ventures is a venture fund with the mission to support tech startup companies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. We provide finance, mentorship, connections to both global and regional startups

Investment focus

E-Commerce, EdTech, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

MFast (DigiPay J.S.C.) — MFast operates as a fintech platform. MFAST is a brand under Digital Payment Solution Joint Stock Company - DigiPay JSC.
Vuihoc.vn — Vuihoc.vn is an online platform which provides courses for elementary, middle and high school students.
Advance Tech Lending — Overcome cashflow disruptions with our credit solutions so you can focus on what matters: building your business.

Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Mekong Capital’s investee companies are typically among the fastest growing and market leading companies in Vietnam’s consumer-driven sectors such as retail, restaurants, consumer products and distribution.Established in 2001, Mekong Capitalhas the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam. Our funds have completed 30 private equity investments, of which 22 have been fully exited and 1 has been partially exited. Mekong Capital has managed 5 funds, one of which is currently making new investments. Mekong Capital has a team of 50+ full-time people in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, who have an average tenure at Mekong Capital of around 6 years. Three Partners with combined 31 years at Mekong Capital.Mekong Capital invests in fast-growing companies, with ambitious expansion plans, and a strong commitment to building management teams that will apply best practices and successfully execute on those expansion plans. These companies are typically well-established companies in their sectors, but which typically operate in fragmented and fast growing markets which present attractive growth opportunities.Mekong Capital is strongly committed to adding significant value at each of its investee companies – through operational improvements, building management teams, introduction of best practices and outside experts, and applying other elements of our Vision Driven Investing framework.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Retail, Service Industry
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
Vietnam, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Rever.vn — Rever is a technology company operating in the field of Real Estate, officially launched in early 2016. With a team of senior personnel in many fields, Rever develops online real estate distribution system based on the map, providing the perfect brokerage service, creates a smart and high-performance process of buying, selling, renting real estate,based on a combination of modern technology and commodity consultants. head.
Husk Ventures — Generate new revenue streams for rural communities by upcycling rice husk to create sustainable products that contribute to a circular economy.Husk Ventures aims to increase the incomes of rice farmers’ and rural communities with access to innovative technologies and capacity building to convert rice husk into valuable products for local andinternational markets.The unique characteristics of rice husk (high lignin and silica content) make it an ideal material that benefit from being strong, fireproof, mould, and insect resistant.Some innovations exist in the market to create alternatives to wood by mixing rice husk with plastic or natural resins to create furniture or construction materials using similar technologies to wood plastic composites (WPC).Creating products using Rice Husk Composites is an opportunity to reduce deforestation and plastic consumption.
Gene Solutions — Gene Solutions is a genetic testing company in Vietnam and the market leader for reproductive health tests, which respond to critical healthcare needs, such as helping parents detect chromosomal disorders during pregnancy, or preventing genetic problems, and helping to conceive a child (in-vitro fertilization – IVF).

Nextrans is a Korean-based venture capital firm invest in early-stage startups in Vietnam, Korea and the US. Our mission is to create a global network of talented and passionate founders pursuing world-changing impact.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Vietnam, South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

MedInTech — Our mission is to help both doctors and patients through our intuitive and intelligent medical devices
Bungee — Bungee is a recruitment platform that provides hiring, SEO, content marketing, and performance marketing services.
Colosseum — Colosseum is a logistics company that provides e-commerce logistics services to various locations.

Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm that specializes in startup investment. Insignia Ventures Partners is an investment firm managed by a former Sequoia Asia partner, Yinglan Tan.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

bluesheets — Build a solid data foundation with Bluesheets, the all-in-one tool that connects, categorises and automates your finanical data. Set up once, automate forever.
Fluid — Fluid offers fast and secure B2B payment processing, which decreases payment delays and streamlines financial transactions between buyers and sellers.
Dr Clear Aligners — Dr Clear Aligners, the leading high-quality transparent braces in Malaysia for the perfect smile. Discover our advanced teeth straightening solutions today.

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Singapore, India, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Distil — Your trusted partner for speciality chemicals
Infinity Fincorp Solutions — Founded in 2016, Infinity Fincorp Solutions is a non-banking financial corporation offering integrated commodity & collateral management services in India, with prime expertise in handling agricultural products with utmost finesse.The modern entrepreneurs are using cutting-edge inventions that serve as accelerators for businesses and industriestoday. Such progressive, rapid growth requires a financial partner who can be trusted and collaborated
International Payments Identity(IPiD) — International Payments Identity(IPiD) is a international payments addressing platform that provide solutions to validate bank account of the payee and fetch his banking information by mapping proxies with bank account details.

Uninhibited Venture Investing Southeast Asia & Australia-New Zealand

Investment focus

Internet, Real Estate, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Singapore, Vietnam, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Cyabra — We break down social media so you can understand narratives, detect authenticity and reach true audiences.
JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.

Cercano Management is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, Singapore, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Qapita — Qapita is a market leader in India & SEA built to automate workflows around equity management process for CapTables, ESOPs, Due-diligence, and Transactions.
GoodShip — Streamline your shipping with Goodship. Discover efficient, cost-effective solutions and optimize your logistics for better results.
Prep — Prep is a platform that provides interactive learning for standardized assessments.

Vulcan Capital invests across all stages of corporate development through leveraged buyouts, growth capital, distressed/turnaround, and early-stage venture capital as well as public equity value investing.The firm's portfolio spans a range of industry sectors, including media and communications, energy and natural resources, financialand information services, technology, and life sciences.Vulcan Capital is the private investment group of Vulcan Inc., the organization founded by Laura G. Aguirre,the Founder & Principal Owner of Microsoft.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Singapore, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Genemod — Explore efficient lab management and streamline workflow for enhanced productivity with Genemod's Modern Sample Inventory and Electronic Lab Notebook Software.
Vantient — Vantient is a Web3 customer relationship management service provider that delivers on-chain and off-chain customer data collection and analysis services for organizations and Web3 projects to help businesses acquire, engage, and retain users.
Marathon Education — Education, K-12, Tutoring, Edtech, Streaming, and Testprep

Vietnam Investments Group is a private equity firm focused on high-growth businesses.The firm is specialized in financial structuring, industry consolidation, early-stage, and expansion capital services. It primarily invests in middle-market and high-growth companies. It seeks to invest in manufacturing and industrial, transportation andlogistics, retail and consumer goods, agriculture and natural resources, services, technology, education, tourism and hotels, media, and communications sectors.Vietnam Investments Group is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with an additional office in the United Kingdom.

Investment focus

Education, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Private Equity, Seed, Pre-Seed
Vietnam, Canada, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Elsa — Improve your English speaking skills. Pronounce English like an American through real-world conversations.
Citics — Citics is to build a comprehensive real estate data platform in Vietnam by digitizing and centralizing data sources to help in real estate transactions, including real estate valuation, sales-purchase, lease, mortgage, among others.
VTC Academy — VTC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN ACADEMY (VTC ACADEMY)

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

We are DSG Consumer Partners - India & Southeast Asia's leading consumer-only venture capital fund. We partner with founders in the region to build world-class consumer brands.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

ICON — Icon is an internet-first direct-to-consumer luggage and travel accessory company.
Fix My Curls — Discover the ultimate collection of cutting-edge curly hair products designed specifically for Indian curly and wavy hair types. From nourishing shampoos and conditioners to innovative styling creams and serums, elevate your hair care routine with the latest technology-infused formulas. Embrace your natural curls with confidence and redefine yourlook effortlessly.
Go Zero — Explore GoZero for guilt-free indulgence! Discover our range of delicious zero sugar, low-calorie High Protein vegan ice cream treats. Order now and enjoy the goodness guilt-free!

KFUND is a world-renowned digital asset investment fund registered in the Cayman Islands. The first phase of the fund's investors includes many blockchain industry veterans. To date, BKFUND has invested in more than 30 blockchain projects globally, and has been selected as the Top 10 Best Investor in the 2018 Golden Investment List of theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology of Hainan Province, Top 10 blockchain investment institutions by tech media 36Kr, Top 10 of the most influential investor by China Board of Directors and Best Investment Institution award by NEXTLAB future blockchain laboratory.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Internet
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
China, Vietnam, Belize

Portfolio highlights

GIMO — Founded in 2019, Vietnam's fintech company Gimo provides Earned Wage Access (EWA) and other payroll services to underbanked Vietnamese workers. The company aspires to tap into millions of workers who don’t have a bank account or have limited access to financial services, helping them to alleviate their financial stress and build financialsecurity, thus driving financial inclusion in Vietnam and the region.
MEXDM — MEXDM is a digital asset trading platform.
Rootopia — Rootopia is Educational fintech company.

The investment network that fosters inclusive innovation by empowering the tech community in Southeast Asia. Our tech leaders help talented founders to build exceptional companies.

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

GORO — Easy property investing from IDR10,000 and earn up to 10% return per year paid monthly at GORO.
heymax.ai — Heymax.ai gives you a free trip every year by rewarding you with Max Miles. Heymax.ai doubles your favorite miles! heymax helps you find the best credit card to use anywhere you shop, and double dip to earn your preferred loyalty points and miles at 20+ airlines and hotels by shopping with our partners like Shopee, Lazada, Amazon, Apple,Trip.com, Singapore Airlines and so many more.For businesses, heymax.ai is a simple and efficient way to convert high-spending customers who like rewards on their terms.
Beep Technologies — Beep is creating a universal, modular platform bridging the physical and digital divide, powering smart, contextual & interoperable connectivity across physical touchpoints whilst ensuring true customer privacy by leveraging on decentralised technology.

Qualgro is a venture capital (VC) fund based in Singapore that provides funding to tech startups across Southeast Asia, in areas like Data, Software, and AI.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
Singapore, Australia, India

Portfolio highlights

Convosight — World's #1 platform to monetize your Facebook group, engage members and get deep insights into what is working in your community.
Accredify — Build digital trust for your organisation with verifiable information. Issue instantly verifiable digital documents and simplify document management processes.
Supermom — Supermom helps parents make the right decisions on what to buy and where to buy at the lowest prices. Best prices guaranteed for millions of mom, baby & kids products.

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Content
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
Oyraa Inc. — Oyraa provides online meetings and conference apps. Their interpreters will help you communicate not only in business but also in personal situations, such as in hospitals and real estate agencies.
Rara — Rara offers carbon-free and organic mushroom culture production equipment.

Venture Capital - Southeast Asia, Seed Stage

Investment focus

Education, Apps, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
Singapore, Vietnam, United States

Portfolio highlights

Charge+ — We are the leading integrated EV charging solution provider for Singapore and Southeast Asia. For enquiries, kindly write to info@chargeplus.com
Sesto Robotics — Leading solutions provider of Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) technology that enables companies worldwide to derive the benefits of Industry 4.0.
Tokenize Xchange — Tokenize Xchange is a licence digital assets exchange (DAX) in Malaysia and leading DAX in SEA in providing liquidity to digital assets investors. A fully integrated cryptocurrency exchange that offers both individuals and institutional investors a frictionless and un-sophisticated user experience. Users can easily navigate the portal. WithTokenize Xchange's easy-to-use platform, With this platform, users can access both established and developing cryptocurrencies. Tokenize Xchange accepts fiat-crypto, crypto-crypto, and ICO pairings.

We believe in great founders who will change millions of lives through technology.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Elsa — Improve your English speaking skills. Pronounce English like an American through real-world conversations.
UTS Network — UTS NETWORK is the next go-to marketplace for hotel nights and travel-related products backed up by state-of-the-art technology to serve travelers across the globe more exceptionally at reduced costs.
Radiant1 Pte Ltd — Discover Radiant1, a leading provider of innovative hotel management solutions, empowering hoteliers with cutting-edge technologies, including revenue management, channel management, AI-driven insights, and customer data platforms to optimize performance and deliver exceptional guest experiences. Transform your hotel's operations and drive growth with Radiant1.

Gakken Holdings is a publishing company that also produces educational toys.For preschoolers, it provides picture books, educational toys, and infant classes to allow their minds and body to grow healthily. For elementary and junior high school students, the company offers places and opportunities for them to develop their consistent academicskills by creating a network of cram schools and classrooms including the Gakken classrooms and providing after-school care as well as textbooks on ethics, health, and physical education, picture books, study-aid books, and exercise books.For high school students, undergraduates and vocational school students, the company provides career education and employment support services, etc. so that they can choose their own course, acquiring consistent learning capabilities.For working adults, it provides global information such as practical books, e-learning, and online English conversation classes for the DX era.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Corporate Round
Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

DTP Education Solutions — DTP Education Solutions provides education solutions in Vietnam.

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Japan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

ProsParity — Reimagining Distribution Of Credit In The Electric Mobility Sector
Jago Coffee — Jago Coffee serves freshly brewed coffee beverages wherever you are through a fleet of fully electric mobile cafes.
Papaya — Papaya is the quickest way to order and pay in restaurants and bars and enjoy a seamless ordering and payment experience with personalized offerings. Restaurants and bars turn tables faster, experience increased basket sizes, and better understand their customer base.

EWTP Capital invests in, accelerates, and help companies in key markets to grow through technological innovation. The company focuses on markets that has high growth potential within industries that revolve around technological innovation and the improvement in the quality of consumption.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Logistics, B2B
Series A, Series B, Series E
China, Vietnam, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

YunLSP — YunLSP is the developer of SaaS cloud collaboration systems and tools designed for the logistics enterprise system.
StarPony — StarPony was established in August 2020, focusing on children's toy products. The company's business covers innovative design and sales coverage of new children's products (hardware and software) in the world, domestic E-commerce, cross-border e-commerce.
Edupia — Edupia – the leading English online program for students of primary schools - is now looking for a content creator.

Touchstone is a start-up investment frim.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Renewable Energy, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Vietnam, Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Alternō — Alternō was founded with a vision to create Asia's first low-cost thermal energy storage solution for renewable energy, to be deployed widely across the region by 2050. Alternō received early stage funding from Antler VC in Jan 2023 to kick off the research & development.
Happynest — Happynest is a platform facilitating idea exploration, professional networking, and home shopping all in one place
Révi Coffee & Tea — Révi Coffee & Tea is a tech-enabled coffee chain company.

We believe the talent to build great companies comes from anywhere. A global venture capital firm that invests in local founders. As a multi-stage, sector-focused firm, GGV focuses on seed- to growth-stage investments across Social/Internet, Enterprise Tech, and Smart Tech sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

UXLINK — UXLINK is a social infrastructure comprised of social protocols and a collection of Dapps.UXLINk creates groundbreaking landing sceneries for web3 groups.
Jam — Report bugs in seconds, and get back to what you were doing. It's as easy as taking a screenshot. Fast for you, and perfect for the engineers.
Nozomi Networks — Nozomi Networks keeps operational technology cyber resilient with OT network and endpoint visibility, threat detection, and AI-powered analysis.

Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Stanly — Stanly is a all-access digital fan club, empowering fans worldwide to connect, have fun, and earn rewards.
Elevate Pay — Bloom mobile banking app helps in money transfer in Sudan.
Zepto — India's fastest grocery delivery service.

Zone Startups Vietnam is part of the global network of Zone Startups accelerator programs. We source forward-thinking founders and strong teams with visions to become fast-growing market leaders.

Investment focus

Education, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed
Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Fundiin — Fundiin is a financial technology company that offers a buy-now, pay-later payment option to consumers at the point of sale.
DeepView — Deepview will provide students with a virtual button that they can use on any video learning website.

iSeed is an early-stage investment company. They focus on consumer mobile technology with a keen interest in healthcare. iSeed is committed to partnering with the next generation of technology startups to grow a lasting and impactful company.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Philippines, Austria

Portfolio highlights

GroupUltra — GroupUltra is a platform that allows users to program their groups and design their communities.
Veera — Veera is an internet browser that gives you rewards every time you browse.
Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.

Through Research and Practice, we contribute to the betterment of society,by creating industries. We are a venture builder and investment group based in Singapore with a strategic focus on developing sustainable businesses.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Real Estate, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, Thailand, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

KarunStrategy — KarunStrategy assists in financial modelling, market research, competitive analysis, and a growth marketing plan. They are consistent with all available digital tools and channels that can enhance business. They promote growth by spotting opportunities, formulating a plan, following it out, and monitoring its effectiveness.
ITecMarin — ITecMarin provides information technology solutions for shipping industries.
impress.ai — Launched in 2017, impress.ai is a no-code, self-service platform that is highly focused on simplifying and accelerating various parts of the recruitment workflow. AI chatbots are utilised to create a seamless interview experience for candidates, answering queries with a 96 percent accuracy rate while simultaneously providing assessments andassigning an overall metric value to the candidate. Based on industrial organisation (I/O) psychology, the AI algorithm can be localised to account for different hiring regulations, language, practices and cultural sensitivities to help enterprises stay agile in the dynamic world of recruitment.

Provides growth equity to market leading companies in the United States and China

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Japan, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Rebellions — Liberate Human Potential with Accelerated AI
Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.
Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.

iSeed is India's first micro-fund backed by top global founders and investors.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

APX — APX is a digital freight consolidator and transportation hub-and-spoke network that provides a fully integrated countrywide delivery service to and from everywhere.
CirclePe — Search through huge inventory of 1, 2 & 3 Bhk for rent in Delhi-NCR. Pay Zero Deposit and Zero Brokerage with CirclePe. Hassle free immediate move in.
Slick App — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!

Strategic Year Holdings Limited (“Strategic Year”) is a privately held investment company focusing on real estate globally. The Founder of Strategic Year has 20 years of investment experience across different asset classes, but is focusing on real estate because of its tangibility and the different formats with which investors can gain exposure tothe sector. The strategy of their company is to leverage their global network to actively identify value opportunities in different markets, seek to maximize value through tenant management and upgrade, property decoration / remodelling, selective development/re-development, and in some cases apply moderate leverage to enhance returns.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, Distillery
Seed, Series A, Series B
Vietnam, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
TEKY Alpha — TEKY Alpha is an education platform.
TEKY Academy — Teky builds a system of training institutes and technology programs for children, preparing for the revolution of technology 4.0 and the 21st century. We are the only institute that teaches technology for K12 students, with 8 campuses and thousands of students enrolled, teaching content rich, long-term learning pathway.Our solution is a totalsolution with ecosystem of Teky Academy chain with STEM Flagship stores, Teky technology club at the school, national and international competitions, Tekid Online School of Technology.We now have 8 campuses, 30 school clubs with 2,000+ active students.

Forge Ventures is an institutional seed VC firm looking to partner with ambitious founders to build the future of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Yolk.fm — Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
Prefer — delicious. affordable. sustainable. bean-free coffee.
Kinetic — Turning merchant risk into a growth strategy

Kaizenvest is an education sector-focused asset management firm that invests in businesses in Asia that transform human capital. The team is passionate about education and technology and represents an effective combination of investing and operating experience. We distinguish ourselves through our sector knowledge and networks and bring value toour partner companies through access to our global network of strategic and financial partners, education-focused investors, policy influencers, thought leaders, and organizations that shape human capital growth and transformation.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Series B, Funding Round, Private Equity
India, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

UpGrad — UpGrad is an online platform that offers educational services to its clients.UpGrad’s range of programs consists of digital marketing, product management, entrepreneurship, data analytics, data-driven management, and digital technology management. It offers industry insights and student support services.UpGrad was launched in 2015 by PhalgunKompalli, Ronnie Screwvala, Ravijot Chugh, and Mayank Kumar and is based in Mumbai.
Leverage Edu — Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls!
Phinma Education Holdings, Inc. — PHINMA Education makes lives better through education in ten locations across the Philippines and Indonesia. Find out more!

Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

KLAR Smile — KLAR Aligner merupakan solusi tepat untuk mendapatkan gigi rapi yang aman, cepat, tidak sakit, dan terjangkau tanpa mengganggu penampilanmu.
Aemi Beauty — Aemi Beauty offers a wide range of beauty and cosmetic products.
Treehouse — Explore Treehouse Protocol, a decentralized application introducing tAssets and Decentralized Offered Rates (DOR). Deposit ETH or LST to receive tETH and unify fragmented on-chain ETH rates.

With deep connections to Stanford and Silicon Valley, Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm that actively seeks and funds women and diverse founder teams.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Mexico, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Seven Starling — Seven Starling offers comprehensive online care for postpartum mental health. Take the free assessment to get started.
NewRetirement — The #1 retirement planning tool online. Go beyond savings and investments: comprehensive planning, calculators, classes, and advice.
Novel Capital — Novel Capital provides non dilutive funding and operational sales expertise to early-stage B2B software companies.

Sweef Capital is an impact investment firm that believes in the potential of women and the future of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

Education, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Funding Round, Seed
Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

TEKY Alpha — TEKY Alpha is an education platform.
Vilo Gelato — Vilo Gelato is an ice cream brand provide immerse customer experience in a lifestyle that’s as rich as ice cream.
TEKY Academy — Teky builds a system of training institutes and technology programs for children, preparing for the revolution of technology 4.0 and the 21st century. We are the only institute that teaches technology for K12 students, with 8 campuses and thousands of students enrolled, teaching content rich, long-term learning pathway.Our solution is a totalsolution with ecosystem of Teky Academy chain with STEM Flagship stores, Teky technology club at the school, national and international competitions, Tekid Online School of Technology.We now have 8 campuses, 30 school clubs with 2,000+ active students.

John Katzman is the founder and CEO of Noodle, which helps almost 30 top US universities use technology raise enrollment and engagement while lowering costs .Prior to that, he founded and ran 2U, which builds online graduate programs with research universities. Prior to that, he founded and ran The Princeton Review, which helped over 50% ofstudents applying to U.S. colleges and universities each year find, get into, and pay for school. Katzman is the co-author of five books, and a frequent lecturer and panelist, and a director of several for- and non-profits, including the National Association of Independent Schools, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, Renaissance Learning, and American Honors.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Uwill — Uwill incorporates technologies that facilitate best-in-class video and message-based counseling within a secure environment. Uwill’s mission is to expand mental health access and services to colleges by building on technology-enabled models that have been validated in recent years. Uwill modernized and enhanced the current mental health campusofferings by creating a two-sided technology-based platform connecting students with experienced mental health professionals for when the need arises.
Stellic — Stellic provides next generation degree management tools for your entire campus - students, advisors, administrators and leaders - with one goal in mind. A better path to academic success.
Fluent City — Fluent City is a language company that offers online classes in 11 different languages. We're on a mission to help you achieve your language-learning goals by teaching you how to talk about the things you care about most. Our team uses AI and natural language processing technology to provide hyper-relevant content and personalized, engaginglesson plans that help you get fluent faster.

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