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Top 45 Education Startup Investors in Philippines

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 45 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Education startups based in Philippines. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Education companies from Philippines. We update this investor list every month.

Top 45 Education Startup Investors in Philippines

Investor	Education Philippines investments
KSR Ventures	3
French Partners	3
Kevin Lin	2
Mustard Seed	2
Hustle Fund	2
1kx	2
Francis Plaza	2
Lorinet Foundation	2
Alternate Ventures	2
Kickstart Ventures	2
Main Sequence Ventures	2
Mirana	1
Infinity Ventures Crypto	1
Gobi Partners	1
917Ventures	1
Obunsha Ventures	1
Hashed	1
Michael Dargani	1
Wavemaker Partners	1
Fourth Realm	1
A.Partners	1
Omidyar Network	1
TNB Aura	1
Blaine Vess	1
DWeb3 Capital	1
Narra Venture Capital	1
Holly Liu	1
Luis Sia	1
Blockchain Capital	1
First Asia Venture Capital	1
Neal Cross	1
Kingsway Capital	1
Foxmont Capital Partners	1
Gabby Dizon	1
EduLab Capital Partners	1
Michael Chow	1
Sinowisdom	1
Yellow Rocks!	1
Patrick Lee	1
SOSV	1
Buko Ventures	1
Learn Capital	1
Karel Vuong	1
Paco Sandejas	1
Roland Navarro de Ros	1

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Investment focus

EdTech, Training, Education
Series A
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.
My Kindred — Enhance your well-being at our renowned women's health clinic. Experience top-notch care at our online clinic in the Philippines. Visit us today!

French Partners is the first co-investment club dedicated to qualified investors wishing to accompany and finance companies led locally by French entrepreneurs. French Partners targets start-ups and growing SMEs with revenues of up to several tens of millions of euros, who already have or wish to accelerate their international presence, as well asinnovative investment funds. French Partners invests from €1 million to €5 million, often on a minority basis, alone or in co-investment, in the capital of companies founded and managed by french entrepreneurs internationally.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Payments
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, China

Portfolio highlights

Reebelo — Reebelo is APAC’s leading marketplace for pre-loved tech devices. Our vision is to reduce e-waste by building the circular economy for refurbished electronics. While doing so, we enable consumers to save up to 70% on their favorite brands and flexibly rent devices instead of buying them. Reebelo is based in Singapore with additional offices inAustralia, New Zeland & Malaysia. Get in touch if you want to be part of a high-growth, disruptive team working to make a positive impact!
Umiami — Umiami Technologies is a leader in plant-based meat. Our proprietary technology allows us to create clean-label and incredibly tasty foods.
Cheaf Technologies — Descarga Cheaf y salva comida por 1/3 de su precio.

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Karat Financial — Karat is the best card for creators, helping you save money, earn rewards, and grow your channel faster - because content IS a business.
Nest Wallet — A Wallet Engineered for Traders
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps

Mustard Seed enables the creation and evolution of world-class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes. They believe that solving big social and environmental problems drives commercial success in the long run. They seek scalable solutions to gaps currently left unfilled by government and industry in the areas of economicinclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, and family and community.Mustard Seed invests in and incubates socially and environmentally impactful start-ups. They connect a dynamic and influential network of global members with exceptional entrepreneurial talent across the world. They also develop bespoke impact measurement frameworks and support established companies to align profit and impact through tailored strategies and effective deployment of their resources.Mustard Seed was co-founded by Alex Pitt and Henry Wigan, first classmates at the London School of Economics and later colleagues at Goldman Sachs. In 2013 Henry and Alex observed a rising appetite for socially-minded entrepreneurship among the world’s most talented graduates. They also observed a critical lack of capital to adequately meet this need. They started Mustard Seed to bridge the gap.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Software, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Loctax — Loctax streamlines compliance, risk, and controversy management for in-house tax teams with process automation and a unified data repository.
Maven Pet — Maven is a SaaS pet tech startup that provides a personal vet to track the pet’s safety and health 24/7.It focuses on using technology to improve the quality of life for pets, as well as offering pet owners peace of mind and a way to keep track of their pet's safety, health, and well-being on a continual basis through their own personalveterinarian.It was started by the founders of Findster Technologies in 2021 and is based in Porto, Portugal.
Collectiv Food — Collectiv Food is a next generation food supplier, helping professional kitchens through increased reliability, cost savings, and greater sustainability.

Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups operating in software, business to business, fintech, and digital health sectors.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Hemster — Hemster is an on-demand tailoring service that empowers customers to create their own size no matter where they shop. It offers and provides alteration and tailoring services to brand name retailers across the country. Hemster eliminates the most frustrating part of shopping: finding that perfect size. Instead of making shoppers look for theirperfect size, retailers can now create a tailored size from off-the-rack inventory using Hemster’s Perfect Fit Platform.It was founded in 2015 and operates in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York.
BitBrand — Introducing Digital Watch Faces From Top Luxury Brands
Kidsy — Shop discounted open-box baby and kids items from all the top brands

1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Dope Wars — Dope Wars is an open source metaverse project that uses a "Play-To-Own" approach to offer a variety of games, activities, and landscapes in a community-created ecosystem.
Igloo — Our mission is to create the largest onchain community, driving the consumer crypto revolution.
Cambria — Cambria is a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) project. It builds a Runescape-inspired game with onchain stakes.

Francis Plaza currently works as an Advisor to the Boards for PayMongo. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

Education, Software, Gaming
Pre-Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
Philippines, United States

Portfolio highlights

AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
Gretel.co — Insights on conversions, ad spend, top pages, budget anomalies and campaign improvements. No data expertise required.
NextPay — Receive, manage, and spend your company's finances on a single platform. Save time and costs with a digital financial suite built to empower growing businesses.

Lorinet Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to enabling positive and sustainable impact on the lives of children, youth, and ... Read More ...

Investment focus

EdTech, Training, Education
Series A
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Alternate Ventures is an investment firm

Investment focus

EdTech, Fitness, Training
Series A, Series B
Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Homage — Homage is a trusted senior home care marketplace and technology platform seamlessly connecting seniors to the best quality of care on demand.The Homage platform uses a proprietary matching engine that pairs seniors with the best care professionals for their needs in real-time. Family members can schedule, manage, and monitor care visits throughHomage family app from anywhere, stay in communication with the care professional and get real-time information on the care their senior is receiving. Homage app will let family members know who visited their loved ones, how long they spent in the home, and what activities they did. Homage's technology allows it to send a Homage care professional to senior's house within 2 hours. Homage's app for care professionals lets them efficiently run their business, gives them better client information: a care plan individualized to each senior, helpful tips, ability to run on their own schedule, easy communication with the family members through their app.
Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

We invest in early- to growth-stage start-ups who offer solutions to existing pain points and provide forward-looking innovations that will help shape the future we believe in.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Philippines, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Edamama — Shop online for mama and baby essentials. Enjoy free shipping with minimum spend of P1,500. Buy online now!
RuralNet — RuralNet is a digital API-driven platform that assists by providing a wide range of insurance and other financial services.
PickUp Coffee — PickUp Coffee is a start-up that aims to increase the accessibility of espresso and milk-based beverages. PickUp Coffee is located in Taguig, Philippines.

We work with inventors who are building something hard from their unique expertise in science. These inventors are building the industries that will thrive for the decades to come. We have a unique working model to accelerate a company's pathway to scale.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Diraq — Diraq uses spins in silicon quantum dots as qubits. Diraq's qubits are compatible with existing CMOS processes and can fit billions of qubits on a single chip. To transform our world, quantum computers need billions of qubits and Diraq has the IP, the team and the plan to get there.
Xefco — Xefco is a company that develops novel textile and coating technologies. It uses a global network of research partners to develop advanced manufacturing solutions and apply cutting-edge materials science, with an emphasis on functional enhancements, sustainable manufacturing, and decreased resource consumption.
Samsara Eco — Samsara Eco is an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution.

Mirana Ventures is a leading global investment fund that provides long-term capital and strategic partnerships to visionary founders and fund managers in the Web3 space.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.
Mirror World — Mirror World is a blockchain-based virtual world, also known as the Metaverse, where we aim to connect Mirror World with different games and experiences, allowing users to move through different game scenarios with interconnected & independent economic systems.
Sentient — Community-built open AGI

Who we are We are investors and entrepreneurs helping define the next generation of Blockchain startups. Our Focus Passionate founders. Disruptive models. Borderless markets. Exponential effects. Our Geography Starting from...

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

CARV — CARV is the largest modular data layer for gaming and AI, revolutionizing how data is used and shared, by ensuring privacy, ownership, and control are firmly in the hands of individuals, pioneering a future where data generates value for all.
Anzen — USDz - stablecoin backed by real world assets
The Seeds Labs — Seeds Labs is the developer of the Web3 game Bladerite, which emphasizes high-quality games and game infrastructure.

Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, Malaysia, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Vircle — Vircle is a fintech technology that enables users to build controlled cashless commerce communities with an emphasis on societal health and well-being. It has been initially developed as a cashless school and a peer-to-peer subsidy solution, where the provider provides beneficiaries consumption entitlements, such as cash value, specific items suchas healthy food, groceries, etc., based on digital entitlements, and the actual cashless payment occurs in the background when the actual consumption occurs, giving providers the visibility of consumption.
Bitsmedia — With a strong focus on digital entertainment and social media applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, Bitsmedia address the Internet, Telecom and Media industries and provides clients with state-of-the-art consulting and technology services. Its services range from the initial conceptualization and product design, the functional andtechnical specifications to the actual development, testing and distribution of custom applications for mobile devices.
ProCredit — Your Trusted Financing Partner Welcome to ProCredit THE PROCREDIT DIFFERENCE Our unique value proposition is built on the foundation of leveraging advanced technology and the deep domain expertise of the founders to offer rapid, accurate, and risk-adjusted financing solutions tailored to the nuanced needs of SMEs. With a commitment to filling the substantial credit gap...

917Ventures is the largest corporate venture builder that ideates, launches, accelerates, and scales new business ideas that uplift the lives of Filipinos.

Investment focus

Shopping, Retail, Software
Pre-Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

KodeGo — We are a Manila-based Coding Bootcamp offering online software engineering and full-stack web development program.
Fanlife — Fanlife is your gateway to the stuff you love. Official, exclusive merch, collectibles, albums, fan-made products.
Benta.TV — BentaTV will provide an online platform for merchants who are not techie, to make live-selling easier for them.

Obunsha Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Education, Apps, EdTech
Series A, Series C
Japan, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

RUN.EDGE — RUN.EDGE is a developer of real-time sports video analysis applications.
Study Plus — Study Plus is an educational application developed to facilitate collaborative studying.
Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Hashed is a global, early stage venture fund focused on backing founders who are pioneering the future of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Hashed is based in Seoul and San Francisco.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, South Korea, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Delivus — Delivus offers small package delivery in major U.S. cities in the shortest amount of time, with real-time delivery tracking, at the same cost as the current courier To facilitate this, we provide Delivery as a Service.
XOCIETY — The XOCIETY metaverse is being developed by a well-established team of over 50 developers with decades of experience in the tech and web2 gaming fields.
Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.

Michael Dargani

Investment focus

EdTech, Training, Education
Series A
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

BayaniPay — The convenience of full online banking services and market-leading forex rates for sending money to the Philippines. Open an account today!
Vigo Retail — Vigo Retail is an e-commerce platform that provides retail services by connecting suppliers, brands, and distributors.
Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.

Fourth Realm invests at the intersection of bits and atoms, looking for founder-problem fit, step-functioning changes, and markets being pushed to evolve by massive tailwinds.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Colombia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Bods — INTELLIGENT FIT TECHNOLOGY
Laskie — We specialize in preventing leaders from constantly having to reinvent the wheel.
Kahoona — Privacy preserving audience segmentation technology

A.Partners invests globally in early-stage startups. We believe that successful business models arise in different regions often simultaneously and we can leverage this phenomenon. Nonetheless, we are especially keen on emerging markets, such as LatAm, MENA, and SEA.

Investment focus

Education, Mobile Apps, EdTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Russian Federation, Peru

Portfolio highlights

InTone — We Reduce Accent. In a single click.
Refocus — Making people in SEA master new skills from scratch and land their first job in IT
Crabi — Full stack, digital car insurance

Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, established Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, they have worked with their partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful contributions to theircommunities.They support, scale, and champion the work of their partners in order to maximize social impact. As a philanthropic investment firm, they make both investments and grants, identifying like-minded organizations that they support, help scale, and collaborate with to help realize their full potential. Their efforts are organized around two investment initiatives Access to Capital, and Media, Markets and Transparency.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Education
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vyng — Vyng has built a next-generation Caller ID platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is helping start better conversations between friends, family, and businesses for the next half billion smartphone users in India and beyond.Vyng boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2018. The company has raised $7MM and isbacked by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Sequoia Capital partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.
Doubtnut — Doubt solutions for Maths, Science, CBSE, NCERT, IIT JEE, NEET & Class 6 to 12. Click, type question to get instant video answers solved by Doubtnut team.
RailYatri — Indian Railways Train Enquiry, Insights & IRCTC eTicket booking - RailYatri

As a thesis-led, high-conviction venture capital firm, we use data-driven methodologies to identify and invest in select companies that are primed for the future and ready to change the very face of their categories.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Retail, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Techcoop — At TechCoop, we are proud to be the pioneer that provides multiple support to the farmers, suppliers, financial institutions.
PEXX — PEXX is a pioneering financial technology company dedicated to transforming the landscape of cross-border money transfers and payments. With a mission to empower global financial freedom and unlock the power of cryptocurrency, PEXX streamlines secure crypto-to-fiat transactions, making international exchanges effortless and accessible to everyone.By enabling users to bypass traditional banking systems, PEXX offers rapid settlements, competitive fees, and user-friendly interfaces for both individuals and businesses.At its core, PEXX leverages blockchain technology to facilitate seamless conversions of cryptocurrencies into local fiat currencies, addressing the inefficiencies and high costs associated with conventional cross-border transactions. The platform supports a wide range of currencies, focusing on providing real-time settlements to enhance liquidity and operational efficiency. PEXX's innovative approach includes a comprehensive suite of services designed to cater to the diverse needs of its users. These include remittance services, business payments, payroll solutions, and off-ramping capabilities that allow users to convert digital assets into spendable fiat. With a commitment to security and compliance, PEXX operates within the regulatory frameworks of multiple jurisdictions, ensuring a safe and reliable environment for digital transactions.
Révi Coffee & Tea — Révi Coffee & Tea is a tech-enabled coffee chain company.

Blaine Vess is the Founder of Immeasurable. Attended at Y Combinator.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kredi — Kredi is Rocket Mortgage for LatAm. Customers can easily secure a mortgage online.
Milk Video — Milk Video helps increase page conversion and drive traffic from social. Remix existing video content into high conversion trailers, snippets, and more.
Yummy — Superapp of Venezuela & Quick Commerce for LATAM

Digital fund focused on crypto & digital assets investments related to blockchain technology, Decentralized Finance DeFi, web 3, NFT, metaverse, Bitcoin, & more

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
Singapore, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Releap Protocol — Releap Protocol is a decentralized social graph where creators can publish their content as a set of NFTs to be discovered, enjoyed and traded on chain.
Rivalz Network — Rivalz is creating The first AI Intel Layer, powered by a DePIN-based RollApp on Dymension using Celestia/EigenDA.
Martial Arts Awakening — Martial Arts Awakening is a blockchain game developer focused on the long-term development of blockchain, Web3.0, Metaverse, and NFT ecosystems.

Everything You Need to Succeed on Mobile

Investment focus

Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Apps
Series B, Seed, Series A
United States, Philippines, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Flyspaces — FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners,FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners, FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.
Astute Networks — Best NYC Movers Manhattan & Brooklyn
Xepto Education — Xepto Education provides learning management systems, CPD courses, digital resources, and other education technology solutions.

Holly Liu is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of PKO Investments. She attended the University of California Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Taiwan, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Metagood — Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing.
Blaze — Blaze is the smarter no-code platform for teams to build internal tools. Create beautiful client portals, admin panels, inventory management systems, and automated workflows without needing to write any code. Trusted by enterprise companies for security and scale. Loved by startup entrepreneurs for being so easy to use and build applications.
Chaos Genius — Chaos Genius is a DataOps Observability platform for Snowflake & Databricks. We help enterprises understand, monitor, and optimize cloud data costs

Luis Sia - Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer @ PayMongo

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Beauty
Pre-Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
Peddlr — Peddlr is a free POS mobile app for small businesses. Effortlessly track and manage your sales, expenses, inventory, and transactions. Use it anytime, anywhere, and even offline!
BeautyBuddy — BeautyBuddy is a SaaS enabled, social-powered marketplace designed to streamline operations and drive discovery for beauty services in SEA.

Partners to crypto builders since 2013.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands

Portfolio highlights

Mamori — ML-powered automated value extraction system
QED Protocol — A trustless, scalable, decentralized compute protocol for a fairer internet focused on user privacy and platform transparency.
Solv Protocol — Decentralized Liquidity Infrastructure

First Asia Venture Capital Inc. (First Asia) is a venture capital company involved in a number of Philippine-based businesses.

Investment focus

SaaS, EdTech, Software
Seed, Series A
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Qwikwire — Pay your bills in the Philippines, anytime, anywhere! Aqwire is your new all-in-one tool for managing, paying, and tracking your bills in the Philippines
Edukasyon.ph — Edukasyon is an Edtech platform empowering Filipino youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life.Edukasyon.ph is an education technology platform in the Philippines. It aims to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career andlife. Its online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships, and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year.Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program.Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Neal Cross is a globally recognized corporate, social and start-up entrepreneur with a long track record across blue-chip technology, finance and data companies. He is currently co-founder and chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest growing wealth fintech companies and serves on the advisory board of Razer Fintech. Prior to this,Cross was the Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank, where in his tenure he drove their transformation into a global innovation powerhouse culminating in achieving the world’s best Digital Bank 2016 and 2018 and worlds best bank 3 times across 2018 and 2019. He has personally been awarded the world’s most disruptive CIO/CTO globally from judges Sir Richard Branson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and is a regular winner of best innovation lab and innovation leader awards. His early life as a game developer has left him with a passion for gaming and the realisation that software should be engaging and rewarding. To this end Cross is passionate about solving problems in an elegant manner and deploys world class programs to engage the entire work force in the business of innovation. Cross has advised hundreds of the major brands in Asia and is a trusted adviser to several leading CEO’s, government agencies and start-ups. In his spare time, he has built social enterprises to help save the endangered orangutans and coral reefs in Sumatra. and due to this was recently listed in The Meaningful Business 100 which focuses on the individual, cutting through the corporate messaging to uncover which leaders are driving truly impactful, purpose-led business to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Education
Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Future Penny — Future Penny is a robo-advice platform that advises users how to plan their financial lives. It provides information across a broad range of areas including budgeting, superannuation, insurance, estate planning, and investments.Future Penny is expected to create a big opportunity for banks to consider how they can provide online advice to notonly their customers but also directly to their employees.

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Roxom — Roxom is the first Bitcoin Stock, Commodities and Crypto Exchange in human history.
Harris & Trotter — H&T are chartered accountants and business advisers based in London. General Practice, Digital Assets, Music & Entertainment. 101 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XH. Tel 020 7467 6300
Humanity Protocol — Humanity Protocol developing Proof of Humanity as a novel feature of Humanity Protocol to provide developers with unique-human authentication mechanisms, and users complete ownership over data and identity.

Foxmont Capital Partners invest in Filipino-focused or Filipino-founded early stage technology startups that have proven that they can scale effectively and lead the Philippine digital evolution. Foxmont Capital Partners believe that if a Filipino startup can succeed in the Philippines, it can succeed anywhere.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Philippines, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Etaily — Etaily provides complete end-to-end omni-channel eCommerce services to ensure brands will successfully thrive in the digital economy
RuralNet — RuralNet is a digital API-driven platform that assists by providing a wide range of insurance and other financial services.
Toki — Discover a world of treasures at Tokiasia.com! Shop for exclusive collectible toys, LEGO sets, Funko Pops, sports cards, and sneakers. Find your passion now!

Gabby Dizon is the Chairman and co-founder of Alto.io, a Singapore-based game platform that connects games to the blockchain. He helped pioneer the Philippine game industry as part of the team that released the first Filipino-made game in 2003. Gabby is also CEO of game developer Altitude Games and former President of the Game DevelopersAssociation of the Philippines. Gabby helps champion the game development industry in Southeast Asia and is an active member of the Philippine startup community.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Hong Kong, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Play AI — Building the Intelligence Layer for Gaming
Sending Network — A super-app that combines chat, socializing, and trade, giving you complete control over your social data, while you build communities and share ideas, seamlessly.
Parallel — Parallel is a Sci-Fi Card Game based on the Ethereum blockchain. Parallel is an application that provides users with the opportunity to purchase, collect, and showcase digital blockchain collectibles.

EduLab Capital Partners is seed-stage venture capital firm focused exclusively on the education market, investing in business models that transcend the traditional education landscape. The Company’s Boston- and Tokyo-based team provides foundational support to entrepreneurs to help expand their customer base, make key early-stage hires, and raiseadditional capital for profitable and sustainable growth. EduLab’s education market savvy and artificial intelligence expertise provide unique leverage points for its investments, while the Company’s network of global partnerships and distribution channels provide its portfolio companies with the depth and reach to quickly accelerate product integration and impact.

Investment focus

Education, Software, EdTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Schola — Schola helps families find and enroll in the ideal PreK-12 schools.
Plum.io — Plum is revolutionizing how global enterprises hire, grow, and retain talent with the predictive power of psychometric data.
Authentica Solutions — We are thrilled to share the exciting news about the launch of Authentica 2.0, featuring the return of our original founders from Microsoft after successfully reacquiring the brand from Google last year. Our dynamic team, boasting extensive experience in technology and education, is dedicated to addressing the interoperability challenges faced byglobal learning institutions across PK-12, Higher Education, and Workforce solutions. In light of the evolving educational landscape, intensified by the impact of COVID, the demand for secure data exchange, data pipeline management, and data cleansing has never been more critical. Education paradigms have shifted, necessitating not only access to cutting-edge integrated cloud technology but also to seasoned teams capable of addressing long-term challenges. Authentica stands ready to meet these challenges head-on, drawing upon our team's global experience in designing, building, and deploying technology for various education organizations. This marks the inception of our ambitious vision, the Education Intelligence Platform - Seed™. Focused on significant revenue growth through a strategic mix of indirect and direct go-to-market approaches, our primary commitment is to serve our B2B partners, including EdTech Software Providers, Strategic Alliances with Google and Microsoft, Resellers, and System Integrators. It is worth noting that Authentica is already operating profitably and is reinvesting for substantial growth. To propel our platform's growth, market penetration, and B2B expansion at an optimal pace, we are seeking partnerships with the right venture capital firms to raise $7 million. Seed™, our cloud-native platform, is poised to revolutionize education data solutions by addressing challenges such as data integration, analytics, and overall data quality. By focusing on Data Sharing, Security & Control, and Data Quality, Seed™ ensures that valuable data becomes a catalyst for machine learning and artificial intelligence in education. This innovative platform leverages cutting-edge technologies, including IPaaS, Master Data Management, and ML/AI, to empower stakeholders across the education sector. With Seed™, you gain access to a low-cost, scalable solution facilitating data acquisition, data quality and cleansing, cloud-managed storage, and AI-driven performance analytics. This, in turn, enables data-driven decision-making and propels student success by delivering the highest quality data to serve the potential impact of ML and AI technologies.We are the creators of AIM, Adoption Improvement Method. A methodology and practice driven approach to helping our clients reach the full potential, student achievement gains, in deploying their solutions. Our eleven factors create a systemic and dynamic approach to address core needs, issues, and providing immediate solutions to the most complex challenges with software deployment. By focusing on ADOPTION over just the implementation project, purpose changes and allows faster deployments, higher quality expectations, and a faster customer embrace of solutions. The greatest challenge presently with any implementation is data integration. It has been said that the K12 space has more data available with greater challenges to access that data than any other industry. And our focus is on more than profitability, it's about changes students lives.To address the tide of data that every enterprise solution needs to consume and provide to the many disparate systems, we created DataSense. Designed as an IPaaS technology but made ready to meet education institutions where they are today, we can deploy DataSense behind the firewall, ASP, SaaS, or in the Cloud. Designed to reduce implementation time frames by 50% or more over traditional ETL and MDM solutions, DataSense is a required asset to reach faster implementations with less stress on district IT and staying focused on your core application's purpose.

Michael Chow is the Co-Founder of XRM Media.

Investment focus

Gaming, eSports, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed
Philippines, United States

Portfolio highlights

AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
Canvas Media Studios — Innovative Storytelling For Every Canvas

Zhe Jiang Huarui Investment Management Limited, founded in 2002, is a Chinese domestic private investment venture capital management agency.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Angel
China, Philippines, United States

Portfolio highlights

Biosun Pharma — Biosun Pharma is an innovative biopharmaceutical company that specializes in the production of drugs for tumors, self-immune diseases, and inflammatory diseases.
Noah Fluorochemical — Noah Fluorochemical is a technology-based firm that specializes in the R&D production, and sale of fluorine-containing electronic chemicals. It primarily manufactures high-efficiency and ecologically friendly perfluorohexanone fire extinguishing agent, mid-to-high-end electronic cleaning products, and other fluorine-containing electronicchemicals.
Lingyun Microelectronics — Lingyun Microelectronics is a manufacturer of high-speed digital-analog hybrid interfaces and control processors.

Yellow Rocks! invests in fast-growing early-stage companies with a clear global expansion strategy. The fund is focused on companies that are leveraging disruptive technologies and that are ready to reach $1B.Yellow Rocks! is based in San Francisco & Lisbon and we consider ourselves geo-agnostic. We truly believe that brilliant founders canbe found anywhere irrespective of geographical location. That being said right now we are focused on startups from the US and Europe.Yellow Rocks! is formed by successful serial entrepreneurs and investors with a deep understanding of fundraising and company’s development. GPs have a 10+ years of track record in well known organizations (World Bank, IFC, Google, EPAM), universities (MIT, Harvard, Stanford) and startup ecosystems (Y Combinator, TheEngine, TechStars, MassChallenge, 500 startups). Our team is distributed around different countries including the USA, Portugal and Armenia.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Russian Federation, Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

Stayf — Cultivating a Healthy Corporate Culture through Sport and Wellness in One App
Deal Tracker — Deal Tracker lets you easily identify the best real estate investment properties in the US. Define your criteria, set your investment parameters, and let us do the rest. Maximize your profits with Deal Tracker.
Volt — Respond Flow is a text marketing platform that fully manages compliance, empowering organizations to confidently connect with their audiences while following regulations, avoiding fines, and protecting brand reputations.

Patrick Lee is an entrepreneur focused on the intersection of tech+entertainment best known for being a co-founder & the founding CEO of Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com), a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news. He is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of PKO Investments, a syndicate of notable founders andinvestors investing in the next generation of tech founders. He is part of the Founding Team and a Board Member of the Gold House Collective and is an active advisor to a number of startups. He has also mentored and/or supported programs at 500 Startups, SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, Blue Startups, Founder Institute, and more. Patrick holds a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Media and Entertainment, Comics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Taiwan, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Voyceme — Read action-packed and diverse English-originated webcomics, comics, webnovels, manga, and manhwa/manhua for FREE. Download the VoyceMe app now and connect with your favorite creators or monetize your stories while building a dedicated fanbase.
Metagood — Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing.
Jubilee Media — Media company for positive, purpose-driven millennials.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
NovoNutrients — NovoNutrients is working to turn waste CO2 into high-value, low-cost proteins and additives for food and feed by developing proprietary microbes and advanced gas fermentation systems.
Sodex Innovations — Sodex Innovations is a company which is specialized in developing assistance-systems and automating-kits for excavators

Value-add angel funding for Philippines startup founders.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Gaming
Pre-Seed, Seed
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Playdex — Playdex is an NFT gaming rental marketplace that seamlessly connects gamers, guilds, and NFT owners.
STAT — STAT offers quick, wide range of meds & convenient online medicine delivery. We are revolutionizing the way Filipinos purchase their medicine needs. We have delivered 1300+ orders with $69k revenue since we started in 2021 with a vision of dominating the $16.5B pharma market of PH.
VAI Analytics — Built to Build. Vanguard AI is a powerful but flexible FREE analytic platform for trading stocks in the Philppine Stock Exchange.

LearnCapital is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on funding entrepreneurs with a vision for better and smarter learning. They believe that the future is shaped by the way we teach and learn in the present, and that we’re in the middle of one of the great revolutions in the history of education. New technology platforms, applications, andservices are not only amplifying and augmenting classroom learning, but creating a world in which any Internet-enabled device can become a classroom on demand.

Investment focus

Education, EdTech, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
Emergence — Emergence is technology company that advances science and development of AI agent systems for enterprise.
Superintelligent — Superintelligent's interactive video lessons help you learn and use Al tools for work and fun.

Karel is the Co-Founder of Treasure, a community-driven gaming ecosystem building the next gaming and entertainment powerhouse. Since launching in September 2021, Treasure has become home to over 15+ games and hundreds of thousands of players to emerge as one the leading web3 gaming ecosystems. Some of Treasure's games include: The Beacon,Kaiju Cards, Mighty Action Heroes, Zeeverse, Kuroro Beasts, and Knights of the Ether.Karel was previously a Senior Associate and Chief of Staff at Sagard and Portage wearing many hats and working closely with Paul Desmarais III on special projects and across communications, investor relations, fundraising, operations, and more. Before Sagard, was the first employee at Diagram to launch a $30M venture builder and served as a founding member of initial two portfolio companies, Dialogue (IPO - TSX:CARE; later acquired by Sun Life) and Collage (acquired by People Corporation).Started career in product management and software engineering at various startups and tech companies in Toronto, Waterloo, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A
Canada, Philippines, United States

Portfolio highlights

Helika — Helika is a web3 product analytics platform that helps projects better understand their users, increase engagement, and drive growth.
Satsuma — Speed up your app with our best-in-class blockchain indexing and query platform. Never worry about downtime or lag again.
Delegate — Delegate focuses on increasing the security of on-chain identities and digital asset management such as NFTs and ERC20 tokens.

Paco Sandejas currently works as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO at Xepto Education, Stratpoint Technologies, and Narra Ventures. He is Chairman of the Philippine S&T Development Foundation and an Independent Director serving on the boards of Sunlife of Canada (Philippines), Sunlife Asset Management, Maya Bank, and Medical Doctors Inc (MakatiMed). He sits on the board also of Ostrea Mineral Laboratories, Diversified Holdings. He assisted UnionBank of the Philippines in its digital transformation as Independent Board Member until 2021. Paco completed his Ph.D. and MS In Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1995 and was the first summa cum ladue graduate in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines. Paco loves to compete in tennis, football (soccer), and recently golf…ideally as teammate of his children and wife.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Training, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Philippines, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flyspaces — FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners,FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.FlySpaces empowers businesses as a digital marketplace that provides short-term work and meeting space solutions to entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and mobile professionals. Whether the need is for an hour, a day, a week or a few months - we have a network of hundreds of spaces to discover across key South East Asian cities.For venue owners, FlySpaces acts as a digital marketing platform that connects you to a vast user base, allowing you to optimize and monetize your space.We recognize that workspace is more than a mere location. It is a setting that inspires ideas, motivates action and promotes growth. With FlySpaces, find where your business will accomplish its next milestone.
Humble Sustainability — Humble Sustainability provides products and accessories reuse and recycle services.
Xepto Education — Xepto Education provides learning management systems, CPD courses, digital resources, and other education technology solutions.

Roland Ros is the founder of KumuMedia Technologies, a livestream technology company for over 10+ million GenZ & Millennial Filipinos. Since its launch in 2018, Kumu has reached the #1 Grossing Social App in the Philippines. It has also cracked the Top 10 in Canada, Hong Kong, Kuwait, UK and Norway, as well as Top 20 in several other marketslike the United States, Saudi Arabia, Italy, and Australia. He also currently serves as an investor and advisor for several start-ups; and is passionate about helping others.Prior to KumuMedia Technologies, Roland was Vice President of Spark Revenue, an Inc. 500 listed performance marketing & growth acquisition platform. Prior to Spark Revenue, Roland was VP Business Development for MediaTrust, an online performance advertising exchange and technology company. Prior to MediaTrust, Roland was Partner & VP Business Development at Tracking202, up until the company was acquired by Bloosky Interactive. Roland started his career as a Business Development Associate with GE Money Bank, where he oversaw a $400 million dollar book of business.Roland serves as a Trustee for the Ros Foundation. He has a BA in Asian American Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and studied as an Executive Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Investment focus

Audio, Coffee, Gaming
Seed, Series A
Philippines

Portfolio highlights

AcadArena — AcadArena is the home of campus gaming in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Join tournaments, earn esports scholarships and meet new friends all for free!
PickUp Coffee — PickUp Coffee is a start-up that aims to increase the accessibility of espresso and milk-based beverages. PickUp Coffee is located in Taguig, Philippines.
Lista — Manage your cash flow, maximize business potential and grow your business with Lista. Download now for FREE!

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