Top 40 ESports Startup Investors in Singapore in October 2024
A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Esports startups based in Singapore. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from Singapore. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 ESports Startup Investors in Singapore in October 2024
Investor | eSports Singapore investments |
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Tom Varkey | 3 |
Shubhrendu Koche | 3 |
David Ng | 3 |
JMS Ventures | 2 |
Hustle Fund | 2 |
Majuven | 1 |
Jonathan Shipman | 1 |
Shishir Bharti | 1 |
Kickstart Ventures | 1 |
RightBridge Ventures | 1 |
Rob Gilby | 1 |
Manit Parikh | 1 |
Axel Wehr | 1 |
Michael Broda | 1 |
Gandel Invest | 1 |
Kin-Wai Lau | 1 |
zVentures | 1 |
Tembusu Partners | 1 |
Foresight Ventures | 1 |
Vulpes Investment Management Pte Ltd | 1 |
Insignia Ventures Partners | 1 |
Warner Music Group | 1 |
Gamerforce Ventures | 1 |
Falcon Capital | 1 |
Battery Road Digital Holdings | 1 |
Marcus John | 1 |
SOSV | 1 |
Mayank Parekh | 1 |
REAPRA | 1 |
Genting Ventures | 1 |
Orbit Startups | 1 |
Puncak Geliga Capital | 1 |
CRAES | 1 |
Poh Kam Wong | 1 |
Vulpes Innovative Technologies | 1 |
Faisal Nasimuddin | 1 |
Kenji Narushima | 1 |
Michael Patent | 1 |
SEDANIA Innovator | 1 |
iCandy Interactive Limited | 1 |
Tom is a veteran in financial markets and is Principal at Stonehill Capital. Prior to this he has held positions with Lazard Asset Management & Fidelity Investments focusing on emerging markets and corporate debt.
Tom is an MBA from Harvard Business School & has a MA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University.
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, E-Learning, Education
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
- Knocksense — A local news and recommendations platform.
- Clever Harvey — Clever Harvey JuniorMBA is an online programme led by IIM and Ivy league alumni to teach your child the essentials of entrepreneurship, strategy and technology!
Shubhrendu Koche
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Sports, eSports
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
- Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
- BazaarNXT — BazaarNXT is an e-commerce company that optimizes the packaging procurement for Businesses using technology. It is a modern, futuristic, and extended version of the local bazaar. BazaarNXT was founded by Gaurav Badharkhe and Dhananjaya S. in 2017 and is headquartered in Karnataka, India.
David Ng is the CEO & Founder of goGame.
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment, Sports
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Early Stage Investor
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Investment focus
- Sports, eSports, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Secludy — Secludy is privacy-guaranteed AI training made easy. We use advanced privacy technology to generate synthetic datasets that mimic your original dataset so that you can train your AI models on your most valuable data – without risks of leaking PII.With Secludy, you can:- Enable privacy-guaranteed fine-tuning of large language models (LLMs) forAI assistants, chatbots, and other machine learning applications.- Deploy within your cloud - use Secludy without sharing any data with us.- Stay compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA.
- Agree.com — Agree.com is the best solution for creating and managing contracts, streamlining negotiations, enhancing compliance, optimizing workflows, and converting more customers — all within one intuitive platform. View edits, track signatures, and get alerted on all upcoming key milestones. Include free, one-click e-signatures with identity verification onevery agreement. Increase deal velocity and drive revenue impact with integrated payments.
- Clout Kitchen — Combining fandom and emerging technology, Clout Kitchen builds generational digital products with supercharged distribution. We help creators become icons that last.
Majuven is an early and growth stage VC firm founded by experienced business leaders from Singapore. We are focused on disruptive and evolving trends in the high tech segments of healthcare, financial services and digital consumerism.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Biotechnology
- Series A, Series C, Seed
- Singapore, China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- TechStorm — Asia's number one 24/7 Esports, gaming & tech-centric entertainment network available in 26 countries. TechStorm is a brand new 360 international network on Asian Esports and tech-centric entertainment. The network celebrates the region’s trail blazers, the biggest Asian Esports and tech names, bringing them to a truly global audienceand fan base.The 24/7 network’s meteoric rise across Asia now reaches 43 million viewers, 100 platforms across multiple countries and is slated to exceed 20 countries globally. Its original Storm Bytes content is readily distributed to 96 million mobile handset users in 26 countries. This exponential growth was all achieved in less than 22 months.TechStorm is an international Esports and tech entertainment network backed by blue-chip, high profile venture capital groups and founded by prominent industry business leaders in media and technology with more than 30 years of extensive domain expertise and business operations. Its dynamic leadership team is fuelled by a passion to drive change and be the voice for Asia’s Esports and tech entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- Turnkey Lender — Turnkey Lender is a Commercial lending software that can improve efficiency and reduce costs for financial services companies.
- New Horizon Health — New Horizon Health is an innovative bio-tech company focusing on early screening and genetic testing services for high-incidence cancer homes. Nuohui Health is committed to reducing the morbidity and mortality of cancer through biotechnological means. It first proposed the slogan of early cancer screening and is committed to promoting early cancerscreening into thousands of households so that the public can enjoy convenient and efficient health services .
Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix.
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Investment focus
- eSports, Beauty, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Juked — The Juked App is officially LIVE! Join a community of like-minded esports fans on the Juked app, your new home for discussing esports news, matches, tournaments, and more.
- NEWNESS — Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular.
- Riley — Grapevine AI is the first AI powered personal assistant that captures, organizes, and easily retrieves the details that build better relationships. Learn more!
With 18+ years’ experience of working for large multinational companies, Shishir brings his expertise in all areas of Human Resources and has a proven track record of working with Senior Management Level Executives to integrate the People Strategy in the overall Business Strategy. Prior to aCommerce, Shishir worked with global companies likeHewlett Packard, Coca-Cola, Volvo Buses, as well as global start-ups such as LinkedIn and Uber.
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Investment focus
- Sports, eSports, Internet
- Angel
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
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.
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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.
The Esport & Gaming Roll-Up-Company of the Attention Economy.
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
Rob Gilby
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
Manit Parikh
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Investment focus
- B2B, Sports, eSports
- Angel
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
- GlocalBazaar — We connect thousands of MSME sellers and buyers and farmers, enabling & creating economic opportunity for all. Our range of Seller & Buyers Services and tools help Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises to start, manage and scale their businesses online.Our mission is to re-define Local and Global B2B and F2B commerce in ways that build amore fulfilling and lasting world. We are committed to empowering businesses while strengthening communities and engaging people.
Axel Wehr - Partner @ Firestartr
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Eximpe — EximPe digitises workflows for exporters and importers to do cross border payments, compliances and access finance
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
Michael Broda is the Co-Founder and Board Member at Esports Players League.
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
Providing strategic capital and expertise to established and growth businesses around the globe.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Demether — Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains.
- Singularity — Portal Gate operates as a compliant on-chain gateway to privacy and anonymity.
- LightLink — LightLink is an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain that lets dApps and enterprises offer users instant, gasless transactions. Top 10 in transaction volume among rollups.
A well recognised serial tech-entrepreneur in Southeast Asia, Mr Lau founded his first tech company when he was 23. Since then, Mr Lau has took 3 tech companies public .At the start of his career Mr Lau was the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad (Viztel), a telecom and mobile internet software startup that grew into amajor regional player. Mr Lau was, at the time, one of the youngest ever managing directors of a publicly traded company in Malaysia.Mr Lau has also led a group of investors to a successful take-over of the Oriented Media Group Berhad (Omedia), a publicly traded digital media company, of which he was later appointed, Executive Chairman. In 2007, Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group that focuses on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation of stem cells. Cellsafe has since become a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four different countries.Mr Lau frequently supports and plays active role in entrepreneurial campaigns in colleges and universities. He is a regular judge at major business plan competitions in Singapore.Mr Lau was a scholar of a Malaysian government-controlled corporation and graduated first class honours in engineering from the University of Manchester, UK. He was also a faculty research staff and PhD candidate at the Imperial College London, UK.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Fashion, eSports
- Seed, Funding Round
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dressabelle — Dressabelle is an online e-tailer with a very clear edge in providing quality clothing that is suitable for work, seamlessly taking a lady from work to play, day to night, at affordable prices. In the span of a few years, it has developed from a fashion house to a lifestyle brand, with capabilities in product marketing, social media, onlinemarketing, content creation and brand endorsements.
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
We typically invest in Seed and Series A start-ups that add strategic value to the Razer ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Triple-A — TripleA helps businesses increase their revenue by enabling crypto payments and payouts, leveraging on the fast-growing 300m+ people using cryptocurrencies.With its white-label, easy setup, instant confirmation, locked-in exchange rate, real-time fiat conversion, and no chargeback crypto payment solution, TripleA meets the needs of e-commercemerchants, retailers, game providers, PSPs, fintech, and marketplaces.TripleA was founded in Singapore in 2017 by Eric Barbier, a repeat entrepreneur in FinTech. The company is licensed by MAS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Singapore's Central Bank), allowing partners to operate in a fully compliant and regulated environment.
- XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.
- Ross Digital — Home to the World's First Robotic Taochew, 5th Wave Coffee Robotic and Barista + Bartender. Robots and humans join forces at Ratio to create perfectly brewed coffee, exciting cocktails and delicious fusion dishes that will fulfill your every desire.
Established in 2006, Tembusu Partners is a boutique private equity firm in Singapore dedicated to supporting high growth ventures across Emerging Asia.Leveraging our strategic location at the heart of Asia, we specialise in venture and growth-stage investments in fast-growing markets of Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia. Our deepunderstanding of markets, investment cycles and complex cultural nuances grants us clarity and insight in making our investments. We manage capital from our investors and partners across Asia, Europe, and America. To date, we have completed more than S$300 million worth of private equity transactions.Tembusu invests in disruptive technology that we believe have strong potential to drive innovation in key focus sectors such as financial and business services, consumer services, education and healthcare. With an advisory board and investment committee comprising well-connected corporate leaders and industry veterans ranging from technology to business services, we are committed to supporting founders and companies in their global growth.
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Investment focus
- Software, Blockchain, CRM
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Stacks — Blockstack is a decentralized computing network that puts users in control of their data and login. It’s the easiest way to build decentralized apps that can scale. Blockstack enables engineers to build secure, privacy-focused applications: users are in control of their data instead of storing it with large tech companies.Over 120 independentdeveloper teams have built apps on Blockstack.
- RSG — RSG is a professional e-sports organization operating across Southeast Asia to engage the gaming audience through e-sports teams and content creators. Its e-sports teams specialize in notable games such as Mobile Legends, PUBG, Call of Duty, and Warcraft, and have participated in over 200 tournaments collectively.
- InsurAce Protocol — InsurAce.io is the leading multi-chain decentralised cover protocol, aiming to make crypto safer for everyone in Web3.
Foresight Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency industry. They invest early and make quick judgments, and their ecosystem, which includes the crypto-exchange Bitget and the crypto-wallet BitKeep, provides extensive assistance. They are committed to identifying disruptive innovation prospectsfor the future decades in the Web3.0 space, while maintaining transparency, multidisciplinary collaboration, internationalization, and long-termism, and offering a complete spectrum of assistance for initiatives from zero to one till success. Foresight Ventures was founded in 2021 and is based in Singapore.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Ola — Ola is a ZKVM-based, High-performance, Privacy-focused layer2 platform.
- EthStorage — EthStorage is a crypto startup and It is a storage rollup built on top of ethereum.
- POP Planet — PoPP is a web3 creator community program that serves as an integrated creator community tool and a one-stop content deposition application, supporting a large community by utilizing Web3 and AI technology.
At Vulpes, we think differently. We create long-term sustainable capital appreciation by welcoming co-investment and aligning incentives. We choose to be patient and invest in ways that are profitable, yet with benefits that are not solely financial.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Vietnam, Australia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- 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!
- MyRobin.id — MyRobin menjembatani Anda dengan tenaga kerja fleksibel, berpengalaman dan terpercaya. Manajemen tenaga kerja dalam 1 genggaman, mudah & aman!
- Oxford Endovascular — Oxford Endovascular are developing a novel treatment for treating brain aneurysms. The Oxford technology uses a special laser-cut metal alloy which has a shape-memory. It can be posted into a catheter during surgery, inserted into the brain and opened up into a tiny tube mesh (‘flow diverter’) that fits into the natural shape of the blood vessel.This diverts the blood away from the aneurysm, allowing it to heal.
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.
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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 — Streamline B2B transactions with Fluid. Receive upfront payments, offer flexible payment terms, and boost conversion rates with Fluid's B2B payment solutions.
- 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.
Warner Music Group is a major music company with interests in recorded music, music publishing and artist services
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Investment focus
- Music, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Fave — Fave is a social platform dedicated to superfans enabling them to create immersive video content, connect and bond with like-minded fans, compete in fun challenges, exchange both physical and virtual goods in a fan-driven marketplace, and rack up points throughout it all to prove their top fan status, gain recognition in the fandom, and earnexclusive rewards around the artists and creators they love. They also partner with the creators to finally allow them to monetize their fans' activity directly.
- Nika — Nika is Yugoslavia's first privately owned music label and distribution company.
- Dancing Bear — Dancing Bear runs a music company that focuses in recorded music, music publishing, artist services, and vinyl records. The company's services include music creation, music label management, and vinyl record publication.
Gamerforce Ventures is one of the first venture capital firms that is set up specifically to create high value companies in the eSports and Gaming scene. Our partners are successful entrepreneurs and high flying executives coming from diverse backgrounds to help our portfolio companies succeed. We typically invest between seed and Series A, but maycome in at later stages should the opportunity arises.We believe that entrepreneurs will be the ones who will revolutionize the scene completely. Because of that, we have brought together the best minds in entrepreneurship to assist entrepreneurs go to the next level, by leveraging on our network of the partners that we have built over the years.We believe in assisting entrepreneurs in every way we can. As such, if you think you need a round of funding, do hit us up at pitch@gamerforce.ventures.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Goama — Goama is helping companies to optimize their Marketing campaigns by using games and gamification systems into their app or web
- RSG — RSG is a professional e-sports organization operating across Southeast Asia to engage the gaming audience through e-sports teams and content creators. Its e-sports teams specialize in notable games such as Mobile Legends, PUBG, Call of Duty, and Warcraft, and have participated in over 200 tournaments collectively.
- Bountie Holdings Pte Ltd — Empowering gamers to compete and win from gaming
Falcon Capital owns, operates and invests in leading technology services businesses. Since 2000, They have been involved in both acquisitions and startups in the technology services arena. Falcon Capital has acted as both advisors and investors of private equity. In addition to direct financial support, Falcon Capital also acts as advisors. Theydo this in a unique way by leveraging Their network of specialist companies and experts that bring with them deep domain expertise and operations. Combined with Their insights and experience gained over the past 10 years, They can make your ecommerce initiatives a success
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
Frontier Markets venture capital
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Payments, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Egypt, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
- zypl.ai — zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe.
- AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
- IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing
Marcus John
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
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.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
- 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.
- Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
Prior to launching M Venture Partners (MVP), Mayank was the Founder of Grange Partners, the brand of a proprietary private investment family office that made investments in the mid-cap and small-cap sector across Southeast Asia, USA, and Sri Lanka. With a ~15-year investment track record (and over 40 angel, venture capital, and privateinvestments), his sector experience includes Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Telecom, F&B / Retail, and Consumer IoT/Tech. Prior to establishing Grange Partners, he was Partner & Managing Director at Southern Capital Group, a pan-Asian mid-cap leveraged buyout fund. Formerly, Mayank spent close to a dozen years at McKinsey & Company, where he departed as Managing Partner of the Singapore office. He also helmed McKinsey’s Corporate Finance group in Southeast Asia. Out of close to 30 years professional experience, Mayank has spent about 24 years in the Asia-Pacific region. During this time, he has built a broad network of industry leaders, business owners, professional executives, advisors, family offices and financial sponsors. Mayank earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and his BA with Distinction from Hamilton College.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Wellness
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, India, Malaysia
Portfolio highlights
- NEXPLAY — The only, next-gen, all-in-one, integrated digital esports ecosystem that helps gamers succeed and thrive in the next-generation digital media.
- KarirLab — Tips Karir, Cari kerja dan magang, buat resume ATS-friendly, evaluasi resume oleh ahli, dan ikuti webinar persiapan kerja.
- 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...
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.
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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.
Genting Ventures is a venture capital arm of Getting Group.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, eSports, AgTech
- Seed, Series A
- Singapore, India, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Fasal — Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides.
- CellMEAT — Cultured meat
- Oddin.gg — Oddin.gg - Esports live odds provider with industry-leading uptime and multiple live markets. B2B Esports data API. Boost volume and profit. Try our demo.
Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- India, Singapore, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
- Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
- Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.
Puncak Geliga Capital is an angel investment company seeking investment as well as mentorship opportunities in technology-based startups.
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
CRAES operates as an investment company of professional investors.
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- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
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- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
Poh Kam WONG is a Professor at the Business School of National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Director of NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. Through the centre, he oversees the university's entrepreneurship education programs, as well as the university's incubator, seed funding programs and mentoring scheme for nurturing spin-offcompanies by the university's professors and students. He has published extensively in leading academic journals on high tech entrepreneurship and innovation policy in Asia, and has consulted frequently for technology companies in Asia, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank. He is an active angel investor in technology start-ups in Singapore, Asia and Silicon Valley, and is the founding Chairman of Business Angel Network Southeast Asia (BANSEA) and chairman and partner of BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd, a business angel fund based in Singapore. He is the initiator of StartUp@Singapore, the annual national business plan competition in Singapore since 1999.
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- Apps, Wearables, Rehabilitation
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Singapore, United States
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- NodeFlair — NodeFlair aims to help tech talents make better career decisions through jobs, salaries, reviews, company insights, and more
- FundedHere — FundedHere Crowdfunding Platform
- TechStorm — Asia's number one 24/7 Esports, gaming & tech-centric entertainment network available in 26 countries. TechStorm is a brand new 360 international network on Asian Esports and tech-centric entertainment. The network celebrates the region’s trail blazers, the biggest Asian Esports and tech names, bringing them to a truly global audienceand fan base.The 24/7 network’s meteoric rise across Asia now reaches 43 million viewers, 100 platforms across multiple countries and is slated to exceed 20 countries globally. Its original Storm Bytes content is readily distributed to 96 million mobile handset users in 26 countries. This exponential growth was all achieved in less than 22 months.TechStorm is an international Esports and tech entertainment network backed by blue-chip, high profile venture capital groups and founded by prominent industry business leaders in media and technology with more than 30 years of extensive domain expertise and business operations. Its dynamic leadership team is fuelled by a passion to drive change and be the voice for Asia’s Esports and tech entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Vulpes Innovative Technologies
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- Legal, eSports, Software
- Series A
- Singapore, United States
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- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
- PactSafe — Learn about Ironclad Clickwrap, the fastest, most frictionless way to execute legally binding contracts online.
Faisal Nasimuddin
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
Kenji Narushima is a Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Of Staff at CARRO
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- Apps, Sports, eSports
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Singapore
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- MindFi — MindFi is an employee mental health and well-being app delivering personalized self-care recommendations, support, and behavioral coaches. MindFi enables people to achieve peak mental performance.
- Anyone AI — We invest in talent from Latam.
- Fando — Sports & eSports : Fan Engagement Platform
Michael Patent
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Investment focus
- eSports, Media and Entertainment
- Series A
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Ampverse — Ampverse champions hyperlocal gaming communities through a connected universe of owned esports teams, gaming channels, original content, and merchandise. Through our ecosystem of talent, content, and technology, we create the connective tissue that bridges brands with gaming audiences.
Sedania Innovator offers Sustainable Energy Solutions, including Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, as well as Sustainable Healthcare products under its Offspring brand.
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
We are the largest game developer in ANZ and SEA, ASX-listed, and backed by the likes of Animoca Brands, Singtel, SK Telecom, and more.
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Investment focus
- eSports
- Seed
- Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Players League — Esports Players League is a global esports tournament and media network that is developing an integrated and open ecosystem for tournaments, media, brands, publishers, teams and players with a focus on community and digital interactivity.
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