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Top 50 FinTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Asia in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Fintech startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Fintech companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 FinTech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Asia in May 2025

Investor	FinTech Asia investments
Insignia Ventures Partners	44
1982 Ventures	43
East Ventures	36
Global Founders Capital	35
Antler	32
Wavemaker Partners	32
SOSV	31
Saison Capital	28
Golden Gate Ventures	27
BEENEXT	24
Integra Partners	24
IDG Capital	23
ZhenFund	23
AU21 Capital	21
SMBC Venture Capital	21
Gobi Partners	21
AC Ventures	21
Genesia Ventures	21
Alpha JWC Ventures	21
Kenetic	20
Jungle Ventures	20
Mizuho Capital	19
Vertex Ventures	19
Alto Partners Multi-Family Office	19
The Spartan Group	19
GMO VenturePartners	19
Meridian Capital Asia	18
Hashed	17
HSG	17
SNZ Holding	16
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)	16
Venturra	16
Fenbushi Capital	16
Peak XV Partners	16
GSR Ventures	16
OKX Ventures	16
QF Capital	16
Quona Capital	16
OKX Ventures	15
Hashkey Exchange	15
FEBE Ventures	15
Monex Ventures	15
XA Network	15
CMS Holdings	14
OKX Ventures	14
M Venture Partners (MVP)	14
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India	14
Animoca Brands	14
Global Brain Corporation	14
HashKey Capital	13

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

fileAI — Automate and analyze any file with AI. fileAI builds proprietary AI components for complex agentic workflow automation.
Elevarm — Elevarm provides comprehensive solutions and services that elevate farmers. We are building an ecosystem powered by data and AI-enabled technologies to revolutionize production efficiency in the agriculture industry , ensuring quality, quantity, and consistent supply for business customers.
SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.

Early stage venture capital investor focused on fintech in Southeast Asia

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Higala — At Higala, we are committed to making digital financial infrastructures resilient, modern, and inclusive for financial institutions, businesses, and individuals everywhere..
Cinch Tech — Cinch Tech is a subscription service that offers technology products like computers, phones, tablets, and gaming equipment. Users can choose from different payment plans. The service includes damage cover for the devices. It is intended to help users access and maintain technology without paying full price upfront. The service provides analternative way to obtain and use tech devices.
CrediLinq.Ai — CrediLinq.Ai is revolutionizing SME lending using AI and machine learning. They Linq artificial intelligence & machine learning with credit underwriting.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Rabbit — At Rabbit, we plan to change how the world shops.Retail has witnessed one revolution before with the introduction of E-Commerce that changed how customers order stuff and the second revolution is here! We are proud to be among the pioneers, a handful of global entrepreneurs that are leading and shaping the retail's second revolutionWe arefunded by amazing VCs that are helping us build the next big thingYou feel it is vague? that's intended as we are still building in stealth. but trust us, it is COOL!
Scribe Health AI — The #1 Free AI Medical Scribe & Progress Note Taker. Integrated to your EMR. HIPAA Compliant AI Scribe. Save 2 hours everyday. Reduce Burnout by 80%. No credit card signup.

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

GenPage — GenPage is a SaaS platform that supercharges outreach & account-based marketing (ABM) campaigns with personalized landing pages that captivate, engage, and close. We help our users create unique experiences at scale for every prospect with AI - and win more deals.
Lodgicl — Lodgicl streamlines the insurance supply chain to enhance the claims experience for policyholders, insurers, and partners.
FoodHealth — Your home for healthy eating made simple. Powered by a team of food lovers & Dietitians, we help you find the right food for your body. And then we deliver that food directly to your doorstep!

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

Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
Oneteam — We acquire small to medium businesses and help next-gen hardworking employees grow into capable owners of these businesses. Using digital-first solutions to drive growth, synergies and innovation, we collaborate with your employees to transform your business into global enterprises.
Soul Parking — Soul Parking is a parking management service company, which has successfully developed motorcycle storage equipment as a solution for traffic and parking problems that are cluttered using 100% designs and raw materials. Soul Parking provides solutions by developing a modern, safe and comfortable vehicle parking system that takes into accountlimited land area.

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

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.

They invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although they have a sector agnostic fund mandate, they particularly like to work with founders that are building ecosystems with the potential to distribute financial services to the unbanked.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Zoplar — Zoplar operates a one-stop platform for all healthcare needs, offers a wide range of products for hospitals and clinics.
Habitto — Habitto by SJ Mobile Labs is a new financial services venture focused on the Japanese market. The team and its advisors have a breadth of experience ranging from insurance, banking, e-commerce, adtech and ventures across five continents. This provides them with a unique approach to entering new markets and building valuable businesses.
SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.

Golden Gate Ventures is a venture capital firm investing across Southeast Asia. Since 2011, the firm has launched four funds, managed US$250M AUM, and invested in 60+ companies in over 7 countries in Asia. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies driven by the rising consumer class in Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Singapore, Indonesia, United States

Portfolio highlights

FDcare — FDcare provides comprehensive health care services to customers.
Nurture — Learn Foundational Life Skills Through Immersive Play
BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Servify — Servify offers the world's most advanced self-learning post-purchase service platform to deliver great customer experience. Integrating multiple partners of the post sales service ecosystem on a tech-driven unified intelligent platform, Servify provides Device Lifecycle Management Services for all devices that touch our daily lives.
Remind — Remind provides e-waste management and recycling solutions for electronic waste.
Netbank — Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets.

We invest in early stage companies run by exceptional founders using technology to drive change and inclusion in financial services and digital health.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Chickin — Perusahaan agritech yang menyediakan solusi terintegrasi untuk membantu peternak mencapai hasil panen yang optimal dan meningkatkan keuntungan
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!
ProCredit — ProCredit is a tech-enabled SME lender that emerging markets SME-lending experience, having held senior credit roles at Citigroup, Standard Chartered, ANZ, and the Asian Development Bank.

IDG Capital is an investment firm that funds early- to growth-stage companies in the technology sector. Today they work with private equity and venture capital fund managers, investment advisors, and business entities from around the world. Their limited partners include many internationally reputable investors, including sovereign wealth funds,pension funds, institutional investors, major charities, university endowments, family offices, and business luminaries.IDG Capital brings a powerful combination of global perspective and local experience to investment management. As long-term value investors, they are highly skilled at mobilizing global resources to address local needs, especially for Inbound and outbound opportunities in China and the rest of Asia. Their highly skilled team has an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and enjoys close relationships with many influential business leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Sand AI — Sand AI is an AI company that focuses on producing videos.
Kaia — Kaia is a public blockchain that utilizes Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) for enhanced reliability and performance.
Wanhai Medical — Wanhai Medical is a prominent manufacturer specializing in the development and production of self-medication injection systems.

ZhenFund is a seed fund founded by former entrepreneurs to invest in the most promising innovators. New Oriental co-founders Bob Xiaoping Xu and Victor Qiang Wang established ZhenFund in 2011 in collaboration with Sequoia Capital China. ZhenFund now has a network of over 800 portfolio companies, including over 30 unicorns based in China. Webelieve that great businesses start with exceptional founding teams. We are dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs build successful companies by providing them with mentorship and the best resources available. Some of our services include biannual demo days to top Chinese VCs, ZhenHR services, marketing and PR consulting, as well as fundraising. Our strong and large CEO network also facilitates entrepreneurs helping each other, especially via our WeChat platform. ZhenFund has been ranked as the “#1 Early-Stage Investment Firm” for six years. Bob Xiaoping Xu, Founder of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2016 and ranked #11 in 2019. Anna Fang, Founding Partner and CEO of ZhenFund, has been named on the Midas List since 2019 and made her 4th appearance as #12, and #1 on Midas Seed List in 2022.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
Dyna Robotics — We're making Al-powered robotic automation accessible for businesses of all sizes by building affordable, easy-to-deploy Autonomous Al Robots.
Nailo Technology — Nailuo Technology is a company which focuses on technical services, technology development and software development.

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

A-World — A-world is a super metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN.
NeuronX — NeuronX Protocol is the pioneering decentralized lending protocol on Dfinity, setting the stage for smart DeFi. By focusing on AI-driven automation and enhanced user experiences, NeuronX aims to revolutionize the DeFi landscape and appeal to a broader audience. At the core of NeuronX is a groundbreaking innovation: AI-Powered Smart LiquidityPlatforms (AILPs). These AILPs are advanced vault strategies operated by intelligent AI algorithms. Users can effortlessly gain leverage by simply depositing a base asset. Behind the scenes, AILPs leverage AI to automate complex transactions and continuously rebalance positions, ensuring optimal leverage without the risk of liquidation. This integration of AI streamlines the process, making advanced financial strategies accessible and hassle-free.
Vue Protocol — Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ababa — Ababa provides recruitment and employment solutions.
DelizMart — Deliz Mart is a digital-driven platform that helps to solve food distribution challenges and reduce cost transactions in the food industry.
Penetrator — Penetrator transforms the real estate market with space technology, tackling transaction issues and forming landslide observation systems.

Gobi Partners: Leading Venture Capital in Asia. Accelerating Innovation, Fueling Success.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

RushOwl — RushOwl is a dynamic ride-sharing company that offers timely and affordable shuttle rides.
ChaZence — ChaZence is an environmental consulting and biotechnology company that manufactures, innovates, and designs naturally degradable materials for a sustainable lifestyle.
SkyeChip — Your Preferred cutting edge IP & IC Design solutions for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

Founded in 2014, AC Ventures is a Southeast Asian venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups focused on Indonesia and ASEAN, with over US$500 million in assets under management across five funds. The firm’s areas of investment focus on a variety of industries, including digital enablement, financial technologies, agriculturetechnologies, logistics, e-commerce, consumer technology, MSME solutions, waste management, renewable energy, and sustainability solutions.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Broom — Broom ID memberikan pelayanan terbaik untuk pengalaman Jual Beli Mobil Bekas Anda, banyak pilihan Variasi merek dan tipe Mobil Bekas yang berlimpah
Soul Parking — Soul Parking is a parking management service company, which has successfully developed motorcycle storage equipment as a solution for traffic and parking problems that are cluttered using 100% designs and raw materials. Soul Parking provides solutions by developing a modern, safe and comfortable vehicle parking system that takes into accountlimited land area.
Supermom — Supermom helps parents make the right decisions on what to buy and where to buy at the lowest prices. Best prices guaranteed for millions of mom, baby & kids products.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Manabie — Manabie is an Education Technology start-up company on a mission to provide a new style of online & offline merged learning around the world. We provide students with everything they need for efficient learning; high-quality learning materials, great learning environments, personal coaches and more! We believe that our new method of learning,integrating online and offline will dramatically innovate the way students learn.
Mined — Mined is a marketplace that provides online lessons in various subjects for elementary school students. Mind develops and operation of education-related services.
Finovo — Finovo specializes in the research, development, operation, and maintenance of cutting-edge accounting and financial software solutions.

Alpha JWC Ventures is an Indonesia-focused value-adding venture capital firm with expertise in FinTech and the Consumer tech sector. Alpha JWC Ventures is an independent and institutional firm that believes in investing in a disciplined manner combined with an active portfolio management approach. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based inJakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bumame — Dapatkan layanan medical check up, vitamin booster, vaksinasi & home care di Bumame. Solusi kesehatan terpercaya dengan tim profesional Indonesia.
Harrison.ai — Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools thatintegrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images.Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients.Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.
Cornerstone Robotics — Cornerstone Robotics operates to improve the accessibility of high-end medical services in China.

Kenetic is a proprietary trading and VC investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain related companies. They have developed technology to facilitate their quantitative trading strategies and offer various digital asset related structured products to counterparts.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

DuckChain — DuckChain engages in bridging telegram users into the blockchain space.
Eywa — Founded in 2021, EYWA helps Web3 projects scale up by enabling them to operate, get listed, and traded on all connected blockchain networks with a single liquidity pool. Additionally, EYWA provides a truly decentralized data protocol for secure messaging.In partnership with Curve Finance, one of the largest decentralized exchanges, EYWA isintroducing a new paradigm of non-algorithmic cross-chain assets aimed at solving the problem of liquidity fragmentation. Their cross-chain protocol stands out as the most decentralized solution in the market.- Received 6 grants from biggest L1/L2 blockchain networks including NEAR Foundation, Aurora, Harmony One, Algorand, Boba Network, and others - Winning hackathons: Ethglobal Marketmake, Polygon’s BUIDL IT hackathon, Metis hackathon
Avalon Finance — Avalon Finance is a decentralized protocol that offers a BTC liquidity mechanism for production.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

XWeave — Xweave enables real time & competitive cross-border payments with no pre-funding
Pratilipi — A platform to read stories, write your own and share your favorite ones in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Urdu, Punjabi and Odia
BetterPlace — People-centric HR technology, employee benefits management, upskilling platform and workforce fulfilment solution. We help organisations achieve operational excellence.

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Quemix — Quemix is an IT company specialized in providing quantum computing solutions.
Plainer — Plainer is an IT company that provides software development, data management, and SaaS solutions.
Unito — Unito offers people a friction-free lifestyle by pursuing optimization of living.

Vertex Ventures US is an early stage VC that backs fearless founders building a smarter digital economy through B2B software.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Evinced — Evinced is a Digital Accessibility Platform built for modern software development teams. Leading enterprises use Evinced to weave accessibility into their software development process including design, development, CI/automated testing, QA, and production/compliance monitoring.Built with advanced rule-sets, computer vision, and AIalgorithms, Evinced automatically detects and pinpoints accessibility problems and suggests fixes. Leading enterprises use Evinced to weave accessibility into their software development process - including design, development, automated testing, and production/compliance monitoring.The company was founded in 2018 and based in Los Altos, California.
Metafin — Metafin Cleantech Finance - Solar & Clean Technology Financing and Loans
Savant Labs — The all-in-one low-code, no-code automation platform for data access, data prep, data blending, analytics and automated delivery of insights to 100's of destination apps.

Alto Partners is the first Multi-Family Office founded by and for Asia’s entrepreneurs. Since our establishment in 2013, we have invested in dozens of Southeast Asia's leading founders. Many entrepreneurs we backed with our financial and strategic capital have become Asia's most celebrated success stories.As we achieve exitsalongside founders, we become the family office of choice for new entrepreneurial wealth, which is often re-invested into next generation start-ups. This entrepreneur-focused cycle of venture funding, exits and re-investment underpins the growth of our family office, which today includes the founders of Gojek, Bank Jago, Kopi Kenangan, Jobstreet, Northstar and others from Asia's venture ecosystem.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Aman — Aman provides modern technology for growing companies to set up and manage their employee benefits, simplifying complexity of benefit administation and delivering a world-class experience. Our platform enables companies to competitively recruit, engage and retain top talents.
AgriAku — AgriAku is a technology-based local agribusiness company that enables traders & farm shop owners to get saprotan(agriculture production facilities) at affordable prices through it's apps - Agroaku Mitra app, and Agroaku Hub app. AgriAku offers full-stack agriculture services for small and medium-sized businesses and farmers. AgriAku offerscomplete agricultural equipment such as seeds, fertilizers, agrochemicals to agro equipment.
Nafas — Nafas is simple people need to be aware of the air they breathe, and the impact that the quality of air has on their health and their life.

We advise, invest and build with the best entrepreneurs in Web3.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Blum — Blum is a decentralized exchange platform
Kaia — Kaia is a public blockchain that utilizes Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) for enhanced reliability and performance.
Tarta Labs — Tarta Labs is dedicated to building a next-generation anime IP ecosystem and aims to innovate within the anime gaming space by blending engaging narratives, high-quality visuals, and community-driven gameplay experiences.

An investment that restructures the value and quality.Supplying big capital is not an essential value of our firm.We have a strong attitude to input and drive critical thinking behind a new startup.After the problem is clarified and solution become established in the world,people could not imagine the society without that solution.An investment that innovates this world.We will become a real partner to execute the strategy together.INVENTION OF THE ESSENCE ----we will keep on doing it.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

10x — 10x provides One-stop service from meal planning to grocery shopping.
RightTouch — RightTouch is a media company that offers customer support with KARTE RightSupport, and media CS Mag for tailored solutions and insights.
Zolve — Best neo bank in India offering international banking & financial services online. Apply for a US bank account, credit card & student education loan with Zolve!

Meridian Capital is the leading TMT field of venture capital institution in China. They have a wide range of investment layout in the mobile Internet and media entertainment field and they have a vibrant and experienced investment team.Meridian Capital’s investment area is relatively concentrated, and its investment can be regarded as investmentwithin the industry. They have a wide range of layout-oriented investments in the core areas of industry such as culture and entertainment, consumption upgrades, Internet finance, and enterprise services, with the flow of inputs and realization methods. It has a clear view of development in the industry and sub-industries. Social, online-business, education, health care, real-estate, car business, digital reading, digital marketing, music, film and television, games, entertainment community and etc, industrial cluster effect is obvious.Since its inception in 2008, Meridian Capital is committed to focusing on investment in culture new media fields, currently it is mainly concerned with culture entertainment, consumption upgrading, Internet finance, and corporate service fields, it has issued 5 RMB funds, and 2 Singapore currency funds, whose total management size topped RMB 5 billion yuan, more than 100 Internet startup enterprises are its beneficiaries. Meridian Capital’s concern for culture new media field is consistently prominent.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Angel, Series B
China, Latvia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Kuafu — Kuafu operates in the food industry and offers various fried skewers and beverages.
Hanhai Energy — Hanhai Energy is dedicated to explore the science and technology to accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy.
Bibost Automotive Electronics — Bibst Automotive Electronics is a provider of automotive electronic products. Bibst provides intelligent chassis core components, chassis domain controllers, and autonomous driving-related technical services.

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

RLWRLD — RLWRLD specializes in "Physical AI" by creating robotics foundation models (RFMs) designed to enable robots to function autonomously in real-world environments.
Fragmetric — Fragmetric is a native liquid restaking mechanism for Solana that improve the Solana ecosystem's security and economic potential.
Kite AI — Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy.

We help founders build enduring companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Manus AI — Manus is a general AI agent that turns your thoughts into actions. It excels at various tasks in work and life, getting everything done while you rest.
Noematrix — Noematrix is an embodied intelligence company that specializes in innovative general robotic intelligence solutions and services.
Xingkeyuan — Star Science is a high-performance lithium battery silicon-carbon negative electrode material research and development company. It has achieved small-scale mass manufacture of nano-silicon as well as the experimental development of high-efficiency silicon-carbon composite materials.

SNZ Holding was founded by a group of engineers, blockchain evangelists.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Anichess — Anichess develops a decentralized chess game.
EarlyFans — Welcome to EarlyFans! A new way to find your favorite creators, support them early, and get rewarded for it.
CELL Studio — A blockchain software development company with a dedicated focus on the BTC ecosystem, committed to advancing the Nervos BTCKB initiative

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Japan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ryulog — Ryulog is a recruiting company that helps job seekers find international work opportunities and migrate abroad.
iMotorbike — iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience,iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.
Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

FR8Labs — Optimize your freight business with our AI Freight Forwarding Software. Boost efficiency and stay ahead in logistics.
Saladin — Saladin is an online platform that provides life, health, automotive, and travel insurance services.
Klinik Pintar — Klinik Pintar membantu pasien mendapatkan layanan kesehatan primer terbaik di klinik, rumah, dan kantor.

Fenbushi Capital is the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia. Founded in Shanghai in 2015 by veterans across both blockchain and traditional financial industries, it has to date supported over 80 leading projects across 4 continents leveraging blockchain technology to reshape myriad industries such as finance,healthcare, supply chain, and consumer goods. Fenbushi’s mission is to drive healthy and sustainable growth in the global blockchain ecosystem, and actively works as a long-term strategic partner to its portfolio projects.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, China

Portfolio highlights

Irreducible — Ulvetanna provides fast and cost-effective computation of zero-knowledge succinct proofs. We operate FPGA clusters tailor-made for ZKP computation at scale, purpose-built to support Layer-1 and Layer-2 blockchain protocols.
MetaEra — MetaEra is a one-stop resource aggregator for Web3.0. Meta Era focuses on blockchain and metaverse exploration, pursuing professional, thorough, and reliable information and data.
Chronicle Labs — Evolving from the Oracle Core Unit at MakerDAO, Chronicle Protocol was created by the unit’s development team. Although the Oracles that underpinned Chronicle Protocol had been securing MakerDAO’s $10B+ collateral since 2016, the technology and its unique innovations weren’t available outside of Maker’s portfolio.In 2021, the team receivedsupport from MakerDAO to spin out the proprietary technology and form a new entity and brand. Chronicle Protocol was born.Chronicle continues to service MakerDAO and now, for the first time, is rolling out its on-chain Oracle services to support the wider Web3 world.Chronicle Protocol has been developed to solve many of the current pain points of on-chain Oracles and DeFi. On-chain Oracles, particularly on computationally expensive blockchains such as Ethereum, are bottlenecking the development of DeFi with an exorbitant cost of service and a lack of feasible scalability. Through developing a proprietary solution called Scribe, the team at Chronicle has built a blockchain-agnostic, ubiquitously accessible, scalable, end-to-end verifiable, and decentralized Oracle. The protocol’s unique architecture enables an ecosystem that delivers 100% decentralization and transparency. Every byte of data can be traced back to each Feed’s original data source queries, and new Oracles can be deployed (and updated) with the click of a button on the Chronicle Dashboard.Inspired by Ancient Greece’s Herodotus (the Father of History), Chronicle Protocol aims to be the world’s first open and verifiable data chronicler. Transparency, democracy, and accessibility are the columns on which Chronicle has built its temple, and industry-leading scalability, integration, and security are the features that power the protocol.Verifiable data, accessible to all - delivered securely and affordably.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

PagarBook — PagarBook is a staff's salary, work, and attendance management app for small and medium enterprises.The easy-to-use mobile and desktop application manage the attendance, salary, advance payment, bonuses, overtime, and work done per piece or work basis staff, enabling SMEs to handle all their employee-related tasks in a single app thatsynchronizes across multiple devices in real-time.It was established in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2019 by Arya Gautam, Adarsh Kumar, and Rupesh Mishra.
Relevance AI — Developer-first vector platform for rapid experimentation. Build great vector-based applications with flexible developer tools for storing, querying and experimenting with vectors.
SquareX — SquareX keeps you safe, anonymous, and private online! Unlike existing products that block access to files and websites, SquareX allows you to open even suspicious or malicious resources fearlessly!

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3.7 billion across itsfunds.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dinari — Discover Equity Boundless - Simplify everything from equity management and options grant to payroll so that you no longer have to worry about compliance, taxes, or vesting schedules no matter where your employees are.
Sonar — Sonar is a scalable mental health platform for schools. We use a combination of AI and human connection to ensure every student is seen and supported. For educators, Sonar offers actionable insights to improve mental wellbeing, empower your staff, and boost student outcomes.
Infinite Uptime — Infinite Uptime provides predictive maintenance services and plant-reliability solutions to global manufacturing and asset-intensive industries. Book a demo NOW.

OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high quality projects. This fund will invest in blockchain basic infrastructure, layer 2, Polkadot ecosystem, Defi, Filecoin ecosystem etc.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

FUNX — FUNX is a virtual reality game platform for relaxation use. They use a cloud gaming app or web browser to connect remotely to a virtual PC and play the game from there. There isn't any hardware, wires, installation or download time for games, firmware updating, or anything else that is often associated with playing games locally on a PS5, XboxSeries X, or laptop.
ShareX — ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
SignalPlus — Access your SignalPlus dashboard to view your portfolio, trading history, and market insights.

QF Capital is a fund management company that focuses on private equity investments.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Angel, Seed
China, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tianlin — Tianlin Holdings provides robotic intelligent construction services, with a focus on creating an ecosystem that includes intelligent construction robots, green building materials, and intelligent construction digital platforms.
Traverser — Traverser is a commercial manned aerospace technology company that develops reusable manned spacecraft and operates space tourism activities.
Anqing Technology — Anqing Technology is a provider of UAV traffic management services and equipment, as well as safe and controllable autonomous flight technology. SafeSky UAV traffic management UTM software and over-the-horizon autonomous drones placed on UAVs are among its primary offerings. Smart box in flight, autonomous flying drone beyond sight range.

Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing inclusion in emerging markets. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, Brazil, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

enza — Our focus on providing the richest possible API environment means that enza clients can concentrate on solving business challenges and not waste valuable time and effort on technical integrations.
Belvo — Belvo is the leading Open Banking API platform in Latin America and the easiest way for users to connect their account to an app
Ideem — Manual 2FA (SMS/WhatsApp One Time Passcodes, Authenticator Apps and Soft Tokens) are plagued with friction, fraud, and costs. Ideem cryptographically binds to the device to replace traditional possession factor 2FA and device fingerprinting solutions. Ideem's drop-in SDK works across all browsers and native apps. No user interaction isrequired - no effort, no permissions, no exceptions. Just an easy and invisible 2FA that reduces friction, fraud and costs.

OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

PlaysOut — PlaysOut is a mini-game platform that helps developers publish mini-games on superAPP platforms
Arch — The pioneering network for building bridgeless apps directly on Bitcoin. Arch makes it easy to deploy interoperable smart contract-like programs on the L1, without fracturing liquidity or taking on bridge risk.
Camp Network — Camp Network is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain to power AI agents.

Hashkey they offers investment opportunities and solutions to institutions, family offices, funds, and professional accredited investors across the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

AltLayer — AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2.
Supra — Supra is the world's highest-performing, fully vertically integrated L1 blockchain, and it's about to change everything.
Panoptic — The Panoptic protocol enables the minting, trading, and market-making of perpetual put and call options.

FEBE Ventures (“For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs”) is an early stage Venture Capital fund supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in Vietnam & Southeast Asia. The fund is managed by 4 entrepreneurs with +28 years of experience building and scaling companies in Vietnam & Southeast Asia, and investing in tech startups in Asia, Europe andSouth America. We apply a value-added approach, backing the best founders and offering our local business expertise, operational know-how, and global network.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

HD — HD is a healthcare and surgery marketplace, powering over 1,500+ healthcare providers including some of the biggest hospitals. HD connects patients to hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and surgeons while offering healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries. To date, over 250,000 patients have benefited frommore accessible and affordable healthcare and surgeries through the company's platform.
Perceptis AI — Perceptis is AI-powered service for creating professional business proposals. Create winning multimillion-dollar proposals - fast. Our models are trained on proposals generated by elite consultants.
Little John — Little John creates a platform using generative AI to empower insurance brokers.

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Degas — Degas develops solutions to improve the productivity of small-scale farmers in Africa.
pickupon — Pickupon is a company that transcribes important parts of the call
Hakki Africa — HAKKI AFRICA provides microfinance services for SMEs.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

CMS is a principal investment company that focuses on investing in the crypto-asset ecosystem. The firm plans to invest in both liquid and illiquid crypto tokens, as well as equity interests in select businesses.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Perpl — Perpl improves financial systems by creating a clear pricing engine on an effective blockchain.
Arch — The pioneering network for building bridgeless apps directly on Bitcoin. Arch makes it easy to deploy interoperable smart contract-like programs on the L1, without fracturing liquidity or taking on bridge risk.
Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership

OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality blockchain projects with great potential.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

PlaysOut — PlaysOut is a mini-game platform that helps developers publish mini-games on superAPP platforms
Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
Cygnus Finance — Cygnus is a tool that helps different blockchains work together by allowing to share security and keep their networks safe.

We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectively India.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Stimuler — Your personal AI speech coach
Visa2Fly — Online visa application- Apply for a tourist visa online to top destinations like Dubai, UK, USA, Dubai, etc. hassle-free with Visa2fly. know more about Apply Visa Online- Visa2fly
Pallav Technologies — Pallav leverages AI to analyze customer applications, enhancing approval rates and improving loan repayments. Our cutting-edge machine learning models and deep technology integration provide real-time creditworthiness insights to banks.

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding in Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other emerging hubs of innovation across the region. It has a long and strong track record of investing in early-stage startups and building champions like Grab, Patsnap, 17Live, Nium, FirstCry, Licious, AsianParent, Validus, Warung Pintar, and others.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Spyne — Remove background from any product image in seconds 100% automatically. No editing skills required! Single-click to change the image background.
Nuuk — Out with the old, in with the NUUK! Welcome to Nuuk, where the cool vibes of Greenland's capital inspire our line of home and kitchen appliances.
Pilgrim — Pilgrim - Premium International Brand | No Animal Testing, No Harmful Chemicals, Natural, Vegan Friendly, FDA Approved.

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
Domin Network — Domin Network is a decentralized business network that connects software and hardware in many business situations using the NFT middleware protocol and DePIN rollup technology.
Slingshot DAO — Bet on the next billion dollar games! Slingshot is the AI Roblox Game Launcher, powered by the $SLING Token and home to Game Factory.

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

10x — 10x provides One-stop service from meal planning to grocery shopping.
Otetsutabi — Otetsutabi is a regional revitalization platform that offers the opportunity for participants to help at accommodations and breweries in rural areas that struggle with seasonal labor shortages. The locals offer transportation expenses and places to stay in return, so participants can travel to the areas with ease.
Japan Culture and Technology — Japan Culture and Technology assists artists and craftspeople in expanding their activities by providing IT support.

HashKey Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kite AI — Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy.
FastLane — We build MEV-aware infrastructure and smart contracts to make DeFi useable and keep it decentralized.
Laos National Digital Technology Group — Lao National Digital Technology Group operates under the leadership of government and plays role in driving Laos' digital transformation.

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