Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in Asia in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Franchise startups based in Asia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Franchise companies from Asia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in Asia in January 2026

Investor	Franchise Asia investments
Telescope Investment	2
100 Ventures	2
My Petroleum	1
PEX International	1
Loyal VC	1

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Investor list

Telescope Investment is a private equity fund focusing on VC/PE investment projects in Chinese market. The office is located in Beijing. The founding team created its unique investment system out of their profound experience in consumer industry and advanced investment philosophy. Telescope Investment mainly focus on those top enterpriseswith high brand value in consumer goods, chain service, education, medical&health and culture industry. The investment stage covers both early stage and maturity stage and the investment scale varies from millions of dollars to tens of millions of dollars according to the specific circumstances of the projects.The investment team is composed of intelligent investment professionals with remarkable management ability and profound financial practical experience. As an emerging force in Chinese capital market, Telescope Investment spares no efforts to help Chinese enterprises achieve success with its advantages on intelligence, social resources and capital operation.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Angel, Series B
China, Nigeria, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Sucheon — Sucheon is an artificial intelligence high-tech enterprise that focuses on machine noise recognition and non-contact production process monitoring and equipment failure prediction.The main solution for the company's product machine auscultation master is to collect machine noise from the SC Box, which is placed in an industrial environment, toextract sound feature values, and to use machine learning to identify the real-time operating status of industrial equipment and the various components. Health indicators .
Starwhale — Starwhale is an MLOps platform to manage machine learning projects, models and datasets.
Lingyu Intelligence — Lingyu Intelligence engages in the manufacturing and sales of industrial robots, intelligent robots and service consumer robots.

100 Ventures is an investment firm and its invests in pre-seed and seed startups companies.

Investment focus

B2C, SaaS, Beauty
Seed
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

AlGooru — AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.
Glamera — Glamera B2B2C: SaaS platform to power beauty salons, spa, Gym and barber shops, to optimize sales, booking, marketing, inventory and HR. Glamera White Label: Every service provider can create his own website, to help his customer in pre-booking his services. Glamera B2C: Mobile application for end user to book beauty and wellness appointment.
MyTM — MYTM is a fintech company and provides mass transit e-ticketing, branchless banking, microfinance services (loan lead generation through agent network), and financial services.

My Petroleum is an emerging Oil Marketing Company by has experienced Oil & Gas sector entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Franchise
Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

MyTM — MYTM is a fintech company and provides mass transit e-ticketing, branchless banking, microfinance services (loan lead generation through agent network), and financial services.

PEX International is a payment service provider in the region and beyond by providing tailor-made solutions.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Franchise
Seed
Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

MyTM — MYTM is a fintech company and provides mass transit e-ticketing, branchless banking, microfinance services (loan lead generation through agent network), and financial services.

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.