Top 10 Franchise Startup Investors in Asia (August 2026)

An early-stage VC from Saudi Arabia backing founders across the GCC and MENA. Day Zero capital, conviction, network, partnership.

Investment focus

Industry: B2C, SaaS, Beauty
Stage:Seed
Geography: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Seed $194k–$1.3M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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 dynamic digital financial platform, offering a versatile range of services tailored for today's tech-savvy consumers. It encompasses user-friendly features for mobile banking, digital wallets, and seamless online payments, catering to both personal and business needs. A notable highlight is the "Cashless Hajj and Umrah"service, enabling pilgrims to perform their religious duties with financial ease and security. Additionally, MyTM introduces "MyTM Core," a foundational product that integrates various financial operations under one umbrella. The platform also features "MyTM Core" a specialized LMS and LOS for operations, management and planning for NBFI's and NBFC's. Equipped with top-tier security protocols, MyTM ensures safe transactions. It also offers 24/7 customer support, emphasizing convenience and reliability in financial services.

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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

Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Fashion
Stage:Series A, Angel, Series B
Geography: China, Nigeria, Australia

Investor stats

Total investments: 40
Round size: Angel $263k–$992k; Series A $67k–$11M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

Chuangkit — Chuangkit is a minimalist cloud online design platform based on cloud collaboration, intelligent assistance, image processing and other technologies. It allows users to easily create PPTs, posters, and infographics by simply dragging and dropping. New media pictures, e-commerce, roll-up and other designs.
Starwhale — Star Whale Technology is an AI management and collaboration service provider that focuses on MLOps services, developing two functional data and model platforms and providing products and services such as MLOps platforms and tools.
Lingyu Intelligence — Lingyu Intelligence engages in the manufacturing and sales of industrial robots, intelligent robots and service consumer robots.

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Caesars Fund is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

Industry: Food and Beverage, Catering, Franchise
Stage:Series A
Geography: China

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hamburg Kungfu — Hamburger Kungfu is a hamburger restaurant franchise that improves typical western fast food by upgrading the Western hamburger embryo and recommends creating "people's own hamburger".
Xingdian Catering — Xingdian Catering offers catering services that are healthy, delicious, and convenient.

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SIG's China venture capital and private equity activities are operated through SIG Asia Investments, LLLP (SAI) and its wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE) based in Shanghai with a branch office in Beijing. The SIG China team seeks to commit the firm’s capital to venture capital and private equity investments in China.SAI is a member ofthe Susquehanna International Group of companies (SIG), which has evolved over the past 20+years into a leading financial institution focusing on trading and market making, institutional sales and research, private equity, and venture capital. With more than 1,400 employees across offices worldwide, SIG’s professionals develop ideas in an entrepreneurial environment, taking full advantage of SIG’s cutting edge technology and quantitative research.SIG is committed to expanding its global businesses in China. As part of that effort SAI has been mandated to commit SIG's proprietary capital in VC and PE investments in companies operating in the PRC.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
Geography: China, United States, Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 205
Round size: Series A $3M–$31M; Series B $9.5M–$99M; Series C $25M–$134M
Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

xMEMS — Explore MEMS speaker, acoustic vent and active micro cooling chip solutions based on xMEMS' proven piezoMEMS silicon platform.
Castbox — Millions of podcasts for all topics. Listen to the best free podcast on Android, Apple iOS, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Carplay, Android Auto, PC. Create...
Haici Technology — Haiui Health Technology is a mobile platform for hospitals to connect patients, optimise hospital visits and streamline admin workflow.

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

Investment focus

Industry: Travel, Banking, FinTech
Stage:Seed
Geography: Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MyTM — MyTM is a dynamic digital financial platform, offering a versatile range of services tailored for today's tech-savvy consumers. It encompasses user-friendly features for mobile banking, digital wallets, and seamless online payments, catering to both personal and business needs. A notable highlight is the "Cashless Hajj and Umrah"service, enabling pilgrims to perform their religious duties with financial ease and security. Additionally, MyTM introduces "MyTM Core," a foundational product that integrates various financial operations under one umbrella. The platform also features "MyTM Core" a specialized LMS and LOS for operations, management and planning for NBFI's and NBFC's. Equipped with top-tier security protocols, MyTM ensures safe transactions. It also offers 24/7 customer support, emphasizing convenience and reliability in financial services.

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United Seven Hills Venture Partners is an investment advisory firm.

Investment focus

Industry: Travel, Banking, FinTech
Stage:Seed
Geography: Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MyTM — MyTM is a dynamic digital financial platform, offering a versatile range of services tailored for today's tech-savvy consumers. It encompasses user-friendly features for mobile banking, digital wallets, and seamless online payments, catering to both personal and business needs. A notable highlight is the "Cashless Hajj and Umrah"service, enabling pilgrims to perform their religious duties with financial ease and security. Additionally, MyTM introduces "MyTM Core," a foundational product that integrates various financial operations under one umbrella. The platform also features "MyTM Core" a specialized LMS and LOS for operations, management and planning for NBFI's and NBFC's. Equipped with top-tier security protocols, MyTM ensures safe transactions. It also offers 24/7 customer support, emphasizing convenience and reliability in financial services.

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ShareLink Capital is a professional institution engaged in private equity investment.

Investment focus

Industry: Manufacturing, Hardware, Software
Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
Geography: China, The Netherlands

Investor stats

Total investments: 32
Round size: Angel $425k–$16M; Series A $1.4M–$14M
Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

KRay Gene — KRay Gene is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of ophthalmic and cell therapy drugs, committed to advancing cutting-edge therapies through scientific research and translational medicine to address unmet medical needs.
Xia Luodeng — Xia Luodeng Industrial Technology is a solution expert focusing on the field of fluid control, committed to providing customers with innovative products and services to help customers achieve their fluid control needs.
Hanfa Changkong — Hanfa Changkong is a developer of civilian small and medium-power aircraft engines, precisely targeting the domestic civilian low- and medium-altitude aviation propulsion market

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

Investment focus

Industry: Travel, Banking, FinTech
Stage:Seed
Geography: Pakistan

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

MyTM — MyTM is a dynamic digital financial platform, offering a versatile range of services tailored for today's tech-savvy consumers. It encompasses user-friendly features for mobile banking, digital wallets, and seamless online payments, catering to both personal and business needs. A notable highlight is the "Cashless Hajj and Umrah"service, enabling pilgrims to perform their religious duties with financial ease and security. Additionally, MyTM introduces "MyTM Core," a foundational product that integrates various financial operations under one umbrella. The platform also features "MyTM Core" a specialized LMS and LOS for operations, management and planning for NBFI's and NBFC's. Equipped with top-tier security protocols, MyTM ensures safe transactions. It also offers 24/7 customer support, emphasizing convenience and reliability in financial services.

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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.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 164
Round size: Seed $142k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $30k–$1.2M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Dehurdle — Scale employee communication skills with real-time AI voice simulations, objection handling drills, and vocal analytics.
Vireo Capital — AI-powered portfolio monitoring, due diligence and reporting for mid-cap private equity and impact funds.
Hyperbond Studio — Hyperbond Studio builds AI-driven games and interactive experiences, including the Call Me Sensei app. We combine technology and emotion to create unforgettable digital worlds.

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