Top 5 Google Startup Investors in Singapore (October 2026)

DK Gate is a joint venture company of Digital Garage and Kodansha.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 11
Round size: Seed $978k–$14M; Series A $1.8M–$15M; Series B $3.7M–$7.4M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Jiraffe — jiraffe focusses on Internet service planning, development, and management.
TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
Psychic VR Lab — Psychic VR Lab is a startup company that handles fashion VR and MR shopping service STYLY. They are creating a future where they will live in space.

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DG Lab Fund is a unique, non-conventional venture capital fund that combines both investment and world-class R&D capabilities to dramatically accelerate and incubate its investments. The fund focuses on five core technologies, including blockchain, AR/VR, AI, security, and BioHealth.DG Lab Fund is focused on blockchain, AR/VR, AI,security, and BioHealth, as they are likely to be at the foundations of future businesses. In addition to the five core technologies, the fund will also focus on IoT technologies, which often overlap or serve as an application layer.

Investment focus

Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 24
Round size: Seed $700k–$6.2M; Series A $2.6M–$23M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$19M
Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $118M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

1plusX, a TripleLift company — We empower publishers and advertisers to take control of their first-party assets to drive business results. Our real-time data management, data clean room, and CTV solutions converge to help customers engage their audiences with more meaningful and personalized content and advertising. We support publishers in monetizing their inventory andoptimize advertisers’ marketing performance through data. So far, we’ve enhanced the marketing performance of companies around the world including Axel Springer, BI Garage, Le Figaro, South China Morning Post, and Tegna. Founded in 2014, we’re a global MarTech company operating in Europe, Asia, and the US. 1plusX is built on the principles of collaboration, trust, privacy, and transparency. From our technology all the way to our customers, we value our partnerships to stay forward-thinking and adaptable in the ever-changing digital media ecosystem.
Turion Space — Turion Space provides a spacecraft to remove orbital debris and services to existing satellites. The spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with current satellites and large debris objects using vision sensors and robotic arms. Utilizing the onboard propulsion system, the spacecraft will either deorbit or change the orbit of the debris object orsatellite.
Satoshi Energy — Satoshi Energy: We help energy and data center companies grow

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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

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: India, Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

Total investments: 396
Round size: Seed $456k–$5M; Series A $2M–$15M; Series B $5.5M–$50M
Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
Furnishka — Furnishka is a furniture industries that provides wide range of products for home decor items, sofa, coffee tables and dining tables.
First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.

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ABC Dream Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese media firm Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Advertising, Information Technology
Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 27
Round size: Series A $1.1M–$43M; Venture - Series Unknown $354k–$10M
Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $16M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

TYPICA — TYPICA is a marketplace where you can directly trade unique and high quality green coffee beans in units of one bag.
At Forest — At Forest is an end-of-life service provider that organizes circular burial services for the deceased.
Sally — Sally is a company that turns people-to-people conversations into entertainment. It specializes in developing conversational reasoning games.

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