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Top 30 Hospitality Startup Investors in Hong Kong in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 30 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hospitality startups based in Hong kong. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from Hong kong. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Hospitality Startup Investors in Hong Kong in April 2025

Investor	Hospitality Hong Kong investments
SOSV	4
MindWorks Capital	4
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund	2
Gree	2
Clearmind Capital	2
Viktor Khristenko	1
CN Innovations	1
Focus Capital Group Limited	1
Sergey Limonov	1
Sergey Bugorsky	1
Click Ventures	1
The International Medical	1
Eduard Tiktinskiy	1
Prism Venture Management	1
Capital Union Investments	1
500 TukTuks	1
Taronga Ventures	1
Phillip Private Equity	1
Radiant Venture Capital	1
Velocity Ventures	1
William Heinecke	1
Welight Capital	1
Grosvenor Asia Pacific	1
SpeedPixel Ventures	1
Innovation and Technology Venture Fund	1
Swiss Founders Fund	1
Daniil Shuleyko	1
Gobi Partners	1
Boon Hwee Koh	1
Falcon Partners VC	1

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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.

MindWorks Capital invests in and empowers Asia's most promising entrepreneurs to establish transformative businesses. MindWorks manages capital for university endowments, global asset managers, fund of funds, family offices, and Asia's top new economy innovators.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Supply Chain Management
Series A, Seed, Series B
China, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ksher — Ksher provides you a user-friendly portal to expand your business and attract your target consumers.
Finture — Finture is the first Neobanking fintech company to provide Credit card and Credit payment business in SEA
Jumppoint — Founded in Hong Kong since 2020, Jumppoint developed in house its own multi-layer dynamic routing algorithm, jumppoint.ai, to offer highly efficient yet cost-saving logisitics services to B2B and B2C users, with real-time logisitcs data embeded. Beyond Hong Kong headquarters and R&D centre, Jumppoint also has extensive presence in Asia suchas Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Southeast Asia headquarters, Singapore, providing localised logsitics services.

The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific programs in each place.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ziwu Technology — Ziwu Technology offers the conversion of bio-based waste into sustainable new materials and provides environmentally friendly solutions.
Rice Robotics Limited — The friendliest robot at your service.
BioMed Technology Holdings — BioMed offer a comprehensive service that includes a range of sophisticated tests performed by professionals, together with an interpretation and recommendations for how to live a healthy life.

Gree is a Japanese internet media company that provides mobile social networking, and mobile technology services for its users. Gree shares development and operational expertise across all its studios as Gree always works to create new game models for its customers.

Investment focus

Mobile, Gaming, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
Bankers Holding — Bankers Holding controls the bankers group companies that provide financial services via internet.

Clearmind Capital is an investment office specialized in diverse alternative investment strategies, private equity investments, and venture capital. Their deal flow stems from their global network of co-investors, strategic partners, entrepreneurs, partner ventures and accelerators. They proactively bring strategic partners to support the growth oftheir portfolio companies, enabling them to build competitive advantages to overcome challenges and capture opportunities.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Real Estate, Travel Accommodations
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Dash Living — Dash Living is the new generation of serviced living solutions in Asia Pacific. Offering 2,000+ furnished rooms for rent, including coliving homes, serviced apartments, hotel rooms etc.

Viktor Khristenko

Investment focus

Rental, Software, Hospitality
Seed, Pre-Seed
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Entry — XIX.ai operates as a biometric identity provider for web applications.The company's product Entry is a biometric identity provider that enables users to authenticate in their favorite apps, without compromising privacy, security, and user experience. Users can sign in to their favorite web apps by face using web cameras on laptops anddesktop devices. Entry helps organizations prevent account takeover attacks, credential breaches, phishing, and password spraying attacks by using biometric authentication, as a superior alternative to a legacy MFA solutions.
Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan

For more than 90 years, Chung Nam has been a platform for realizing meaningful aspirations. At CN Innovations, we aim to create a better world through meaningful technological innovations.

Investment focus

Energy, Biotechnology, Communication Hardware
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Hong Kong, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Versogen — Versogen develops electrolyzer technology for water and renewable energy to produce green hydrogen at scale. The company produces high-performing hydroxide exchange membranes for a variety of applications, such as lowering the production costs of fuel cells and reducing industrial carbon emissions, and laying the foundation for a sustainable energyfuture.
Origami Labs Limited — Redefining the mobile computing experience through screen-free, voice and gesture-based products and services.
CN Bio — CN Bio is a world leading organ-on-a-chip company. We empower you to transform drug discovery with our predictive human organ models.

Investor

Investment focus

Wearables, Hospitality, Product Design
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Origami Labs Limited — Redefining the mobile computing experience through screen-free, voice and gesture-based products and services.

Sergei Limonov is an individual investor

Investment focus

Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan

Sergey Bugorsky is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan

Click Ventures is a Seed to Series A venture capital firm investing in highly scalable technology startups across promising sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Hong Kong, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
Oddup — Oddup provides startup, investor, sector, and ecosystem data, insights, and analyses in 34 major cities across the globe. Oddup also provides cryptocurrency listings and price targets, ICO analysis, and the Oddup Indexes, which track real-time trends across the startup landscape.Oddup is an indispensable resource for investors, investment banks,venture capitalists, accelerators, corporate innovators and management consultancies seeking detailed information and greater clarity in the fragmented and foggy startup sector, the ICO landscape, or the cryptocurrency investment market.Oddup provides comprehensive data and analyses, and exhaustive deep dives of varied ecosystems, sectors, and regions of the world.They also delve into the profiles of thousands of startups to give investors a curated view on their health and potential success in a single score. Additionally, they also provide curated, in-depth analysis of all past, ongoing, and upcoming ICOs, and analysis of active cryptocurrencies.They track and explore hundreds of ICOs and cryptocurrencies to give investors a curated list that simplifies this increasingly preferred fundraising method.
Bite Investments — Access alternative investments in a seamless, end-to-end investment process. Bite's financial technology platform expands access to alternative investments.

The International Medical is an investment firm

Investment focus

Medical, Hospitality, Biotechnology
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

BioMed Technology Holdings — BioMed offer a comprehensive service that includes a range of sophisticated tests performed by professionals, together with an interpretation and recommendations for how to live a healthy life.

Edward Tiktinsky is the Founder and President of RBI. He attended Leningrad State Polytechnic Institute.

Investment focus

Rental, Software, Hospitality
Seed, Pre-Seed
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Entry — XIX.ai operates as a biometric identity provider for web applications.The company's product Entry is a biometric identity provider that enables users to authenticate in their favorite apps, without compromising privacy, security, and user experience. Users can sign in to their favorite web apps by face using web cameras on laptops anddesktop devices. Entry helps organizations prevent account takeover attacks, credential breaches, phishing, and password spraying attacks by using biometric authentication, as a superior alternative to a legacy MFA solutions.
Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan

Prism Ventureworks has 5 funds with $1.25 billion in investments. Their most recent fund is for $250M which was raised in June 2005.Each of their team members focuses on different industry sectors within technology and life sciences. These industry sectors in technology include the digital living, wireless, mobile and telecommunicationsmarkets, as well as promising opportunities in next-generation data centers and on-demand and security applications. In life sciences, we focus on medical devices, therapeutics and breakthrough diagnostics.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Series C, Series B
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Jeff — Jeff is a company created in 2015 by Eloi Gómez, Adrián Lorenzo and Rubén Muñoz, three Spanish entrepreneurs. It started as a home laundry and dry-cleaning app, but is currently in an expansion process in which, in addition to laundry service, different day-to-day services are added such as hairdressing and beauty, fitness and massages, becomingthe first international omnichannel ecosystem of day-to-day services. It is available to anyone who wants to invest or undertake the necessary solutions to launch their own business under the business lines of the Jeff brand.
Revation — Revation is an eco-friendly product development company that focuses on environmental issues through design and technology.
Osteal Therapeutics — Osteal Therapeutics is a privately-held, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel musculoskeletal therapeutics to treat orthopedic infections and their consequences.

Capital Union Investments is a leader in private investment for early stage, growth, mezzanine, and pre-IPO capital. Headquartered in Hong Kong; and with offices in China and the US, the Firm's investment philosophy has been to create value by identifying leaders and innovators, whose businesses that can be developed in Asia. Our approach ofproviding unique investment insights, local knowledge and value-added operating capabilities, differentiates us from many traditional private investment funds.

Investment focus

SaaS, Genetics, Software
Seed, Series A
Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bringhub — Bringhub is a contextual marketing platform that enables digital media and marketers to drive product discovery and sales. We have developed the most comprehensive contextual analysis and optimization engine on the market. We call it Sweeten.
Prenetics — CircleDNA is an at-home, non-invasive DNA test providing health insights across 500+ reports based on your unique genetic blueprint.
Dash Living — Dash Living is the new generation of serviced living solutions in Asia Pacific. Offering 2,000+ furnished rooms for rent, including coliving homes, serviced apartments, hotel rooms etc.

500 TukTuks is a $15M USD micro-fund focused on promising Thai startups. Key to the fund’s operations and with a particular focus on fashion, beauty and ecommerce opportunities in Thailand and South East Asia, Sapprasert has been pivotal in investing in some 48 startups in her two years there.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Thailand, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sleek EV — A 5G-IOT enabled Electric Scooter manufacturer designed for urban riding. Sleek's mission is to build innovative and benchmark-setting vehicles designed around urban lifestyles, practicality and performance for a greener future. Sleek’s users enjoy a seamless customer experience through its IOT-enabled vehicles and mobile application.
Persona Studios — Easily create, deploy and manage AI assistants across your business.
Tiger New Energy — Tiger New Energy is a clean energy firm that provides cutting-edge battery switching technology to encourage environmentally friendly mobility options.

Taronga Ventures is an investment firm that invests in emerging innovation, technology, and business. Taronga Ventures is headquartered in Australia.

Investment focus

Software, Construction, Clean Energy
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

WINT — WINT Water Intelligence mitigates water-related risks via AI & IoT-based leak detection including auto valve shut-off to protect your property
Ampd Energy — Ampd Energy is driven by its vision for an emission-free future for construction. Ampd Energy pioneered the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in urban construction with its flagship product, the "Enertainer". The Enertainer electrifies construction sites and provides clean, quiet and fully automated energy delivery, allowingconstruction to transition away from fossil fuels.Compared to fossil fuel generators, the Enertainer: reduces carbon footprint by up to 85%; is 32x quieter; emits zero diesel fumes; eliminates diesel handling and usage risks; has zero maintenance and refuelling downtime; and is economically justified for operational cost savings. As an IoT enabled device, the Enertainer can be remotely monitored anytime and anywhere, providing a deep level of data-transparency for data-driven decision making.Website: www.ampd.energy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ampd_energy
Enteligent — Enteligent is a solar product company focused on higher efficiency and harnessing more solar electricity. Enteligent's products reduce conversion losses and other inefficiencies that result in up to a 25% loss of solar rooftop electrical generation. Enteligent is on a mission to increase the effectiveness of solar electricity and providehomeowners with energy independence.

Phillip Private Equity Pte Ltd is one of the leading private equity firms in Singapore. They manage 3 funds with over S$450 million in committed capital. They provide capital in the form of equity and debt, to innovative enterprises across select stages, sectors and geographies. They work closely with Their investee companies to accelerate theirgrowth and help them achieve their potential. Their goal is to create businesses with lasting and significant value.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
Singapore, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aigens — Aigens is the leading provider of Restaurant Ordering, Loyalty, and Payment solutions in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond
Lendela — Lendela helps you get the best possible personal loan in Asia, completely free of charge. Start by clicking the country you are situated in.
Big Tiny — Big Tiny builds tiny houses in Australia and New Zealand. Big Tiny hosts your tiny house investment and help rent out on Airbnb for high rental yield.

Radiant Tech Ventures Ltd., based in Hong Kong and licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities. Radiant manages the Radiant Tech Ventures Fund LP which is a co-investment fund of HK Government's ITVF Corporation.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Hong Kong, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

TinyTap — TinyTap, the world's largest library of games by teachers, becomes a part of Animoca Brands to build an open education system on blockchain
Springdel — Move beyond cloud and legacy MDM with an enterprise-grade EdgeOps platform purpose-built for the interactive Edge of Things.
Geekbang Technology — Geekbang Technology is a Enterprise services company.

At Velocity Ventures, we invest in visionary entrepreneurs who are reshaping the Travel & Hospitality sector in Southeast Asia. We focus on Seed to Series A stage growth companies across the Transportation, Travel Services, Accommodation, Food & Beverage and Retail & Experiences sub-sectors. Our team consists of a unique mix of Travel& Hospitality sector specialists & successful entrepreneurs with 13 decades of combined operating and investing experience, coupled with a deep, value-added network in Asia.If you are the founder of a growing start-up with great potential in the Travel & Hospitality sector in SE Asia, please get in touch at reachus@velocityventures.vc.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Software, Hospitality
Seed, Series A
Israel, Malaysia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Aigens — Aigens is the leading provider of Restaurant Ordering, Loyalty, and Payment solutions in Hong Kong, Singapore, and beyond
ZYTLYN Technologies — Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ZYTLYN is a data analytics and AI company, helping customers address their most urgent problems and opportunities with granular, qualified, and actionable data, predictions and insights. Its Prediction as-a-Service product gives customers the ability to optimize critical decision making through predictiveinsights. Together with customers, ZYTLYN is helping the world’s largest industries adapt, recover and grow faster, with a total addressable market of close to $50 billion.
Hyper Food Robotics — We transform fast food delivery restaurants into fully automated units.

William Heinecke - CEO & Chairman @ Minor International

Investment focus

Mobile, Travel, Hospitality
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

HotelQuickly — 1.5 million users. More than 200,000 hotels. Destinations in every corner of the globe. Since its founding, HotelQuickly has made traveler’s lives easier by providing a simple, stress-free way to book cheap hotel rooms last minute.In December 2012, five visionaries joined forces to give birth to a new idea that would change the way you travel.Out of the minds of Tomas Laboutka, Christian Mischler, Michal Juhas, Mario Peng and Raphael Cohen came mobile booking website and app HotelQuickly.The following March, they launched publicly in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Within less than a year, they had expanded to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Macau, as well as overseas to Australia and New Zealand, making HotelQuickly the first to provide last-minute mobile-only hotel booking on the two continents.In the years since, they have expanded throughout Asia and then all across the globe, with headquarters in Hong Kong and Bangkok and offices throughout the region. In 2016, HotelQuickly acquired and fully integrated Japanese app Tonight. And that’s just the start of what’s to come.Since their founding, they have raised a total of $US 5.6 million in investor funding, which they have used to make hotel bookers’ experiences as fantastic as possible. Their innovation and rapid growth has been featured by media outlets such as TechCrunch, Forbes, CBS, NBC, TechInAsia, TheNextWeb, Yahoo, and Tnooz.

Welight Capital is an investment firm that invests in enterprise services, B2B, e-commerce, finance, education, new retail companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Education
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
China, Hong Kong, United States

Portfolio highlights

Volant Aerotech — Volant Aerotech is a company specializing in the R&D, manufacturing, and service of passenger eVTOL, an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
Clourney Semiconductor — Clourney Semiconductor is a research and development firm that makes Wi-Fi AP chips.
Hydrogen Aviation Technology — Hydrogen Aviation Technology is committed to innovative applications of lightweight hydrogen fuel stacks. Its self-developed hydrogen-powered UAV has reached the international leading level.

Grosvenor Asia Pacific established its first office in Hong Kong in 1994. Since then we have expanded to other key Asian cities, opening offices in Tokyo in 2001 and Shanghai in 2004.In 2014 we celebrated our 20th anniversary in the region. During our time in Asia we have grown from one relatively small office into a full-scale operation withHK$9.4 bn in assets under management (2017).Working closely with strong local partners has been an important factor in our growth. We continue to work with others, combining international knowledge with local expertise to provide high-quality service and value-added returns. We also play an active role in ANREV, the Asian Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles. Grosvenor has committed to increasing long-term capital allocation to Asia, given the region’s strong long-term growth prospects. Grosvenor Asia Pacific is leading this expansion in three ways. First, building a luxury residential brand under the Grosvenor banner, differentiated by the quality of our property design and exceptional finishes; secondly, growing a diversified portfolio of core investments in the residential and office sectors; and thirdly, looking further ahead, seeking to develop best-in-class buildings in the central business districts of Shanghai and Hong Kong as high-quality, long-term investments through co-investment partnerships.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Real Estate, Travel Accommodations
Series A
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Dash Living — Dash Living is the new generation of serviced living solutions in Asia Pacific. Offering 2,000+ furnished rooms for rent, including coliving homes, serviced apartments, hotel rooms etc.

SpeedPixel's 100% Hong Kong developed SOC IC chip solution revolutionize the wireless video infant monitor products.

Investment focus

Wearables, Hospitality, Product Design
Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Origami Labs Limited — Redefining the mobile computing experience through screen-free, voice and gesture-based products and services.

The HK$2 billion ITVF was set up by the Hong Kong Government with a view to creating a vibrant local innovation and technology eco-systems

Investment focus

Information Technology, Logistics, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hong Kong, China

Portfolio highlights

Mezzofy — Mezzofy offers a comprehensive digital coupon management platform for businesses to create, distribute, & redeem coupons including an NFC tap-to-get solution.
Varadise — Varadise is a digital twin platform offering technology services, cloud platforms, and business services comprising IoT and AI.
Cornerstone Robotics — Cornerstone Robotics operates to improve the accessibility of high-end medical services in China.

Swiss Founders Fund is a seed and early stage investment fund based in St.Gallen, Switzerland. SFF invests in and builds companies globally.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Singapore, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Canza Finance — We are an Open Finance Portal enabling access to unlimited financial services for emerging markets, backed by Polychain, Avalanche, CoinMarketCap...
Reno Home — Reno is your ultimate destination for all your home or office renovation needs. Whether you're revamping your living space, workspace, or any other area, we've got you covered. Our mission is to link you with top-notch interior designers perfectly tailored to your style preferences. Moreover, we facilitate connections with skilledrenovators who can execute your envisioned design flawlessly. Count on us to ensure punctuality and uphold superior quality throughout the renovation process. Additionally, we offer financing options with 12 months to pay later, making it even easier to transform your space according to your vision
RemotePass — RemotePass makes it easy to hire, onboard & pay your global team in full compliance, giving you everything you need to support them

Daniil Shuleiko is a director of the Yandex e-commerce business group.

Investment focus

Rental, Hospitality, Housekeeping Service
Pre-Seed
Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Keygo — Exceptionally cool apartments in Yerevan

Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

SkyeChip — Your Preferred cutting edge IP & IC Design solutions for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Phase — Design and prototype websites and apps visually and intuitively, in a new powerful product reworked for the digital age.
Funding Societies — Funding Societies is a SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia. It is licensed in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and registered in Malaysia. It is backed by Sequoia India and Softbank Ventures Asia Corp amongst many others and provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is funded by individual andinstitutional investors. In 6 years, it has helped finance over 4 million business loans with over S$2 billion in funding. It was given the MAS FinTech Award in 2016, the Global SME Excellence Award at the United Nations’ ITU Telecom World in 2017, KPMG Fintech100 in 2018, Brands for Good in 2019, and in 2020 recognised by IDC as amongst the 5 fastest growing FinTechs in Singapore, won the Stevie® Award for Innovation in Technology, and named ASEAN Startup of the Year by Global Startup Awards.In 2015, co-founders Kelvin Teo, Iwan Kurniawan, and Reynold Wijaya headquartered Funding Societies | Modalku in Singapore, Central Region.

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Singapore, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
Summer — Summer International is a next generation Beauty, Health & Wellness Lifestyle company, headquarted in Los Angeles and South Korea.
Lyte Ventures — Built for creators, designed for the future of work. We do the hustling so that you can focus more on what matters to you.

Falcon Partners is a leading private equity and venture capital investment firm licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Founded by former investors at institutions such as Warburg Pincus, Apax Partners, Capital Group, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, Falcon partners withexceptional management teams to build enduring, category-defining businesses over the long-term by providing value-added capital and strategic support at all stages of the company’s development – from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Returns from our investments have reflected the success of this approach, with portfolio companies backed by Falcon at the pre-seed stage raising over US$500 million in follow on investments at unicorn valuations, and later-stage companies achieving rapid growth across Asia and attaining valuations well north of US$1 billion. Falcon primarily focuses on high impact innovation areas such as AI/machine learning, consumer, e-commerce, education, and pharma life-sciences in the China Greater Bay Area. See less

Investment focus

Travel, Cycling, Leisure
Seed, Funding Round
Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Gbike — Gbike is a mobility sharing startup in Korea, innovating green urban mobility in Korea where currently car-centric environment. Our service includes bike and scooter sharing with IT services specialized for Korean market with 50MM population.
Klook — Klook is a developer of travel activities and services booking platform designed to connect travelers with experiences. With Klook’s innovative technologies, travelers can book on-the-go and redeem the services by using QR code-enabled e-vouchers. Each day, Klook empowers countless travelers to indulge in their wanderlust and spontaneity throughover 100,000 offerings in more than 400 destinations.The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.
GetLinks — GetLinks is a platform and ecosystem connecting tech talents to opportunities across Asia.

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