Top 5 Machine Learning VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Malaysia in January 2026

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

Top 5 Machine Learning VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Malaysia in January 2026

Investor	Machine Learning Malaysia investments
Patamar Capital	2
Cradle Seed Ventures	2
Wavemaker Partners	1
ZB Capital	1
Frankel Commercialization Fund	1

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Patamar Capital is Southeast Asia's leading impact-driven venture capital firm. Founded in 2011, Patamar invests in early-stage companies building sector-defining platforms that maximize positive impact and financial returns.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

SwipeRx — Collect CPD points Online pharmacist/SKP Online pharmacist for free, get access to the latest pharmacy news and medical information.
Peddlr — Peddlr is a free POS mobile app for small businesses. Effortlessly track and manage your sales, expenses, inventory, and transactions. Use it anytime, anywhere, and even offline!
MyShubhLife — MyShubhLife is a full stack financial services provider for the Next Half Billion. With Real-time analytics and credit reports based on alternative data, MyShubhLife reaches unserved and underserved market segments to provide meaningful financial inclusion.MyShubhLife has further strengthened its financial inclusion goal through its financialwellness program for corporates and individuals by expanding its portfolio to include Mini and Micro loans, Insurance, Mutual Fund SIPS, Tax filing service and more.

Cradle Seed Ventures (CSV) is the venture capital arm of Malaysia’s premier early stage financier and influencer, Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd.CSV manages an early stage venture fund based out of Malaysia and is always on the lookout for start-ups with high growth potential, led by passionate founders with high levels of enthusiasm.CSV is delightedto be part of this new dawn of excitement in the start-up world, both in Malaysia and globally.CSV mandated investments will be in the technology sector with specific focus on selected verticals. CSV has the added strength of being able to leverage on Cradle’s long experience in supporting early stage start-ups, understanding the funding and operational needs of a start-up and also be a supportive partner when they scale in the Malaysian market and to foreign shores.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Crowdsourcing
Seed, Series A, Series B
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

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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.
Atomionics — Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration.
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.

Over the years, ZB capital has been working with numerous regional entrepreneurs, family offices, industrial investors, business operators, as well as professional parties to co-invest in growth-stage companies and businesses. Our portfolio companies are from all around the globe including China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, North America, and Israel.They cover a broad range of industries including fintech, cloud computing, IoT, advanced manufacturing, and consumer goods. Our primary objective is to focus on both the new demand created by the applications of the latest technologies, and the potential improvement in efficiency in traditional industries through technological upgrades.Our founding and execution teams, along with our advisory committee, come from a diversified background and have rich experiences in handling cross-broader transactions. We maintain the greatest level of flexibility in dealing with the local business culture and regulations, and we are always very thoughtful on connecting the resources from different regions in order to create the best synergies as well as business opportunities.We usually look at the fundamentals of the business and its market potential when evaluating any investment opportunities. At the same time, we apply a stringent internal process during the due diligence stage to validate the business itself. For post-investment management, we spend a lot of resources to follow up with the development plan of each business so that we are aware of the latest status of each portfolio company in order to protect our capital.