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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Malaysia in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Malaysia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Malaysia. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Malaysia in May 2025

Investor	Marketplace Malaysia investments
Asia Venture Group	7
Quest Ventures	6
Cradle Seed Ventures	5
KK Fund	5
Gobi Partners	5
Cradle Fund	4
Captii Ventures	4
Indelible Ventures	4
SOSV	4
East Ventures	4
Orbit Startups	4
Accord Ventures	3
Vynn Capital	3
Venturra	3
IdeaRiverRun	2
DSG Consumer Partners	2
Wavemaker Partners	2
UpHonest Capital	2
M Venture Partners (MVP)	2
Argor Capital	2
TH Capital	2
ZB Capital	2
Cento Ventures	2
BEENEXT	2
NFQ Capital	2
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India	2
Catcha Group	2
Susquehanna International Group	2
First Move	1
Effective Shields	1
Commerce.Asia	1
Fundnel	1
Q Cap	1
Asad Capital	1
ZALORA	1
Partners for Growth	1
Rekanext	1
Ganesh Kumar Bangah	1
Sea Unicorn	1
Rocket Internet	1
Venture Builders	1
Oskar Hartmann	1
Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company	1
Teak Capital	1
Atami Capital	1
Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu	1
FIRSTFLOOR CAPITAL	1
Apax Partners	1
Incubate Fund	1
Matthias Wilrich	1

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Asia Venture Group is a hands-on, private Internet Holding Company and focuses on long-term value creation in South East Asian online markets. Asia Venture Group targets the sweet spots of the Asian internet space by combining: state of the art international know-how and expertise, rigorous execution excellence, outstanding international managementtalent, and the best local partners. Asia Venture Group focuses on digital distribution models and is extremely selective in terms of the companies it supports, which allows strong engagement in day-to-day operations.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series C
Malaysia, India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

iPrice Group — Shop now with the largest selection of top brands and products in the region - all in a single website! Discover new products, compare smartphone prices and products. Get the latest coupon and voucher codes for Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Grab Car, and more!
BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
Flower Chimp — Best Price online for fresh Flowers by #1 florist in Malaysia with same day FREE Delivery on all orders. Shop for Roses, Sunflowers, Baby Breath flower bouquets & gifts from a wide selection for any occasion at FlowerChimp. Over 200 bouquets, stands and hampers to choose from - all prepared by experienced professionals

Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. For entrepreneurs: venture capital. For enterprises: applied innovation. For ecosystems: accelerate.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, Malaysia, Kazakhstan

Portfolio highlights

ZumVet — ZumVet provides access to affordable and convenient veterinary care through video calls and medication delivery. They are passionate about animals and want them to get the best possible care by offering video consults, referrals, home visits, and emergency services. It was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.
Ion Mobility — Ion Mobility is a tech-driven all-electric mobility company tackling a challenging and complex space.
Smoothly — Mobile app helping working millennials sleep better, wake up refreshed and increase energy with science-backed breathing exercises

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

SUPA — SUPA BOLT | Get insights to turn label noise into trusted and usable data. Begin your data-centric AI journey today.
SUPA — Supahands is the leading end-to-end data labelling partner for AI/ML companies. Find out more and set up a POC within 48 hours by speaking to us today!
MoneyMatch — 121+ countries, 42+ currencies. Bank transfers, e-wallets or cash pickups. Seamless, low-cost and transparent international money transfers for everyone.

KK Fund is a venture capital fund to invest in seed stage internet and mobile startups across South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

GIZTIX — GIZTIX is an integrated logistics platform, solving problems on speed & fragmented processes of truck sourcing and also managing their own fleets that cause unscalable deliveries. GIZTIX enables businesses to outsource trucks in seconds to they can fulfil deliveries in time and also helping fleet owners to increase efficiency by providing TMSsoftware. Ultimately, GIZTIX will be the winner of trucking market by expanding fleets & customers networks and having largest & most active TRUCKING BIG DATA.
Med247 — Med247 is an offline-to-online (O2O) healthcare startup. A platform where customers can book an appointment and consult online with Pro doctors.Med247 is a family of clinics for families. Med247 plans to optimise the technology so that it could become the standardised platform to connect with other healthcare services providers in the future.
FishLog — FishLog is fisheries supply chains ecosystem. Our vision is to transform fragmented fisheries supply chains into an integrated and efficient ecosystem with reliable solutions that create value along fisheries network. Our mission is to be the largest fisheries network in Indonesia. Offer complete fisheries post-harvest management services. Creatinga transparant, fair-trade and sustainable transaction along fisheries ecosystem with all stakeholders in our network.

Gobi Partners: Leading Venture Capital in Asia. Accelerating Innovation, Fueling Success.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

RushOwl — RushOwl is a dynamic ride-sharing company that offers timely and affordable shuttle rides.
ChaZence — ChaZence is an environmental consulting and biotechnology company that manufactures, innovates, and designs naturally degradable materials for a sustainable lifestyle.
SkyeChip — Your Preferred cutting edge IP & IC Design solutions for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

WHO IS CRADLE?Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) is Malaysia's early stage start-up influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech start-ups through its Cradle Investment Programme (CIP).Throughout its 13-year history, Cradle has helped fund over 700Malaysian tech start-ups and holds the highest commercialisation rate amongst government grants in the country. Having more than a decade of experience in the nation's grant funding scene, Cradle further expanded its role from grant provider to investor through the establishment of its venture arm, Cradle Seed Ventures in 2015 and following its portfolio expansion to equity investment in early 2017, Cradle now offers both funding and investment assistance. Cradle's product offerings are not only restricted to monetary aid, but also include commercialisation support, coaching and various other value-added services to cater today's entrepreneurs' diversified needs.OUR MISSIONTo be the leading pre-seed, seed and start-up stage funding agency in Malaysia, that provides effective grant and equity funding, commercialisation support, coaching, and industry value-add to accelerate the growth of start-up companies.Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
Malaysia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lokein — Lokein is a Malaysia secure marketplace - Buy and sell preloved, vintage, second hand and bundle items.
Ulalive — No-code video call-to-actions for higher conversion marketing. Acquire leads, build pipelines easily with Ulalive
Shoppegram — Shoppegram is a SaaS platform designed for ease of use with a high conversion rate for small businesses.With Shoppegram focusing on core essentials feature only, it helps our users to build their online store fast and with ease. Focusing on business validation and conversion rate without the technical hassles.Shoppegram also does regulartraining and workshops to help small business owners kick starts their own online business using e-commerce. We provide e-learning content from core fundamentals to advance analysis to helps our merchants learn and grow easily.Shoppegram currently have over 21,000 users in Malaysia. Shoppegram was founded in 2013 and launched to the public on 30 August 2019.

Captii Ventures is a multi-stage investor in Southeast Asian start-ups. It invests in marketplace that facilitates better matching of supply and demand, new media publishers that disrupt traditional channels of communications, and start-ups that use technology to solve age-old enterprise problems.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Grant
Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Momos — Only restaurant management growth platform, purposely built to help brands grow through our combination of customer engagement, digital marketing and analytics tools.
Curlec — Online Payments India: Start Accepting Payments Instantly with Razorpay's Payment Suite, which Supports Netbanking, Credit Card & Debit Cards, UPI etc.
Sendhelper — Verified and licensed service providers | Attractive rates | Secure online payment | Guaranteed customer support

Indelible Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, E-Learning, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Orgtomic — The Employee Discovery Layer -Dynamic Org Chart Software and People Directory. Ideal for growth companies and remote teams. Get started for free on Orgtomic.
Shoppable Business — Shoppable Philippines B2B Marketplace
Aye Solutions — Find out more about the team at Aye Solutions, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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.

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SoLeLands — SoLeLands provides children with future-ready skills, virtues, and applied competences and inspires children to love learning.
Maka Motors — MAKA is dedicated to building the best electric motorcycles for Indonesian riders.
Zenith Learning Group — Zenith Learning Group's mission is to deliver a holistic, world-class education to learners across South East Asia through technology.

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
Openrec — Openrec is a live-streaming platform that focuses on game commentary and online event business.
Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is a private, secure online office suite. Discover an office with flexible deployment options and MS Office compatibility.

Vynn invests in entrepreneurs with strong operational involvement and capability to maintain a well-cultured team. Key industries for us are Travel, Property, Food & FMCG and Female Economics. We also focus on industry enablers such as logistics fulfilment and fintech in enhancing industry efficiencies.

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Bizbaz — Bizbaz offers financial intelligence solutions to financial institutions, fintech firms, e-commerce and telecommunication companies in Asia.With teams in Singapore, Israel, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia, Bizbaz offers a full suite of financial intelligence solutions, including but not limited to, comprehensive risk assessment, alternativecredit scoring, fraud detection, eKYC, financial product aggregation and recommendation systems.
WYZauto — WYZauto is an online marketplace that links luxury tyre wholesalers and auto repair facilities. WYZauto provides tire businesses with access to Thailand's largest tire inventory, references, and delivery choices.
MediSun Energy — MediSun Energy is a technology-driven company dedicated to providing clean and affordable energy. The company's WEGEN Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) technology transforms saltwater into electricity, unlocking the ocean's immense potential for renewable energy. Dedicated to achieving a net-carbon-neutral future, the goal is to build a worldpowered entirely by clean, sustainable energy through the seamless integration of commercial viability and eco-friendly solutions.

Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

FR8Labs — Optimize your freight business with our AI Freight Forwarding Software. Boost efficiency and stay ahead in logistics.
Saladin — Saladin is an online platform that provides life, health, automotive, and travel insurance services.
Klinik Pintar — Klinik Pintar membantu pasien mendapatkan layanan kesehatan primer terbaik di klinik, rumah, dan kantor.

IRR is a private equity fund and incubator, that identifies and works with talented individuals and companies to create the best possible platforms in the digital age, to meaningfully engage and serve clients and communities.

Investment focus

Shopping, Automotive, E-Commerce Platforms
Seed, Series A
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Carsome — Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.

We are DSG Consumer Partners - India & Southeast Asia's leading consumer-only venture capital fund. We partner with founders in the region to build world-class consumer brands.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Anveshan — At Anveshan, we make food products that are natural, healthy and chemical free. Anveshan provides the best quality food products through the use of technological solutions. We have cold-pressed/wood pressed oils, A2 vedic bilona ghee and super seeds for healthy diet and immunity boosting.
Moom Health — Moom creates supplements for the modern Asian woman
Koparo Clean — Natural, free of harmful chemicals & safe home & hygiene products made to international safety standards. Our products are kid-safe, pet-friendly, eco-friendly.

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.
Oneteam — We acquire small to medium businesses and help next-gen hardworking employees grow into capable owners of these businesses. Using digital-first solutions to drive growth, synergies and innovation, we collaborate with your employees to transform your business into global enterprises.
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.

UpHonest Capital is a sector agnostic early-stage VC based in Silicon Valley. We invest in Seed, Pre-A, and Series A stages and many of our portfolio companies go on to receive later-stage investments from Sequoia, Accel, a16z, and others. We have invested in over 400 portfolio companies including Checkr, Boom, Astranis, Rippling, Turing, etc. We have an overseas vision and an active innovative ecosystem, which integrates a high-quality entrepreneur community, innovation events, media & communication coverage, and entrepreneurship education.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Monetizy — Monetizy operates as a 24/7 AI Revenue Engine.
Palona AI — Bring your brand to life. Make your customers fall in love.
Cygnus Finance — Cygnus is a tool that helps different blockchains work together by allowing to share security and keep their networks safe.

We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectively India.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Stimuler — Your personal AI speech coach
Visa2Fly — Online visa application- Apply for a tourist visa online to top destinations like Dubai, UK, USA, Dubai, etc. hassle-free with Visa2fly. know more about Apply Visa Online- Visa2fly
Pallav Technologies — Pallav leverages AI to analyze customer applications, enhancing approval rates and improving loan repayments. Our cutting-edge machine learning models and deep technology integration provide real-time creditworthiness insights to banks.

Argor Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on the fast growing markets of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

ReturnKey — Returns Management for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and more to come. Sync to your e-commerce platform on Shopify, Magento, and Woocommerce.
Vigo Retail — Vigo Retail is an e-commerce platform that provides retail services by connecting suppliers, brands, and distributors.
SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.

TH Capital is a Malaysian based Venture Capital firm with strong South East Asian connections. TH Capital is a platform that empowers and accelerates ventures with capital infusion, business consultancy, strategic mentorship and strong networking opportunities. TH Capital occupies a unique position in the Malaysian funding landscape with a strongfocus on technology innovation geared towards nation building activities.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series B, Series A
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Moladin — Moladin adalah platform terpercaya untuk jual beli mobil bekas & baru dengan penawaran terbaik. Temukan berbagai merek, model, harga terjangkau, dan pastikan kualitas dengan inspeksi profesional. Nikmati transaksi yang aman, mudah, dan transparan di Moladin.
Igloohome — Explore Igloo's innovative smart locks: offline access, time-sensitive PINs, and versatile use. Perfect for homes, businesses, and even space!
Naluri Life — Naluri is a human-driven, AI-augmented digital health solution that delivers improvements in mental and physical health.

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.

Investment focus

AgTech, Drones, Fitness
Seed, Series A
Malaysia, China

Portfolio highlights

Botsync — Botsync builds autonomous mobile robots to automate and digitize movement of goods from point to point for the logistics and manufacturing industry. Our robots can carry payloads from 500 kg to 1 tonne and are designed to operate in dynamic environments. Botsync's AMRs can be implemented at new facilities in minimal time with very minimalchanges to the existing infrastructure. With our technology, we hope to pioneer and push for larger scale adoptions of robotic automation in Asia's logistics and manufacturing industry.
Poladrone — Founded in 2016, Poladrone is a drone technology company that focuses on putting forward drones as an industrial solution. We use autonomous drones and customised algorithms to collect and analyse data efficiently. Through integrating drones into existing commercial workflow, we aim to solve operational problems and increase revenues.Poladronehas two proprietary products, Airamap – a closed based platform providing aerial insights through simplified mapping process; and Oryctes – a customised agriculture spraying drone deigned for local crops such as oil palm. We are also official distributors of a number of world class brands namely DJI Enterprise, Sentera, FLIR and others to provide a complete solution to our customers.We are here to help you improve your business. Contact us today to discuss how we can work together.
Aonic (Formerly Poladrone) — Founded by a team of engineers, Aonic (Formerly Poladrone) is an all-in-one drone solutions provider for enterprises that are looking to modernise and streamline their operations workflow. A staple in the commercial drone industry, Poladrone is rapidly expanding beyond the skies and later rebranded into what we are today – Aonic, demonstrating ourcommitment to our clients to provide them with a holistic ecosystem beyond our core drone capabilities.

Cento Ventures is a venture capital firm specialised in early-stage startups, and we partner with founders who are building viable tech solutions to meet regional market demands.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand

Portfolio highlights

Finfra — From application to decisioning to operations - FINFRA provides the necessary infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services to their environment through a seamless integration.
ProCredit — ProCredit is a tech-enabled SME lender that emerging markets SME-lending experience, having held senior credit roles at Citigroup, Standard Chartered, ANZ, and the Asian Development Bank.
Sirius — Embrace Composable Applications by learning how a Digital Business Platform can get the best of your business!

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

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Japan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Servify — Servify offers the world's most advanced self-learning post-purchase service platform to deliver great customer experience. Integrating multiple partners of the post sales service ecosystem on a tech-driven unified intelligent platform, Servify provides Device Lifecycle Management Services for all devices that touch our daily lives.
Remind — Remind provides e-waste management and recycling solutions for electronic waste.
Netbank — Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets.

NFQ accelerates the success of entrepreneurs with a current team of 250 specialists delivering company-building services.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Raus — Book restful space in nature, near your city and outside your daily routine. Contemporary cabins around Berlin and across Germany. Book now at the official raus.life website.
Productpine — Discover, experience, and buy emerging brands and products from all over the world, at Productpine. Shop online through a personalized journey and be inspired!
The Naked Market — The Naked Market is a next-generation consumer products company that is creating a portfolio of food & beverage brands.

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding in Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other emerging hubs of innovation across the region. It has a long and strong track record of investing in early-stage startups and building champions like Grab, Patsnap, 17Live, Nium, FirstCry, Licious, AsianParent, Validus, Warung Pintar, and others.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Spyne — Remove background from any product image in seconds 100% automatically. No editing skills required! Single-click to change the image background.
Nuuk — Out with the old, in with the NUUK! Welcome to Nuuk, where the cool vibes of Greenland's capital inspire our line of home and kitchen appliances.
Pilgrim — Pilgrim - Premium International Brand | No Animal Testing, No Harmful Chemicals, Natural, Vegan Friendly, FDA Approved.

The Catcha Group has a proven track record of investing in small- to medium-sized businesses to achieve rapid growth, profitability, IPO, and beyond. We do this by taking sizable stakes in companies with the ability to alter or define markets and mentoring them to unlock their true potential. We love talking about ideas, finding ways to createvalue, and developing businesses to realize tremendous growth. We are always ready to work with our portfolio companies through challenges, celebrate their successes, and do whatever it takes to make them number one in their fields.

Investment focus

Internet, Real Estate, Property Management
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Carsome — Carsome is an online used car platform that provides efficient car selling services to individuals and entities. Through its online bidding portal, customers are able to sell their vehicles directly to dealers. Carsome facilitates the entire car selling process from inspection to valuation, bidding, and payment as well as logistics needs, allowingthe customers to sell their cars.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Malaysia, the company has expanded to Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore.
BoozeBud — Buy Beer, Wine & Spirits Online at Bottle Stop. Fast alcohol delivery, great prices & 5,000+ drinks. Shop now for your favourite liquor brands!
Common Ground — Ready to take your company to the next level? At Common Ground Coworking Space, we get your business done better with our workspaces & amenities. Learn more here.

Discover Susquehanna, a global quantitative trading firm built on a rigorous, analytical foundation in financial markets.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Dfns — Supercharge your platform with keyless custody as a service. One API to generate secure wallets, manage your crypto, sign transactions, set up business rules, monitor security, and more.
Lava — Lava is a Bitcoin lending platform.
Sporttrade — Sporttrade is a marketplace. We're the only regulated prediction market for betting. We make it easy to place, track, and sell your bet to make a profit.

First Move is a founder-led early stage VC that invests in visionary executives and founders building scalable, tech-enabled businesses for a better future in Southeast Asia

Investment focus

B2B, Pet, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

FinKnight — FinKnight offers new growth opportunities and financial management experience for companies. It bridges the gap by providing innovative financial leadership.
SaveDay — SaveDay is a smart tool to capture, organize and utilize your knowledge
Notti Pet Food — Malaysia's First Slow Baked Super Premium Pet Kibbles for Dogs & Cats! Grain-free & with 80% fresh meat.

Effective Shields is a investment firm.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

PayHalal — Islamic Fintech in internet payments gateway space and ewallet issuing space . Services include merchant acquiring. We are licensed by Malaysian Central Bank for merchant acquiring. PayHalal offers PSaaS for Islamic Digital Banks and payment gateways in the halal space.

Commerce.Asia integrates best of breed technology solutions, talent development, data analytics and insights for South East Asian businesses to succeed online.

Investment focus

Apps, Retail, E-Commerce
Corporate Round, Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

BizApp — BIZAPP is specifically designed for Android, iOS and Web users for all entrepreneurs, regular agents, dropship agents, stockists and HQs to manage booking data.
Kumoten — Kumoten is a Malaysia's largest dropship service provider. they help online retailers start and grow their business by taking away the risk of buying stocks.
Sitegiant — SiteGiant is Malaysia leading eCommerce shopping cart software solution provider, allowing online sellers to sell online effortlessly by syncing products from SiteGiant to various marketplaces (Lazada, Shopee, Zalora, Youbeli, WowShop and more), Facebook, Instagram and webstore.

Invest or sell private companies, funds and alternative assets with Fundnel, Southeast Asia's largest private investment technology platform, licensed and regulated by MAS

Investment focus

EdTech, Retail, Medical
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
India, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Eatcosys — Your Comprehensive Retail Scaling Solution
Impact Guru — ImpactGuru is a No.1 crowdfunding platform in India offering fundraising solutions for medical treatments, emergencies, NGOs & startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign now!

Q Cap is an investment firm.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

PayHalal — Islamic Fintech in internet payments gateway space and ewallet issuing space . Services include merchant acquiring. We are licensed by Malaysian Central Bank for merchant acquiring. PayHalal offers PSaaS for Islamic Digital Banks and payment gateways in the halal space.

Asad Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

PayHalal — Islamic Fintech in internet payments gateway space and ewallet issuing space . Services include merchant acquiring. We are licensed by Malaysian Central Bank for merchant acquiring. PayHalal offers PSaaS for Islamic Digital Banks and payment gateways in the halal space.

ZALORA is an e-commerce platform and website that provides fashion and footwear products. It provides users with clothing and footwear from fashion labels such as Mango, Nike, Puma, Casio, Calvin Klein, Levi's, and more.Users can view images of their desired fashion product and purchase it online. It also provides users with fashion tipsand advice. In addition, it offers users with an online magazine and discounts.ZALORA received $112 million private equity on December 3, 2013. It was launched in March 2012, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Investment focus

Coupons, Shopping, Wellness
Seed
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

iPrice Group — Shop now with the largest selection of top brands and products in the region - all in a single website! Discover new products, compare smartphone prices and products. Get the latest coupon and voucher codes for Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Grab Car, and more!
ThoughtFull — Manage stress, anxiety and depression better with affordable daily bite-sized therapy with our certified professionals from your phone anytime, anywhere to be the happiest you!

We partner with companies at an inflection point in their business, who are seeking flexible and customized financing, matched to their trajectory and needs.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Tabby — tabby provides consumers across the GCC with the flexibility to pay for their online and in-store purchases in interest-free installments. tabby helps over 2,000 leading retailers grow their sales.
Futurerent — Futurerent is a tool that offers solutions to residential property investors for investment capital and cashflow needs.
Downpayments — In the dynamic world of real estate, time is money, capital is power, and access to the down payment is the biggest barrier to creating wealth through property. Downpayments is on a mission to transform how Amercians purchase real estate, by financing the down payment and allowing the buyer to break their commitment into affordable, manageable payments that are interest-free, or at low rates.

Rekanext is a Southeast Asean focused venture capital fund based in Singapore. Rekanext invest in early stage startups and companies with potential to be unicorns in Southeast Asia!

Investment focus

Cyber Security, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

SepPure Technologies — SepPure Technologies specializes in organic solvent nanofiltration using chemical-resistant nanofiltration and hollow fibre membranes. Their solutions aid in decarbonising industries and achieving net zero goals by drastically reducing energy use and emissions.
Halofina — Halofina is a mobile app that helps young professionals to achieve their future need by giving them investment recommendation and portfolio tracking.
Scantist — Discover your secure, continuous, AI-driven DevSecOps solution. scan, remediate, and ensure security, licensing, and compliance across your software development lifecycle. Get Started Now!

Ganesh Kumar Bangah is an award winning Technology Entrepreneur and Startup iInvestor. Ganesh was the .Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Malaysia 2012 and one of Asia’s most influential people according to Society Magazine 2015. He was also recognised as one of South East Asia’s Top 30 Tech Founders by Tech In Asia in 2016 andwas recognized as one of the the most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs by Top 10 of Malaysia. He has received many accolades including being recognised by Top 10 of Malaysia as among the 10 most inspiring Malaysian technology entrepreneurs and by Society Magazine as one of the 100 people you must know in Asia. Ganesh founded his first internet business, MOL Global Inc. (“MOL”) in the year 2000 at the tender age of 20. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of MOL for 15 years since its inception. Ganesh was certified by the Malaysia Book of Records as the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a Malaysian public listed company when MOL was originally listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange in 2003. Through a series of acquisitions all over the world, he built MOL to become South East Asia’s leading online payment gateway and South East Asia’s first internet company to be listed on the NASDAQ in 2014. He was also the Founder and Director of MOL Ventures, an investment holding company which made successful private investments in global social media and mobile internet companies such as Facebook, Friendster and Kakao. Ganesh founded Commerce.Asia, and All In One eCommerce Ecosystem in 2017 anfwithin 3 years to have a database of over 8,000,000 SME's across 7 countries with over 61,000 sellers that sell RM1.5 billion (USD375m) worth of products.Commerce.asia's ecosystem includes Commerce.Asia Data, the largest SME database in South East Asia; Leading e-commerce platform, Sitegiant; Malaysia’s largest dropshipping platform, Kumoten; Malaysia’s largest direct-to-garment merchandise creation platform, Famsy and Malaysia's leading rural social commerce platform, Bizapp.Ganesh is a well respected industry leader and is currently the Immediate Past Chairman of the National ICT Association of Malaysia (“PIKOM”) and Chair of E-Commerce Malaysia, a Chapter of PIKOM. Ganesh is currently also on the Board of MaGIC, the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creative Centre.Ganesh has received many awards including as Overall Top Award Winner for the Prestige Top 40 Under 40 2012 Awards, Winner of the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Award 2009, Winner of the Technopreneur Excellence Award at the PIKOM ICT Leadership Awards in 2009 and Winner of the Young Indian Entrepreneur Award in 2009.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
Corporate Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

pitchIN — Your one stop crowdfunding platform
Sprintla — Mobile Print-On-Demand Application
Y Ventures Group — Based in Singapore, Y Ventures Group is a data-driven e-commerce company. Capitalizing on our data analytics capabilities, we partner with the world’s leading brands to sell their products in multiple countries across various online marketplaces. Y Ventures make sense of loose data with a customized data analytics dashboard. Visualize sales trendsin a glance and translate them into actionable that adds to the bottom line. Empower your supply chain management with more accurate sale forecasts.

Sea Unicorn

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Restaurants
Series A
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

TableApp — Dine in best restaurants in Malaysia and Thailand, book a table and get instant confirmation. Find out restaurant news, promotions, menus, photos and reviews. No reservation costs, 24 hours online restaurant reservation. All in TABLEAPP.com

Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Apata — Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers.
Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
The Coterie — https://blog.thecoterie.co/introducing-the-coterie-34e739cb85dcThe Coterie builds financial software for people who may make more from assets than salary. We offer founders access to venture capital investments, estate planning strategies and, coming soon, lending products. Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and ChrisBoies—have all founded and sold companies before. We built The Coterie, alongside our incredible team, because we saw the need for these products first hand, and we created the world we want to live in. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang (Doordash co-founder), and more. Loans are made by Coterie Finance LLCLoans are made by Coterie Finance LLC. Investment advisory services provided through The Coterie Management Co LLC. Not investing advice, no guarantee of future results.

A consulting company for start-up businesses.

Investment focus

Flowers, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

BloomThis — Send gorgeous flower boxes and bouquets or subscribe to premium fresh flowers every week. Enjoy free personalised card & photo with every order. Free same-day delivery in KL, Selangor, Penang & Johor Bahru.

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company develops various businesses with various customers based on the credit card business. The content of their business is Credit card business, debit card, prepaid card, other settlement business, loan business, guarantee business, gift card business, and other incidental businesses.It was established in 1967 and isbased in Tokyo, Japan.

Investment focus

Mobile, Payments, Point of Sale
Series A, Series B, Series C
Japan, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Soft Space — From its inception in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012, Soft Space has grown to become the leading mobile Point of Sales (mPOS) provider in the South East Asia region, present in 13 banks across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand.The Soft Space centralised Mobile Point-‐of-‐Salespayment platform aims to revolutionise the payment industry by enabling anyone to accept card based payments. It is certified EMV Level 2, the first in Asia to achieve this, and is also certified by MasterCard and Visa; a testament to its security, credibility and is recognised globally.Soft Space has won multiple awards including the Red Herring Top 100 Asia 2014, Merit Winner of the WITSA’s Global ICT Excellence Awards, APICTA’s Best Financial Application Award 2013, APICTA’s Best Start Up 2013, and AICTA’s award for the Best Start Up in the ASEAN region.
Origami Japan — Origami is a mobile platform for cashless payments with a mission to “Create the future of money, payment and commerce”. Established in 2012, Origami Pay is now rolled out nationwide at convenience stores, international fast food chains, taxis, department stores and shops across various verticals.
GMO FINANCIAL GATE — GMO FINANCIAL GATE is a company that has been involved in the payment business .

Teak Capital is a venture capital management firm based in Malaysia. The company believes in empowering entrepreneurs to think big and at the same time mastering the essential building blocks of managing a business from practicing right governance, holistic understanding of company financials, and seeking opportunities for the business.Teak lendsits expertise and advice in corporate matters and add value by giving new perspective to entrepreneurs in developing and strategizing for their business growth.

Investment focus

Baby, Biofuel, Children
Seed, Series D
Malaysia, Portugal, United States

Portfolio highlights

DigiLens — DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for theglobal automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries.
BioMimetx — BioMimetx is a biotech startup focused on the development of green antifouling solutions to prevent marine biofouling. The company discovers and owns environmental bacteria that secrete molecules, which are used as natural antimicrobials and algaecides. BioMimetx is based in Cantanhede, Portugal.
Applecrumby & Fish — Applecrumby & Fish is an online and offline baby store that offers various brands of baby products available both locally and internationally. The baby products are classified under the categories: bath and skincare, food and health, feeding, baby gear, diapers and potty, playroom, maternity, and school.Putto, Brush Baby, Tommee Tippee,Hot-Kid, Nordic Naturals, Annie’s Organic, Zoli, Munchkin, Avent, Clevamama, Attitude, Potette Plus, The First Years, Renova, Peaceable Kingdom, Mega Bloks, Emma-Jane, MooGoo, Stephen Joseph, and Thinkbaby are some of the brands available in Applecrumby & Fish’s stores.Applecrumby & Fish was founded in 2011 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.

Atami Capital is a privately-backed venture fund that acquires minority interests, working closely with existing management teams to create sustainable long-term value.

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Mobile
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Pop Meals — Expect exciting, locally trending meals at an affordable price! Now with dine-in, pickup and delivery .
90 Seconds — Shoot high quality video anywhere in the world with 90 Seconds.
Coffee Meets Bagel — Online dating can be different. Make Authentic Connections with Coffee Meets Bagel.

Pawoot is like an icon of Thailand online business. Many people call him "the godfather of E-Commerce"

Investment focus

Software, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Thailand, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

DayWork — People and Part-time marketplace
PEAK — PEAK (peakaccount.com) is one of the leading online accounting software provider in Thailand. We manage accounting record of almost 100,000 transactions valued over 2 billion bath per month. PEAK is a supported startup from True Incube and is invested by True, GSB, and SET. We won several awards and recognitions including winner prize for Ease ofDoing Business Solution, Design Innovation, True Incube Batch 2. We are not only providing online accounting software but we are building business infrastructure for future data-driven economy. We help SMEs in Thailand have a better accounting system and have a better chance of getting loan or money they need to expand their business.
Protoss Technology — Technology outsourcing company

FirstFloor Capital is a venture investment firm that invests in high-growth technology companies. The firm focuses on companies with unique competitive advantages, sustainable value propositions, and strong management teams. Its strength and global network enable the firm to help portfolio companies to expand routes to international markets andestablish strategic partnerships to accelerate growth.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Series C
Malaysia, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Supplycart.my — ADAM simplifies the entire procure-to-pay cycle and vendor management system in Malaysia. Procurement made easy with ADAM.
TheLorry — We offer a wide range of moving services from house moving to cross-border relocation.
Skeleton Technologies — Skeleton Technologies is the global leader in ultracapacitor & supercapacitor energy storage and helps companies in automotive, transportation, grid, and industry to save energy.

Apax is a leading global private equity advisory firm. For 50 years, Apax has worked to inspire growth and ideas that transform businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series C, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Cloud Account — Cloud Account is a financial software developer that uses CRS management and services in the accounting industry.
Swing Education — Swing Education transforms the way K-12 schools and substitute teachers connect, ensuring teacher absences are filled and student learning stays on track.
GAN Integrity — Streamline compliance with GAN Integrity's ethics and compliance management software. Ensure success with our comprehensive and configurable platform.

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Gatebox — It is a research laboratory beyond dimension" which is researching and developing to realize "a world where you can live with a character". Therefore, Gatebox Co., Ltd. refers to itself as "Gatebox Lab" and conducts research and development beyond dimension in the area of Akihabara day and night. Dreaming that day,coming to meet beyond dimension.
NABLA Mobility — Solving the complexities involved in the "Operation of Fleets" of Mobility and support its evolution and decarbonization
Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.

Matthias Wilrich is the VP Vehicles and Supply Chain at TIER Mobility.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Austria, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
MAYD — MAYD provides telepharmacy platform providing healthcare-related goods in a convenient way by delivering it to doorstep.
HELLO INSIDE — HELLO INSIDE is a scientific self care company empowering people to have data-driven conversations with their bodies. Unlock your best self.

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