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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Malaysia in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 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 April 2025

Investor	Marketplace Malaysia investments
Asia Venture Group	7
Quest Ventures	6
KK Fund	5
Cradle Seed Ventures	5
Gobi Partners	5
SOSV	4
Cradle Fund	4
Indelible Ventures	4
East Ventures	4
Orbit Startups	4
Captii Ventures	4
Vynn Capital	3
Accord Ventures	3
Venturra	3
TH Capital	2
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India	2
NFQ Capital	2
Catcha Group	2
ZB Capital	2
Susquehanna International Group	2
Cento Ventures	2
IdeaRiverRun	2
DSG Consumer Partners	2
Wavemaker Partners	2
UpHonest Capital	2
BEENEXT	2
M Venture Partners (MVP)	2
Argor Capital	2
InnoVen Capital	1
Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company	1
Crescent Capital	1
SeedPlus	1
Hoop Partners	1
Eric Tan	1
REAPRA	1
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad	1
Wei Guo	1
Perennial Partners	1
transcosmos Japan	1
Razer	1
Teak Capital	1
Atami Capital	1
Pawoot Pom Pongvitayapanu	1
FIRSTFLOOR CAPITAL	1
KDDI Open Innovation Fund	1
Apax Partners	1
Lazada Group	1
Incubate Fund	1
Crystal Horse Investments	1
500 TukTuks	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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Indelible Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

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

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.

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.

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 Malaysia: Start accepting payments with Curlec's payments suite, which supports FPX, Direct Debit, Credit Cards & Debit Cards, eWallets, DuitNow.
Sendhelper — Verified and licensed service providers | Attractive rates | Secure online payment | Guaranteed customer support

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.

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.

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.

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 — igloo's mission is to revolutionize the way property owners secure and manage access for their homes, buildings and shared assets, that works every time and anywhere around the world.
Naluri Life — Naluri is a human-driven, AI-augmented digital health solution that delivers improvements in mental and physical health.

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

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.
Attentive — Get automated takeoffs, create first-of-its-kind instant quotes, and manage leads with a lightning fast CRM.
Pilgrim — Pilgrim - Premium International Brand | No Animal Testing, No Harmful Chemicals, Natural, Vegan Friendly, FDA Approved.

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.

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.

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.

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 America's most dynamic sports betting platform. Sports betting, meet stock trading.

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 — Your Trusted Financing Partner Welcome to ProCredit THE PROCREDIT DIFFERENCE Our unique value proposition is built on the foundation of leveraging advanced technology and the deep domain expertise of the founders to offer rapid, accurate, and risk-adjusted financing solutions tailored to the nuanced needs of SMEs. With a commitment to filling the substantial credit gap...
Sirius — Embrace Composable Applications by learning how a Digital Business Platform can get the best of your business!

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

Hemptyful — Hemptyful's hemp seed-based goods include dips and cold-pressed oils made from premium hemp seeds, providing a high supply of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and critical components for a healthy and balanced diet
Ugaoo — Ugaoo is India's newest and greenest start-up with a vision to be the one stop shop for all gardening and farming needs. Being a retail online store, they have introduced a range of garden tools, and accessories, gardening seeds, plant protection and growth, organic gardening, gardening design ideas and a community where garden experts sharetheir knowledge and experiences. Apart from the widest range of products, Ugaoo also aims at providing sound and credible knowledge to India's avid gardeners and farmers while building a community for those who want to share their experiences and learn from one another.
Power Gummies — Simplifying Good Health for Healthy Hair & Nails, the perfect beach body, & PMS Gummies Vitamins with a Natural Blend of Nutrition & Antioxidants.

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

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.
M.AI Unbound, Inc — AI Agent built for Marketing to automate Marketer's workflows and maximize ROI.

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

bythen — bythen enables the production of autonomous 3D avatar bots powered by AI.
Zoplar — Zoplar operates a one-stop platform for all healthcare needs, offers a wide range of products for hospitals and clinics.
being juice — being juice is a fruit-based beverage brand specializing in freshly made juices and smoothies. Each of the recipes for our drinks has been specially curated with unique ingredients to bring out more than 20 different flavors.

M Venture Partners (MVP), based in Singapore, is an early stage investor and partner to innovative and disruptive start-up ventures that are founded by “professionally-skilled” entrepreneurs with vision, true-grit and passion to create a "built to last" different future. We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectivelyIndia.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

HD — HD is a healthcare and surgery marketplace, powering over 1,500+ healthcare providers including some of the biggest hospitals. HD connects patients to hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and surgeons while offering healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries. To date, over 250,000 patients have benefited frommore accessible and affordable healthcare and surgeries through the company's platform.
Tictag — Tictag's innovative mobile UI, allows your data science team to label your datasets efficiently and accurately. Let's talk data!
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.
PickUp Coffee — PickUp Coffee is a start-up that aims to increase the accessibility of espresso and milk-based beverages. PickUp Coffee is located in Taguig, Philippines.

InnoVen Capital is Asia's leading venture lending firm with offices in Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing. Started in India in 2008, the platform was re-branded InnoVen Capital following a buyout of the business led by Temasek Holdings and UOB Group in 2015. InnoVen Capital currently has investor commitments of US$200 million.In India, InnoVenCapital is positioned as the first and largest venture debt provider to venture capital backed start-ups in India across stages of growth and sectors. The Company has a credit rating of ‘IND AA-’ for its term borrowing and ‘IND A1+’ for its commercial paper issuances.InnoVen provides debt financing to high growth and innovative tech startups, and has since supported and provided over 190 loans to more than 150 start-ups across India and Southeast Asia. The platform offers multiple debt capital solutions, including venture debt, acquisition finance, growth loans, and syndication.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series A
India, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Atome — Atome makes Buy Now Pay Later easier and offers BNPL payment with 0% interest at various brands in Singapore
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.
Punch — Start trading options with confidence. Punch is a broker with single-screen trading & safety tools for part-time traders. If you're new to options, download Punch app.

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 .

Crescent Capital is a Belfast based venture capital fund manager

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Medical, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Lebanon

Portfolio highlights

Ostaz — Ostaz is a mobile and peer-to-peer educational platform connecting students seeking help in a specific course to qualified private tutors.
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.
Right Revenue — Right Revenue's hotel revenue management system is user-friendly, flexible & accurate. Maximise your hotel's revenue & add profit straight on the bottom line. Book your free demo today!

A new kind of seed venture firm, now closed to new investments.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Qoala — Asuransi online yang siap melindungi kamu dan orang tersayang, di mana aja, kapan aja. Premi murah, proses klaim mudah, dan 100% digital!
Homage — Homage is a trusted senior home care marketplace and technology platform seamlessly connecting seniors to the best quality of care on demand.The Homage platform uses a proprietary matching engine that pairs seniors with the best care professionals for their needs in real-time. Family members can schedule, manage, and monitor care visits throughHomage family app from anywhere, stay in communication with the care professional and get real-time information on the care their senior is receiving. Homage app will let family members know who visited their loved ones, how long they spent in the home, and what activities they did. Homage's technology allows it to send a Homage care professional to senior's house within 2 hours. Homage's app for care professionals lets them efficiently run their business, gives them better client information: a care plan individualized to each senior, helpful tips, ability to run on their own schedule, easy communication with the family members through their app.
EngageRocket — We help organizations make better people decisions using real-time analytics. Our customers use EngageRocket platform to measure and improve employee experience.

Hoop Partners specializes in real estate asset investing and asset management. Hoop Partners delivers property-level value creation, real estate services, and asset management services, as well as attractive funding packages from domestic lenders.

Investment focus

Internet, Education, E-Commerce
Series A
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

LiveIn — LiveIn is a hospitality company that offers long term room rental. Enjoy quality assured room, cleaning services, maintenance and community activities. Find out more!

Eric Tan is a CEO & Co-Founder at Instahome & he attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2013.

Investment focus

Rental, Internet
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Instahome — Instahome leverages new-age design and technology to help renters improve the home rental experience for tenants, agents, and landlords.

Through Research and Practice, we contribute to the betterment of society,by creating industries. We are a venture builder and investment group based in Singapore with a strategic focus on developing sustainable businesses.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Real Estate, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, Thailand, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

KarunStrategy — KarunStrategy assists in financial modelling, market research, competitive analysis, and a growth marketing plan. They are consistent with all available digital tools and channels that can enhance business. They promote growth by spotting opportunities, formulating a plan, following it out, and monitoring its effectiveness.
ITecMarin — ITecMarin provides information technology solutions for shipping industries.
impress.ai — Launched in 2017, impress.ai is a no-code, self-service platform that is highly focused on simplifying and accelerating various parts of the recruitment workflow. AI chatbots are utilised to create a seamless interview experience for candidates, answering queries with a 96 percent accuracy rate while simultaneously providing assessments andassigning an overall metric value to the candidate. Based on industrial organisation (I/O) psychology, the AI algorithm can be localised to account for different hiring regulations, language, practices and cultural sensitivities to help enterprises stay agile in the dynamic world of recruitment.

Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) is the Nation’s leading technology financier that provides innovative and flexible financing solutions, specialised funding programs, industry expertise, as well as advisory services to technology entrepreneurs. Incorporated on 23 April 2002 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance, Inc., MDVhas been entrusted to provide financing for projects in all technology sectors including ICT, Biotechnology, Green Technology and other emerging technologies at the point of commercialisation. With a fund size of RM4.1 billion, MDV plays developmental roles in assisting technopreneurs to scale up commercially for market access, increase probability to penetrate and meeting up market potential demands, as well as provide funding that will trigger potential commercialisation of the products. To date, MDV has disbursed over RM8.1 billion worth of financing to over 600 technology projects.

Investment focus

Baby, Content, Parenting
Seed, Series A
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Nuren Group — Nuren Group is a digital media company & service provider in parenting education, maternity wellness and women livelihood.
Digital Media Nusantara — Digital Media Nusantara is a media company that operates and manages a stable of brands which include The ASEAN Post, Spotlight Labs, Reimagining Southeast Asia, and Discovery Technologies, the unique ASEAN-focused financial markets’ infrastructure technology that is currently in development.

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.

Perennial Partners is a specialist, active investment management firm. Formed in 2000 and led by well-known Value investor, John Murray. The company's sole focus is to deliver excellence in funds management through equity ownership and the alignment of interests between key investment management staff and our clients. Perennial Value nowmanages over $5 billion on behalf of institutional and retail clients.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Australia, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

LinkBy — Linkby turns content into sales and connects high quality content creators with premium advertisers. Make your brand famous with cost-per-click press releases.
InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.

Transcosmos is a Japan-based company principally engaged in outsourcing. It mainly provides call center, business process outsourcing, and digital marketing services, including inbound and outbound, fulfillment, support desk, web integration, marketing research, and more. In 2014, it expanded its services to specifically cater to the eCommerceindustry, providing end-to-end e-commerce solutions.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Advertising, Logistics
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, Brazil, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Wodca — Wodca is the developer of a Token Wallet service that can distribute virtual currency in real time.
GDX — No.1 SaaS and Sustainable Brand EC Enabler and Omni Channel Solution in Southeast Asia and India Chat GPT and AI Robot take over EC operation from manpower. From Silicon Valley US, Bangalore India and Tokyo Japan to the worldThe growth of the EC market is hindered by the limited capacity and capability of human resources to build and operate ECbusinesses.GDX solves the problem of limited human resource capacity and capability with high-level planning and project management capabilities using AI robots and stable operations at low cost using ChatGPT.GDX will contribute to the economic growth of Southeast Asia and India by sustainably expanding the EC market using cutting-edge IT technology.
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.

Razer is a world leader in connected devices and software for gamers. Razer is transforming the way people play games, engage with other gamers and identify with the gamer lifestyle. Having won the coveted “Best of CES” award consecutively for six years, the company’s leadership in product innovation continues to create new categories for thegaming community that is estimated to have over 1 billion gamers worldwide. Razer’s award-winning design and technology include an array of user interface and systems devices, voice-over IP for gamers and a cloud platform for customizing and enhancing gaming devices. Founded in 2005, Razer is backed by Intel Capital, IDG-Accel and Heliconia Capital Management (Heliconia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek.

Investment focus

PC Games, Financial Services, Software
Series A, Post-IPO Equity, Pre-Seed
Singapore, Malaysia, Australia

Portfolio highlights

0XVM — 0xVM is a Infrastructure of rollup L2s in Bitcoin. And it's an EVM-compatible execution layer on Bitcoin. It brings Bitcoin to the next level by enabling Turing-complete smart contracts. 0xVM operates directly within Bitcoin's consensus layer, integrating an execution layer and a data consistency layer. By offering a platform forprogrammability on Bitcoin, 0xVM resonates with the BTC community's vision and principles and offers a scaling approach that enhances Bitcoin's utility while retaining its integrity.
Mintroute — Mintroute specializes in prepaid distribution solutions like digital payments, e-voucher generation, gift cards and self-service kiosks.
XProtocol — XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies.

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.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto),which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MOSH Japan — MOSH is a web page creation services for individual business owners.
Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.
Turing — Turing develops and manufactures fully autonomous vehicles.

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.

Lazada is the number one online shopping and selling destination in Southeast Asia – present in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Lazada helps more than 100,000 local and international sellers, as well as 2,500 brands, serve the 560 million consumers in the region through its marketplace platform, supportedby a wide range of tailored marketing, data, and service solutions. Lazada offers an excellent customer experience through a wide network of logistics partners and it's own first- and last-mile

Investment focus

Coupons, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

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!
TNG Digital — TNG Digital is an e-wallet operator of digital wallet and online payment platform for urban mobility. The company allows users to make payments at over 280,000 merchant touch points via QR code, pay for tolls, street parking, payment on e-hailing, car-sharing apps or taxis via RFID or PayDirect, pay bills, top-up mobile prepaid, pay for purchaseson e-commerce websites or apps, order food delivery, perform peer-to-peer money transfers, renew car insurance and purchase unique insurance plans, and purchase movie, bus, trains, and airline tickets.TNG Digital was founded in July 2017 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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

Kaguoku — Kaguoku develops and provides the AI-based home staging services. It offers a service that uses AI to process interior photos of real estate properties to increase the property's ability to attract customers.
Time Prediction — Time Prediction focuses on development of diagnostic pharmaceuticals, drugs and medical devices for the treatment of neurological diseases.
Mjolnir Spaceworks — Mjolnir Spaceworks desings and manufactures state-of-the-art novel space rockets with efficient engines as well as other space equipments.

CHI is engaged in investment activities and financial services; a place providing ideas on how to manage and maximise your money and assets.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

SourceSage — SourceSage (Pte. Ltd.) is a venture-backed technology company headquartered in Singapore, with operations in Malaysia, India, China, Japan, Middle East and North America. We built the world's first Amazon of Market Information, which transforms data into real-time business opportunities. SourceSage offers B2B professionals the ability tocheck real-time market information & data (Data as a Service), use that to connect to real-time enquiries and quotations (Brokerage as a Service), and to integrate with third apps for marketing automation (Software as a Service). Today, SourceSage technology platform has empowered more than 10,000 business professionals and companies across nearly 100 countries. Our user base has grown by more than 1000% year on year since 2015, and they are from companies such as P&G, Unilever, Nestle, Solvay, Sinolight Group, Shell, Sabic, etc.SourceSage is perfect for sales, marketing, traders, procurement professionals, distributors, suppliers, wholesalers, freight forwarders, agents, importers & exporters in fast-moving & volatile industries.
Properhands — ProperHands is a Singapore-based provider of home and office cleaning services. It provides this service through intelligent and automated matching of legal freelance cleaners to customer requests. This proprietary technology uses multiple data points including geolocation (finding jobs nearby), skill matching, preferences (can manage dogs),language matching (can speak English), among many other attributes in our database. This increases the quality of service to the customer as well as increases convenience and job fit for the freelance cleaner.
Capital Match — Get a business loan in as short as 48 hours at lower interest rates than banks. Apply now or talk to us about peer-to-peer lending.

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.

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