Top 10 Marketplace Startup Investors in Sri Lanka in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Sri lanka. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Sri lanka. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Marketplace Startup Investors in Sri Lanka in December 2024

Investor	Marketplace Sri Lanka investments
BOV Capital	7
Lankan Angel Network (LAN)	4
Western Economic Diversification Canada	1
SBI Ven Capital	1
Zephyr Management	1
Bernard Sinniah	1
Norfund	1
Heissam Hartmann	1
Suranga Priyashantha	1
nVentures	1

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BOV Capital is a Venture Capital Firm based in Sri Lanka and Singapore.BOV Capital was established to help Sri Lankan startups capture regional and global opportunities.BOV Capital will engage with ventures across all aspects of the business.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Sri Lanka, India, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

nCinga — We are a technology investment and venture builder platform. We work on ideas and businesses demonstrating to create value leveraging data affinity, and automation.
Linear Squared — Linear Squared is specialized in data science and advanced analytics solutions in Sri Lanka and is home to the country's best resources in AI and ML and other big data technologies.
Roar Media — Unlock your content potential with Roar Media. We specialize in creating platform-specific content for global brands and agencies at scale.

LAN is a group of investors who have a passion for promoting entrepreneurship. LAN comprises of individual investors, venture capitalist, and angel investors. First of its kind in Sri Lanka, LAN was officially launched with the purpose of bringing together the Sri Lankan investor and mentor community and to scale the startup ecosystem.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Credit
Seed, Series A
Sri Lanka

Portfolio highlights

OMAK — Discover advanced POS software, inventory management, & stock control systems to streamline your business. Manage sales, stock, & orders efficiently with OMAK.
Mintpay — Mintpay is an online payment platform that allows customers to buy things and pay for them over time. Customers can split the cost of their online purchase into three interest-free installments and are always rewarded for their prompt repayment. They give the modern and savvy shopper the ability to buy now and pay later, allowing them to own theirshopping freedom. Mintpay was launched in 2020 and is headquartered in Sri Lanka.
ZigZag.lk — Zigzag Online Women's Clothing Store in Sri Lanka delivering Internationally. Find the latest women's fashion online at zigzag.lk. With 100s of new styles every month from dresses, tops, tshirts, denims, pants categories. Shop Now. Look out for party wear, work wear, denim, linen outfits from the available styles.

As Canada's regional economic development agency for Western Canada, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) strives to maintain Western Canada’s competitive position by investing in projects and activities that help improve productivity and competitiveness through the development, adoption and commercialization of new technologies andbusiness processes. WD also supports higher value-added production and access to international markets.Abundant natural resources, thriving technology and services sectors, and low business costs make Western Canada an attractive place to do business. Its geographic proximity to Asian markets, access to inland and sea ports, and excellent transportation services to locations throughout North America have created increased efficiencies in exporting products to international markets.Western Canada is a significant contributor to the overall Canadian economy. In 2014, Western Canada accounted for 38% of Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) by industry and 42% of Canada’s exported goods.1 Western Canada’s export activity is closely linked to the largest economy in the world, the United States, and increasingly to the large and growing economies of the Asia-Pacific. The United States is Western Canada’s closest trading partner accounting for roughly 77% of goods exported from Western Canada in 2014. In the same year, exports to the Asia-Pacific region accounted for roughly 15% of Western Canada’s total exports; a 24% increase over the past 5 years.2Economic growth in Western Canada is anchored by the natural resources sector, with resource-based goods accounting for approximately 68% of total exported products in 2014. This focus has been a benefit to the economy by providing the foundation for the creation of industry clusters in sectors such as mining, forestry, oil and gas and agriculture.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
Canada, Sri Lanka, United States

Portfolio highlights

Co.Labs — We work with exceptional founders & teams to navigate the path from idea to $1M in annual revenue.
Platform Calgary — Platform Calgary focuses on supporting Calgary's innovation-driven companies by providing access to space, programming, and advocacy, while also championing the vision for the new Platform Innovation Centre's design, activity, and culture. The firm is formerly known as Calgary Technologies Inc. and rebranded as Platform Calgary in 2019.
Virtual Gurus — Our virtual assistants provide superhero admin support to help busy organizations accomplish more. Find out today how our assistants in Canada and the United States can help you.

SBI Ven Capital, founded in 2007 and based in Singapore, is a private equity firm that invests in financial services and technology sectors across Asia.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India, Vietnam, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Bluwhale — Unlock Web3 Wallet Potential with AI Insights. Supercharge Your Business Growth
Chainstack — Chainstack is a leading blockchain infrastructure providing company. Build, run and scale blockchain applications using Chainstack nodes.
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.

Since 1994, they have sponsored 22 funds with approximately $1.2 billion in committed capital which are managed from their offices in New York, London and Bangalore.With a global network of partners, Zephyr is positioned to identify sustainable secular growth changes which lead to attractive investment opportunities for their investors.While their focus is on the creation and execution of innovative investment strategies, the operating style is conservative and sustainable.Managers strictly adhere to their respective mandates and investments are selected based on rigorous fundamental research. Today, Zephyr manages investment funds in India and Sri Lanka, and they are actively researching new investment opportunities around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Education
Private Equity, Series A, Series B
India, Kenya, Sri Lanka

Portfolio highlights

Ripplr — Ripplr is a full-stack tech distribution and logistics player that offers data-driven analytics and plugs and play system.
ZUMI — ZUMI connects apparel wholesalers and retailers in a transparent, affordable marketplace. It empowers women retailers with the technology, logistics, and financial services to scale. Through ZUMI, customers order via SMS, call, or with a ZUMI Agent. It collects orders from suppliers early each morning. Its logistics partners deliver to customerswithin 18 hours of ordering then customers pay with mobile money.ZUMI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Bernard Sinniah

Investment focus

Credit, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Sri Lanka

Portfolio highlights

Mintpay — Mintpay is an online payment platform that allows customers to buy things and pay for them over time. Customers can split the cost of their online purchase into three interest-free installments and are always rewarded for their prompt repayment. They give the modern and savvy shopper the ability to buy now and pay later, allowing them to own theirshopping freedom. Mintpay was launched in 2020 and is headquartered in Sri Lanka.

Norfund is the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries with 24.9 bill. NOK in total commitments (2019).

Investment focus

Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Private Equity, Debt Financing
Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SAEL — SAEL is the brand for an end-to-end solution for agro-energy products and services. They have successfully forayed into procurement, processing, refining, warehousing, and distribution of rice, rice by-products, solvent extraction, and renewable energy solutions. They are into technological innovation, sustainable energy creation, conversion, andutilization, powering sustainable and scalable farming practices, and promoting and safeguarding the interests of producer-consumer interests. They have rice mills, and the main product is different varieties of rice. They also have biomass and solar-based power plants and are expanding solar and biomass power plants. They also have a warehouse for food storage.
Xurya — Xurya is a renewable energy platform in providing commercial and industrial rooftop owners access to solar lease product on one side. And investors access to a stable and safe investment in rooftop solar plants on the other side. Both are achieved by maintenance service which enables both parties peace of mind.
Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.

Over 15 years experience in the Internet industry back Heissam Hartmann's solid knowledge about the online business.Prior to joining Rebate Networks as the Vice President of Eastern Europe, Heissam was Head of International Business Development at the largest German online fashion shopping club brands4friends. Before that, Heissam was CEOof the online postcard service AhaOho, which sent real postcards, and was soon successfully sold to Greetz.As the former Marketing & Business Development Director from the biggest German online video community MyVideo, Heissam, worked on new concepts for new media and video advertising within the online and media industry.He started his career as one of the first staff members at the German auction platform Alando.de, which was acquired by eBay in 1999. He grew with the company as Head of Entertainment on to the position of Senior Manager, helping to build up eBay Switzerland and Austria from the scratch.On an entrepreneurial level he co-founded various companies and, as a Business Angel, advises start-ups in building and growing their businesses. Following his passion he also co-founded fashion brands and personally supported motion pictures and music projects.As the founder of Passiontainment, he advises influential people from the entertainment & sports industries and celebrities on their internet strategies and by that, bridges the worlds between influential investors and up-and-coming startups.