Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Malaysia in September 2025

Investor	Media (entertainment) Malaysia investments
Cradle Fund	5
Cradle Fund	5
Waterdrip Capital	2
Worshipper Capital	2
Adobe Fund for Design	2
N7 Labs	2
Waterdrip Capital	2
Angel One Network	2
Catcha Group	2
Catcha Group	2
Gobi Partners	2
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad	2
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad	2
Adobe Fund for Design	2
Skywater Capital	2
Momentum 6	2
IDC Ventures	2
Redline Blockchain Capital	2
Redline Blockchain Capital	2
Lotus Capital	2
IDC Ventures	2
Worshipper Capital	2
Momentum 6	2
Skywater Capital	2
Oasis Capital	2
Gobi Partners	2
Lotus Capital	2
Quest Ventures	2
N7 Labs	2
Angel One Network	2
Quest Ventures	2
Oasis Capital	2
Sky UK	1
PhillipCapital	1
Arco Partners	1
Jungle Ventures	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
InnoVen Capital	1
NewTribe Capital	1
OSK Ventures International	1
Emtek Group	1
Emtek Group	1
Benjamin Ball	1
pitchIN	1
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation	1
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation	1
Indelible Ventures	1
Jungle Ventures	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
Evolution Media	1

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 — High conversion system in 3 easy steps. Upload, setup & launch.

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.

Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Singapore, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

TonUP — TonUP offers cryptocurrencies as well as IDO services.
4Everland — 4EVERLAND is a Web 3.0 cloud computing platform that integrates storage, computing, and network core capabilities.
Ordz Games — Ordz Games is a gaming provider for the Bitcoin eco-chain.

Worshipper Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.

Shape the future of design and creativity through the Adobe Fund for Design. This $10 million fund provides equity investments and grants to developers. Fund recipients will receive expert advice, early access to products and technology, go-to-market support, and more.

Investment focus

Web Design, Developer Tools, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CAGE — Creative collaboration just got easier. With Cage, you can design, revise, & share assets quickly & securely with clients. Collaborate better to celebrate sooner.
zeroheight — zeroheight creates a central hub for designers, engineers, product and marketing teams. Connect everyone with your design system.
LottieFiles — Effortlessly bring the smallest, free, ready-to-use motion graphics for the web, app, social, and designs. Create, edit, test, collaborate, and ship Lottie animations in no time!

N7 Labs is a San Diego-based consulting and retail organization.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Singapore, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

TonUP — TonUP offers cryptocurrencies as well as IDO services.
4Everland — 4EVERLAND is a Web 3.0 cloud computing platform that integrates storage, computing, and network core capabilities.
Ordz Games — Ordz Games is a gaming provider for the Bitcoin eco-chain.

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Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Angel, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs

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.

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 & Gifts Online - Bottle Stop, delivered to your door. Over 5,000 drinks, fast checkout, reliable delivery and loyalty rewards with great specials on your favourite 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.

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.
SleekFlow — SleekFlow makes customer messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook connected to one platform for teams to better support and engage customers.
nanoSkunkWorkx — nanoSkunkWorkX develops nanotechnology for AGI scaling and allergy biosensing.

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.

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.

Shape the future of design and creativity through the Adobe Fund for Design. This $10 million fund provides equity investments and grants to developers. Fund recipients will receive expert advice, early access to products and technology, go-to-market support, and more.

Investment focus

Web Design, Developer Tools, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Malaysia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CAGE — Creative collaboration just got easier. With Cage, you can design, revise, & share assets quickly & securely with clients. Collaborate better to celebrate sooner.
zeroheight — zeroheight creates a central hub for designers, engineers, product and marketing teams. Connect everyone with your design system.
LottieFiles — Effortlessly bring the smallest, free, ready-to-use motion graphics for the web, app, social, and designs. Create, edit, test, collaborate, and ship Lottie animations in no time!

Skywater Capital is a cryptocurrency digital asset index fund.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

Building momentum for ideas in WEB3.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NodeOps — Experience seamless node deployment and management through a permissionless, incentivized, and secure node infrastructure orchestration layer
RiskLayer — RiskLayer is an economic security middleware for DeFi and providing services and validating Creating positive feedback loops.
E Money Network — E Money Network is a modular Real-World Asset (RWA) blockchain technology designed with compliance at its core.

IDC Ventures is the venture capital arm of Grupo IDC, a Latin American investment bank founded in 1995. Grupo IDC’s activities cover Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Corporate Finance, and a Guatemalan Broker-Dealer. For the past decade, IDC has been involved in technology start-ups through co-managed funds, directinvestments, and joint ventures, working with tech companies to accelerate their penetration and expansion across LATAM. The latest fund is created by a select group of corporate leaders, successful entrepreneurs. and venture capitalists from Latin America.This fund will invest in tech start-ups from Series A to growth stages across Europe, the US, and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Curve — Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015.
Tradeshift — Tradeshift is a supply chain network, Tradeshift is a market leader in e-invoicing and accounts payable automation and an innovator in supplier financing and B2B marketplaces.
Marco — Marco provides access to fast, flexible financing so you can manage cash flows and invest in growth. Factoring made easy.

Redline Blockchain Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.

Redline Blockchain Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

Lotus Capital Investments

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
Funding Round, Seed
Egypt, Norway, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

IDC Ventures is the venture capital arm of Grupo IDC, a Latin American investment bank founded in 1995. Grupo IDC’s activities cover Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Corporate Finance, and a Guatemalan Broker-Dealer. For the past decade, IDC has been involved in technology start-ups through co-managed funds, directinvestments, and joint ventures, working with tech companies to accelerate their penetration and expansion across LATAM. The latest fund is created by a select group of corporate leaders, successful entrepreneurs. and venture capitalists from Latin America.This fund will invest in tech start-ups from Series A to growth stages across Europe, the US, and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Taiv — Taiv enhances live TV in bars & restaurants with bettercontent, commercials, automation, and control. No risk, no cost, cancel any time. Oh - and we'll pay you every month.
Osigu — Osigu provides an insurance management platform intended to be used for data processes and data transfers. The company's insurance management platform helps in all the transactions and data transfers that happen between insurance providers, insurance partners, and the customers eliminating all the over processed and haphazard paperwork foundin the back end systems, enabling clients with a reliable and efficient technology that helps them to serve their millions of customers easily without any hassle.The company was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Guatemala.
Marco — Marco provides access to fast, flexible financing so you can manage cash flows and invest in growth. Factoring made easy.

Worshipper Capital is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.

Building momentum for ideas in WEB3.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NodeOps — NodeOps Network is the leading chain-agnostic, AI-powered DePIN Orchestration layer for general-purpose Compute, economically secured by Autonomous Verifiable Services (AVS)
RiskLayer — RiskLayer is an economic security middleware for DeFi and providing services and validating Creating positive feedback loops.
E Money Network — E Money Network is a modular Real-World Asset (RWA) blockchain technology designed with compliance at its core.

Skywater Capital is a cryptocurrency digital asset index fund.

Investment focus

Social, Mobile Apps, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.

Oasis Capital Ghana Limited was established in February 2009 under the laws of the Republic of Ghana as a growth and venture capital fund manager. We seek to provide risk capital in the form of equity, quasi-equity and profit-sharing facilities to entrepreneurial businesses in Africa. We also offer a business development service to investeecompanies as part of our value proposition. By combining finance and BDS, Oasis is able to leverage its analytical approach to better mitigate risk, improve the business models of our clients and realize sustainable returns for our stakeholders.

Investment focus

Property Development, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ghana, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

appsNmobile — appsNmobile solutions is a Payment Gateway provider and software development firm in Ghana.
FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks
Tangia — Tangia is an all in one platform that allows content creators to supercharge their viewer engagement, boost income, and unleash viewer creativity

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Bateriku — Bateriku provides emergency roadside assistance for car breakdowns and car battery delivery in Malaysia with nationwide coverage. Learn more here!
FinKnight — FinKnight offers new growth opportunities and financial management experience for companies. It bridges the gap by providing innovative financial leadership.
Amity — Discover Amity, where we create digital solutions that help organizations, teams and individuals achieve more through technology and social innovation.

Lotus Capital Investments

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Mobile Apps
Funding Round, Seed
Egypt, Norway, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
Forward Protocol — Create Blockchains, Subnets, and dApps with A No-Code Interface Wordpress for Web 3.0 Cross-Chain Compatible Industry Agnostic Adoption-Focused Deploy Your dApp Now Join the Community Featured In Deploy and go live in a few minutes. No programming skills required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07z8cQPQGI&ab_channel=ForwardProtocol Lowest Barrier to Entry Easy to use Open Source Drag and drop Complete control Set
The Fashion Kingdom — Fashion, Sneakers for men, women, and kids

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

N7 Labs is a San Diego-based consulting and retail organization.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.

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Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Angel, Seed, Series A
Canada, United States, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Torum — Torum is the SocialFi ecosystem (Social + NFT + DeFi + Metaverse) that is specially designed to connect cryptocurrency users. The Web3.0 ecosystem is built on a social media platform, coupled with a yield farming platform for DeFi players, an NFT marketplace for crypto artists and Avatar NFT for Metaverse enthusiasts.
Coldblock — Coldblock Technologies Inc delivers short wave infrared sample digestion technology to prepare samples for analysis, accuracy and safety.
fraction/al — Fan Ownership Platform that empower fans to own a piece of their favorite sports team.

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

Oasis Capital Ghana Limited was established in February 2009 under the laws of the Republic of Ghana as a growth and venture capital fund manager. We seek to provide risk capital in the form of equity, quasi-equity and profit-sharing facilities to entrepreneurial businesses in Africa. We also offer a business development service to investeecompanies as part of our value proposition. By combining finance and BDS, Oasis is able to leverage its analytical approach to better mitigate risk, improve the business models of our clients and realize sustainable returns for our stakeholders.

Investment focus

Property Development, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ghana, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

FanAnywhere — Your one-stop blockchain solution for a celebrity to engage the fan base, exclusive Fan Tokens, exchange in FAW pairs & own exclusive celebrity artworks
Polly Polymer — Polly Polymer is a manufacturer of 3D printing terminals. They are engaged in the research and development of dental and medical polymer materials and 3D printing for sports equipment, medical devices, consumer electronics, automobiles, and other industries, enabling clients to shorten the research and development cycle and reduce costs. PollyPolymer, with its superior materials and large-scale 3D printing production, has become a catalyst for corporate digital intelligent manufacturing transformation, upgrading, and innovation.
Tangia — Tangia is an all in one platform that allows content creators to supercharge their viewer engagement, boost income, and unleash viewer creativity

Sky is Europe’s leading Entertainment Company, serving 22 million customers across satellite, OTT and broadband in five countries: Italy, Germany, Austria, the UK and Ireland. Sky offers the best and broadest range of content, deliver market-leading customer service and use innovative new technology to give customers a better TV experience,whenever and wherever they choose.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Software, Video
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

iflix — Visit WeTV to find more videos
Loopster — Download Loopster iPhone/iPad video editing app to create social media, education, and professional presentation videos. Shoot, edit, carve, splice, add text comments, slow-motion effect, etc. with Loopster video editing app.
Papercup — Next-gen AI Dubbing service that automates video translation. Create new voices in other languages for your video content at scale and increase your ROI.

Phillip Capital offers secure, transparent global market access with institutional-grade clearing and execution since 1975. Serving North America, Europe, and Asia.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

WORQ — WORQ is Malaysia's biggest co-working space. WORQ creates a large and most productive co-working community, taking care of all workplace needs and facilitating deeper connection.
Helicap — Explore the world of private credit investing, a powerful approach to impactful lending and investment in alternative opportunities. Discover the benefits of deal structuring and the potential for high yield while making a positive social and environmental impact.
Capital C Corporation — Capital C Corporation is a Singapore-based financial services provider. Capital C Corporation capitalises on fintech and the best emerging technologies in the market to provide financial services to the under-served in Singapore.

Arco Partners is a venture support and investment company.

Investment focus

Apps, Recruiting, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B
Japan

Portfolio highlights

Univrs — UNIVRS is a popular market and entertainment platform.
Trois-re — Trois-re is a Educational Platform
TOY EIGHT — TOY EIGHT is dedicated to unlocking and nurturing children's potential through innovative play-based learning experiences.

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

XWeave — Xweave enables real time & competitive cross-border payments with no pre-funding
CityMall — CityMall is a social e-commerce venture, backed by Elevation Capital, aiming to help the 200-300 million new to Internet users realize the power of Internet
Sanlayan — Sanlayan Technologies is a Bengaluru-based aerospace and defense electronics startup that specializes in designing and developing advanced electronic systems such as radar, electronic warfare, and mission-critical avionics, focusing on indigenous technology to enhance India's self-sufficiency in defense electronics.

M12 is Microsoft's venture capital fund. We invest in early-stage technology companies disrupting the enterprise.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

AIGT — AIGT is an AI-based company that specializes in the innovation and development of application of AI technology. It is a company owned by Hong Kong Yimi Countryside Holdings Group.
Neon — The database you love, on a serverless platform designed to help you build reliable and scalable applications faster.
CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations

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
Emversity — Beyond Odds focuses on upskilling the workforce and offers support to yhe healhcare industry.
Rainforest Life — Rainforest buys e-commerce brands and grows them with a focus on long-term success. They believe that being part of Rainforest improves the brands’ longevity, financial returns, and sustainability outcomes.

NewTribe Capital specializes in early-stage Web3 blockchain investments in Asia, Europe, and MENA. Discover our portfolio, team, etc.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
Singapore, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Rivalz Network — Rivalz is creating The first AI Intel Layer, powered by a DePIN-based RollApp on Dymension using Celestia/EigenDA.
SecondLive — SecondLive is a diversified metaverse focused on building social networks and supporting creator economic activities.
KIP Protocol — KIP Protocol is a decentralised AI framework unlocking digital property rights of Knowledge Assets in the AI-powered future.

OSKVI was established in year 2000 and is the venture capital and private equity affiliate of OSK Holdings Berhad. OSKVI was listed on the then Malaysia Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation Market (“MESDAQ Market”) (now known as the ACE Market) of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) on 8 September 2004.TheOSKVI Group has an established presence in the private equity and venture capital industry in the region. Since inception, they have successfully invested, nurtured and divested several companies from various industries.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
Malaysia, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

StoreHub — StoreHub is an all-in-one POS system that helps future-proof F&B and retail businesses in Southeast Asia. Manage and grow your business, anytime, anywhere.
Versa Asia — Versa is a digital wealth management app that makes saving and investing easy and accessible, so you can achieve financial wellness.
Hubble.Build — Build better, faster, safer and cost-effective with our construction management software. Learn how to digitise and automate your construction worksite workflows.

Emtek, Elang Mahkota Teknologi

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

AMILI — Asian Microbiome Library microbiome company and a stool bank serving as a hub for gut microbiome therapy.
TipTip — Platform pilihan para content creator untuk berinteraksi dengan fans serta menambah penghasilan. Ikuti sesi live video/kelas online dari Creator hingga topik favorit kamu, atau buat sesi kamu sendiri dan raih penghasilan tambahan! Cek www.TipTip.tv untuk info lebih lanjut.
Genexyz — Coming Soon Get ready for a revolution! Our upcoming website is poised to redefine your online experience. Unleash the future of innovation and stay tuned for an extraordinary journey.

Emtek, Elang Mahkota Teknologi

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

AMILI — Asian Microbiome Library microbiome company and a stool bank serving as a hub for gut microbiome therapy.
Genexyz — GenexyzA is a Creator of metahumans and aggregator of virtual influencer IPs, disrupting the advertising + web3 ecosystem through new age IP influencers, virtual humans.
Mangkokku — Welcome to the home of no. 1 Rice Bowl in Indonesia! Bersih, Merakyat, Nikmat Nyata. A culinary startup founded by Chef Arnold Poernomo, Randy J Kartadinata, Kaesang Pangarep, and Gibran Rakabuming. See our menu, locations, promos, and more!

Benjamin Ball is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Benjamin focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Benjamin was appointed to our board of directors on October 23,2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends.Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Benjamin was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company.Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

Bevy — Bevy is a community event engine fueling virtual, hybrid, and in-person events. Our platform powers your events, allowing you to focus on converting your audience into a community. Bevy is the only platform that can scale your events through enterprise integrations and insightful analytics.
TribeHired — TribeHired is an online social recruitment platform that connects job seekers and employers. Hiring managers use its system to schedule interviews and make offers to shortlisted candidates, with interviews and offers being made within 2 weeks of talent getting featured. The future versions of TribeHired will allow talent to select engagements thattake up to 3 hours, 3 months or 3 years tenure, with the ability to prioritize work for a higher salary, social impact or up-skilling opportunities.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur.
OurHealthMate — Enterprise Healthcare Management platform which focuses on increasing engagement and providing ease in healthcare reimbursements and benefits to the corporates in India. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It has offices in Singapore and Bangalore (India)

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Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Lapasar.com — Lapasar.com is a B2B marketplace, giving corporate buyers access to suppliers across Malaysia - via the marketplace & via RFQ tools. To adhere to and strengthen corporate governance, the marketplace comes with integrated procurement tools in the backend.
WHIP Mobility — Disruptive SAAS platform in automotive retail
Igotopia Sdn Bhd — Gecko Digital is a Digital Marketing & Virtual Tours agency. We are the biggest provider of Hotel Virtual Tours and 360 VR in Asia.

Leading Malaysia's People Forward in Digital Economy

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, B2B
Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
Malaysia, United States

Portfolio highlights

FLEXIROAM — The smartest way to travel flexibly
du-it — du-it is a Fintech that provides revolutionary payment solution for businesses & customers through 'Buy Now , Pay Later' business model.
Algobizz Berhad — Company Background We focused ourselves on developing and providing a Cloud Tax Computation Solution to the Professional Industry, mainly Tax Agents, Accountants and Auditors. Our main objective is to ease the complexities of taxation procedures, enhance efficient submission of taxes, eliminate human error and minimizing operational costs. Thetax software's application is designed in a simple to use, easy to learn, no on-site training requirement and practical manner. With iBiZZtax Cloud, tax agents can now access their clients' data at any time, from anywhere and any internet-connected devices for prompt advisory. Most importantly, by moving to cloud-based tax application, it will be free from being exposed to high risk of becoming a victim of cyber-attack due to the highly confidentiality of tax information.In addition, the solution has successfully integrated to LHDNM newly launched e-filing submission format, namely e-Dts via Web-API in November 2019. An official endorsement has been presented to us for our competency in this field. In line with the government's focus in the field of digital transformation, we will continue to play our role in supporting it as a whole. Our Vision: To build a Digital Tax Economy Ecosystem for the 15 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).Our Mission: To continuously explore the field of AI technology in tax software industry towards providing simplified process of tax system.

Leading Malaysia's People Forward in Digital Economy

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, B2B
Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
Malaysia, United States

Portfolio highlights

FLEXIROAM — The smartest way to travel flexibly
du-it — du-it is a Fintech that provides revolutionary payment solution for businesses & customers through 'Buy Now , Pay Later' business model.
Algobizz Berhad — Company Background We focused ourselves on developing and providing a Cloud Tax Computation Solution to the Professional Industry, mainly Tax Agents, Accountants and Auditors. Our main objective is to ease the complexities of taxation procedures, enhance efficient submission of taxes, eliminate human error and minimizing operational costs. Thetax software's application is designed in a simple to use, easy to learn, no on-site training requirement and practical manner. With iBiZZtax Cloud, tax agents can now access their clients' data at any time, from anywhere and any internet-connected devices for prompt advisory. Most importantly, by moving to cloud-based tax application, it will be free from being exposed to high risk of becoming a victim of cyber-attack due to the highly confidentiality of tax information.In addition, the solution has successfully integrated to LHDNM newly launched e-filing submission format, namely e-Dts via Web-API in November 2019. An official endorsement has been presented to us for our competency in this field. In line with the government's focus in the field of digital transformation, we will continue to play our role in supporting it as a whole. Our Vision: To build a Digital Tax Economy Ecosystem for the 15 member countries of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).Our Mission: To continuously explore the field of AI technology in tax software industry towards providing simplified process of tax system.

Seed stage venture capital fund focused on Southeast Asia. We partner with exceptional founders to build transformative companies across the region.

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.

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Distil — Your trusted partner for speciality chemicals
Infinity Fincorp Solutions — Founded in 2016, Infinity Fincorp Solutions is a non-banking financial corporation offering integrated commodity & collateral management services in India, with prime expertise in handling agricultural products with utmost finesse.The modern entrepreneurs are using cutting-edge inventions that serve as accelerators for businesses and industriestoday. Such progressive, rapid growth requires a financial partner who can be trusted and collaborated
International Payments Identity(IPiD) — International Payments Identity(IPiD) is a international payments addressing platform that provide solutions to validate bank account of the payee and fetch his banking information by mapping proxies with bank account details.

M12 are a venture capital fund, by Microsoft. Our investment teams are based globally to support your business from start up funding to Series C investment.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Allstacks — A single source for software leaders to forecast delivery dates, view team performance and track trends to eliminate surprises, and build software better.
Neon — The database you love, on a serverless platform designed to help you build reliable and scalable applications faster.
CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations

Evolution Media is a multi-stage investment firm that partners with passionate entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of technology, content, lifestyle, media, and sports businesses.

Investment focus

Software, News, Music
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Mux — Mux helps teams ship high-performance and cost-effective video in minutes, not months. Build better video into anything from websites to platforms to AI workflows.
Tonal — An entire smart gym in your home, Tonal revolutionizes fitness and strength training with patented resistance digital weight, machine learning, and expert personalization.
Clutch — Entertainment, Social Media Business, &Esports News