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

Investor	Media (entertainment) Malaysia investments
Cradle Fund	5
Cradle Fund	5
Waterdrip Capital	2
Angel One Network	2
Momentum 6	2
Redline Blockchain Capital	2
Angel One Network	2
Catcha Group	2
Lotus Capital	2
Momentum 6	2
Redline Blockchain Capital	2
Skywater Capital	2
Quest Ventures	2
Catcha Group	2
Quest Ventures	2
N7 Labs	2
Adobe Fund for Design	2
N7 Labs	2
Gobi Partners	2
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad	2
Oasis Capital	2
IDC Ventures	2
Gobi Partners	2
Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad	2
IDC Ventures	2
Oasis Capital	2
Worshipper Capital	2
Lotus Capital	2
Adobe Fund for Design	2
Worshipper Capital	2
Waterdrip Capital	2
Skywater Capital	2
Arco Partners	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
500 TukTuks	1
Uncommon Capital	1
InnoVen Capital	1
Southeast Asian fund	1
Service Management Group	1
Evolution Media	1
Sky UK	1
Service Management Group	1
Nova Founders Capital	1
Evolution Media	1
AngelCentral	1
NewTribe Capital	1
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation	1
Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation	1
The Hive Southeast Asia	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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 — 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 passionate about child development through play. We have two main projects that provide child development services - developmental screening and playground

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

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, Series B, Seed
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SGNL.AI — Modern enterprise authorization with human-readable policies and an understanding of business context to deliver just-in-time authorization
RAAPID INC — RAAPID INC's Neuro-Symbolic AI revolutionizes risk adjustment. Improve accuracy, reduce costs, and stay ahead of the curve in healthcare.
Arize AI — Arize AI offers a platform that explains and troubleshoots production AI. The company was founded in 2019 and based in Berkeley, California.

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.

Tikhon Bernstam - Managing Partner

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Garden — Garden helps lawyers and companies automate invention harvesting, generate novel patents, and analyze infringements in a couple clicks.
Antares — Continuous energy with no sustaining supply chain for 3 years. Automated controls, power management, and distribution with no specialized workforce.
RenderNet AI — Create stunning AI images and videos starring your own custom-designed virtual humans

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.

Southeast Asian fund

Investment focus

Information Technology, Apps, Events
Seed, Series A, Series B
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia

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.
SCB Abacus — First advanced data analytics spin-off in Thai financial industry
Kargo Technologies — Kargo adalah layanan logistik online yang menyediakan solusi pengiriman barang yang mudah, cepat, dan terpercaya. Temukan layanan yang dapat diandalkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pengiriman Anda.

SMG: Empowering businesses with advanced customer experience solutions to drive growth, increase loyalty, and gather insightful data.

Investment focus

Events, Coworking, Information Technology
Seed
Malaysia

Portfolio highlights

WORQ — Customized office space and private suites for rent, 24/7 accessibility, near MRT station. Our workspace solutions cater to all business sizes, from startups to enterprises. Join our community and elevate your business. Get a quote now.

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 — The most cost-effective video infrastructure for businesses of all scale. From startups to the World Cup, modern software teams use Mux products to stream billions of minutes of video every day.
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

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.

SMG: Empowering businesses with advanced customer experience solutions to drive growth, increase loyalty, and gather insightful data.

Investment focus

Events, Coworking, Information Technology
Seed
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.

Nova Founders Capital is a global investment company that identifies opportunities for creating or investing in innovative internet businesses. They've launched multiple successful businesses in Asia-Pacific, LatAm and Europe, while following their goal of creating the next billion dollar financial tech giants.Nova Founders Capital can anddo engage in all internet models, but place a strong emphasis on the financial services industry.

Investment focus

FinTech, InsurTech, Auto Insurance
Series A, Seed, Series B
Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

ComparaGuru — Coru is a financial gym platform enabling financial wellness, starting in Mexico. By employing the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Coru enables a financial coach for everyone.
Hyphen Group — MoneyHero Group is a portfolio of digital finance companies that exists to bridge the gap between people and finance. We accelerate the digitisation and growth of the financial industry, and empower consumers to build healthier financial lives.
CompareEuropeGroup — CompareEuropeGroup is a financial comparison platform for insurance, banking, and telco products, such as car insurance, personal loans, credit cards, and broadband subsriptions.The company operates the leading online comparison platforms for financial, TELCO and utility products across Europe. Created with the purpose of helping consumers tosave time and money, the platform offers a free and easy market comparison across 600 products, along with a simple application process. CompareEuropeGroup’s core values including complete transparency, independence and trust, along with a commitment to building the most convenient, comprehensive and educational platforms available.

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 — The most cost-effective video infrastructure for businesses of all scale. From startups to the World Cup, modern software teams use Mux products to stream billions of minutes of video every day.
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 — Coverage of Entertainment, Social Media Business and Industry, Esports News, and Gaming Culture

AngelCentral is an angel investment network for angel investors in Singapore & SEA to learn through angel investing workshops, get quality deal flow & syndication services.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Property Management
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Meiro — Designed for marketing and built for IT, Meiro is composable, privacy-first Customer Data Platform balancing the delivery of consistent, hyper-personalized experiences with uncompromised data governance, security and control.
Ailytics — Ailytics is the region's leading video analytics solution for operational safety and efficiency in the construction and manufacturing industry.
Motorist — Motorist is a Singapore-based automotive platform that simplifies vehicle ownership through smart solutions. We help drivers and car owners to manage their vehicle by providing them with a range of auto services. Stay informed with our network of motorists and motor services.

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.

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.

The Hive Southeast Asia is a VC fund backed by Palo Alto-based venture capital firm The Hive, Tuas Capital Partners, and Sunway. The Hive applies its entrepreneurial and operational experience to accelerate company building.

Investment focus

FinTech, Human Resources, SaaS
Seed, Series A
Malaysia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

iMotorbike — iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience,iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.
Cult Creative — Cult Creative is rocket fuel to a creative's career. Find creative jobs, designer jobs, social media marketing jobs, all in Malaysia and beyond. Download the Cult Creative app and you'll be apply to apply to over 80 creative jobs in Malaysia.
Finology — An Asia-Pacific fintech company that specialises in enabling embedded and seamless end-to-end access to financial products.