# Top 30 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Philippines in June 2026 ## Foxmont Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech Foxmont Capital Partners invest in Filipino-focused or Filipino-founded early stage technology startups that have proven that they can scale effectively and lead the Philippine digital evolution. Foxmont Capital Partners believe that if a Filipino startup can succeed in the Philippines, it can succeed anywhere. ## Two Culture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology The art and science of entrepreneurship ## Gobi Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet 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. ## Benchmark - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS Benchmark invests in and works alongside entrepreneurs building startups into transformational companies. They focus on early-stage venture investing in mobile, marketplaces, social, and infrastructure and enterprise software. Founded in 1995, the firm has offices in Woodside and San Francisco, California.The firm has been recognized for itscommitment to open source and is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. The five equal general partners who take board seats and a hands-on approach to every entrepreneur and company they back, with no junior investment staff. Current general partners are Chetan Puttagunta, Sarah Tavel, Victor Lazarte, Peter Fenton, and Eric Vishria. Benchmark has had 37 exits since beginning of 2011; 14 IPOs and 23 M&As representing a total market value of more than $60 billion.Benchmark’s current portfolio of early-stage venture investments includes private market leaders such as Uber, Snapchat, Tinder, Stitch Fix, Elastic and Cyanogen; recent IPOs and acquisitions such as Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, League of Legends, Jasper, OpenTable, New Relic, Hortonworks, Amplitude, Confluent, GrubHub, Zendesk and Zillow; and franchise companies from Juniper to eBay to Red Hat. ## Core Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Manila, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Sports, Media and Entertainment Founded in 2018, Core Capital is a venture capital firm in Manila, Philippines. Core Capital provides early-stage financing for technology companies with a focus on the Philippines. The firm invests through its first fund the Gobi-Core Philippines Fund, co-managed with Gobi Partners. ## Lightspeed Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends. ## PayPal - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Jose, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy. ## AU21 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space ## Josh Felser - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, E-Commerce Josh Felser is the Co-Founder of Climactic. He previously worked at State of California as a Task Force Member. Josh Felser attended Duke University. ## Kleiner Perkins - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley. ## LD Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem. ## Roland Navarro de Ros - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Audio, Coffee, Gaming Roland Ros is the founder of Kumu, a digital entertainment company for fans of Filipino creativity. With over 15 million users, Kumu has reached the #1 Grossing Social App in the Philippines. It has also cracked the Top 10 in Canada, Hong Kong, Kuwait, UK and Norway, as well as Top 20 in several other markets like the United States, Saudi Arabia,Italy, and Australia. He also currently serves as an investor and advisor for several start-ups; and is passionate about helping others.Prior to KumuMedia Technologies, Roland was Vice President of Spark Revenue, an Inc. 500 listed performance marketing & growth acquisition platform. Prior to Spark Revenue, Roland was VP Business Development for MediaTrust, an online performance advertising exchange and technology company. Prior to MediaTrust, Roland was Partner & VP Business Development at Tracking202, up until the company was acquired by Bloosky Interactive. Roland started his career as a Business Development Associate with GE Money Bank, where he oversaw a $400 million dollar book of business.Roland serves as a Trustee for the Ros Foundation. He has a BA in Asian American Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and studied as an Executive Scholar at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. ## Air Liquide - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Manufacturing A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health ## Qingsong Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Internet, Education Founded in June 2012 by Liu Xiaosong, Dong Zhanbin, and Su Wei, three Internet and investment circle veterans, Qingsong Fund is an early venture capital firm specializing in investment in education, social networking, consumerism, innovation, technology and applications. It manages four RMB funds with a total value of about RMB 2 billion. So far,it has invested in more than 140 companies, including 1 to 1 head, 1 DaDa English, squirrel AI, onion mathematics, wedding calendar, werewolf killing, flystep technology, HomeFacial. Pro and other star projects - 50% exit project returns more than 60 times, multiple project valuation multiples increased nearly 200 times, and educational projects have an average annual value increase of 500%. Among them, the Qingsong Smart Fund, which was newly established in 2018, focuses on the underlying technologies of the underlying AI and Smart Connect, as well as investment in such areas as smart healthcare, enterprise services and intelligent transportation applications. Liu Xiaosong, founding partner of Qingsong Fund, is a Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University. He invested in Tencent in 1999 and has a return on investment of tens of thousands of times. In 2000, he founded A8 New Media Group, which was successfully listed on the main board in Hong Kong in 2008. In 2015, he hatched in November 2018. Listed in Hong Kong stocks in the year. As a leading early investment institution in China, Qingsong Fund and its founding partners have repeatedly won Top 10 of Zero2IPO China's early investment institutions/investors, Top10 of China's education sector, Top100 of Chinese investors, and China's best early venture capital investment. Institution/Investor Top10; 36氪 China's new entertainment sector investment institutions Top10, online education sector investment institutions/investors Top10 and other mainstream awards. ## Warner Music Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Music, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment Warner Music Group is a major music company with interests in recorded music, music publishing and artist services ## Starfish Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology Starfish Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm focused on information technology, life sciences, and clean technology companies. ## AC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Grand Cayman, Midland, Cayman Islands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming AC Capital is a venture firm focusing on block-chain and fin-tech Industry, dedicated to discovering unicorns and expanding the development and adoption of block-chain technology through investments and marketing services. ## Lisa Gokongwei - Type: Angel - Location: Mandaluyong, Cavite, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Payments, Internet Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng is a President at Summit Media. Attended Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism. ## Janneke Niessen - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Fashion, Artificial Intelligence Janneke is founding partner at CapitalT, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, board member and diversity advocate. She has started and exited two international technology companies. She is on the board of several organisations and is regularly asked for advice by the goverment, all on the crossroads of technology, talent, investing and diversity.She speaks regularly at international events, appears in podcast and writes for several publications such as Fortune MPW, TNW, Wonder Women Tech, Inc, Cambridge and Jinek. As the co-initiator of InspiringFifty—an initiative to increase diversity in technology by raising the visibility of female role models—Janneke published The New Girl Code to inspire young girls to pursue careers in technology. Janneke is also a strong supporter of more diversity in venture capital and one of the initiators of #Fundright, a self-imposed quota for venture capital investors to improve inclusion in the investment ecosystem. She has been named one of Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year, one of the 10 most prominent angel investors, Most Innovative Leader and EY Entrepreneur of the Year. ## Business Growth Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies. ## Kickstart Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Makati, Manila, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services We invest in early- to growth-stage start-ups who offer solutions to existing pain points and provide forward-looking innovations that will help shape the future we believe in. ## Summit Media - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mandaluyong, Cavite, Philippines - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, E-Commerce, Social Media Summit Media is the leading magazine publisher in the Philippines with more than 20 titles under its umbrella. Aside from magazines, we are in digital media, outside-of-home media, mobile marketing services, book publishing, and consumer events. This June, Summit Media, the country’s leading magazine publishing company, released its very firstiPad app--Yummy Filipino Recipes. An app that is geared towards food enthusiasts, Yummy Filipino Recipes brings together 101 mouthwatering Filipino food recipes crafted by both local chefs and restaurateurs. ## Toivo Annus - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Active individual investor in flying drones, also looking at payments and ecommerce. ## Monashee Capital Corp. - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series D - Focus: Medical, Podcast, Health Care Monashee Capital Corp. is a corporate finance and advisory firm that has a focus primarily toward private companies. Monashee advises business owners regarding corporate strategy; succession planning; Board governance; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; and the raising of capital to support growth or other initiatives. ## Atlas Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software Atlas Ventures is an early-stage venture fund based in Singapore. Atlas Ventures is affiliated to Atlas Asset Management Pte. Ltd., a diversified asset manager regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a holder of a Capital Markets Services licence. ## Openspace - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life. ## Venturra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Software Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies. ## Pear VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Pear VC partners with entrepreneurs from day zero to build category-defining companies. ## Reid Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet Reid Hoffman is the Co-Founder of Manas AI and a member of the Sanmai Board of Directors. Reid previously worked at Coda as a Board Member. Reid Hoffman attended the University of Oxford, where he earned his M.St. in Philosophy. ## Venturra Discovery - Type: VC Fund - Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Empowering outstanding entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia in creating the next defining technology companies. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co