Top 5 Platforms Startup Investors in Malaysia in May 2026

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India invests in high-growth start-ups seeking their first round of institutional venture capital funding in Southeast Asia and India, with a primary focus on Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and other emerging hubs of innovation across the region. It has a long and strong track record of investing in early-stage startups and building champions like Grab, Patsnap, 17Live, Nium, FirstCry, Licious, AsianParent, Validus, Warung Pintar, and others.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, Singapore, Indonesia

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Kazam — Leading EV charging infrastructure platform with smart chargers, CMS software, and energy management solutions. Power your EV business with Kazam.
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Accord Ventures is a venture capital firm that believes in and supports the potential of Asian entrepreneurs. It has invested in more than 50 startups in Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, and new technologies that bring new value to society, such as IoT, AI, and fintech, with a focus on platform businesses that utilize ITtechnology. And new services are supported.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Malaysia

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Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
Thinkfree — Thinkfree Office is an On-Premise Office suite with extra security. It offers seamless MS Office Compatibility and swift support to enhance your workflow. Users can edit documents, sheets, and presentations in real time using the Co-edit feature's collaborative tools. The web browser-based document editor integrates smoothly with existingplatforms, supporting 14 languages including English and Korean, and making it accessible to a diverse user base. Additionally, Thinkfree Office is compatible with Microsoft Office and other major word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation programs, ensuring versatile application across different platforms.

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Cradle Seed Ventures (CSV) is the venture capital arm of Malaysia’s premier early stage financier and influencer, Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd.CSV manages an early stage venture fund based out of Malaysia and is always on the lookout for start-ups with high growth potential, led by passionate founders with high levels of enthusiasm.CSV is delightedto be part of this new dawn of excitement in the start-up world, both in Malaysia and globally.CSV mandated investments will be in the technology sector with specific focus on selected verticals. CSV has the added strength of being able to leverage on Cradle’s long experience in supporting early stage start-ups, understanding the funding and operational needs of a start-up and also be a supportive partner when they scale in the Malaysian market and to foreign shores.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
Malaysia, Singapore

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SUPA — Supahands is the leading end-to-end data labelling partner for AI/ML companies. Find out more and set up a POC within 48 hours by speaking to us today!
MoneyMatch — 121+ countries, 42+ currencies. Bank transfers, e-wallets or cash pickups. Seamless, low-cost and transparent international money transfers for everyone.

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Vertex Ventures US is an early stage VC that backs fearless founders building a smarter digital economy through B2B software.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, Israel

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SynaXG — Empower your network with SynaXG's hyperconverged AI-RAN platform. We deliver AI-first, open, and energy-efficient 5G infrastructure solutions tailored for mobile operators and enterprises.
ActionBase — ActionBase provides a simple and powerful way to manage day-to-day ad-hoc, human centric, unstructured processes while adhering to the industry's best practices and corporate procedures. The solution simplifies and lowers operational costs by eliminating process inefficiencies caused due to human processes managed in email and plaindocuments.ActionBase's Human Process Management System (HPMS) supports a dynamic working environment by providing full visibility and control over unstructured processes that were previously managed via plain documents and e-mail correspondence. It is completely integrated into standard Microsoft Office applications and provides end-to-end real-time visibility and a complete audit trail.ActionBase works with global IT leaders including Orange, Texas Instruments and Amdocs, and specializes in complex industries such as financial services and insurance, oil and gas, utilities and telecom. The company is headquartered in Israel with offices in the United States and United Kingdom.
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