BANSEA
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
BANSEA is a VC fund in Singapore focused on B2B and SaaS. BANSEA was establised in 2001 by a group of Singapore-based angel investors. BANSEA has network connections to angel groups in China, India, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as close links to groups in Europe and the US. Our members have investment experience spanning multiple sectors and a track record in building successful companies.BANSEAorganises 10 to 12 events in a year for our members to meet and listen to short pitches by start-ups shortlisted by our Screening Committe. Members may or may not invest as a group. While there could be collaboration on due dilligence, members exercise autonomy in making investment decsions. Start-ups that have successfully raised seed capital through our members also benefit from their value-added mentoring. Members benefit from an informed and collaborative approach to angel investing.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries BANSEA invests in
Stages BANSEA invests in
Countries BANSEA invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
2 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $150k–$2.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- B2B 2 (17%)
- SaaS 2 (17%)
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- Software 2 (17%)
- Logistics 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (75%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Country
- Indonesia 3 (25%)
- Singapore 3 (25%)
- Togo 1 (8%)
- Pakistan 1 (8%)
- Bangladesh 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Rex Yeap
Vice Chairman
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Vice Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Julien de Salaberry
Vice Chairman
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Vice Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Poh Kam Wong
Chairman & Founder
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Chairman & Founder | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
KalPay
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KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments! | $1M / Seed / May 13, 2024 | |
Blitz Electric Mobility
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Blitz provides electric vehicles and fleet management software to food and beverage delivery, courier, and logistics companies. | $1.6M / Seed / Nov 01, 2023 | |
Markopolo AI
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Markopolo is a complete paid marketing suite that helps you launch targeted ads in seconds. Generate the perfect creative and AI-powered copy, schedule posts ahead of time to save time and get real-time analytics on how well they perform! If you’re looking for a smarter, faster way to create ads and automate the boring parts of ad management,there’s a tool you need to meet.We have built the software for cookieless era. We use server side pixel to gather lossless data from each and every attribution point. Business that adopt Markopolo see 34% reduction in Cost per click, 41% increase in Conversion rate and 30% increase in Budget spending efficiency within first few campaigns. These are the benchmarks achieved with the algorithms behind Marokopolo, and we have just started! We provide an end to end solution in Paid Marketing, which is critical for a modern marketing team manager to improve efficiency. Finding the right audience to target is a complicated science that we have cracked at Markopolo. We have a patent pending status in USPTO on it. Lastly getting real-time analytics from all these platforms and actionable suggestions from Markopolo algorithm completes the whole user journey.Features: - Integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads and YouTube - Built in Campaign Manager for scheduling and managing all the ads from one place - Ad Engine that monitors and optimises all the Ads 24/7 - Suggestion Engine that guides like a professional marketer - Get a holistic overview of all the metrics from all the campaigns in one dashboard - Ad Maker that comes with AI Generated Copy and Creatives - Targeting AI generates custom Audience presets - GDPR Compliant1,000+ businesses use Markopolo to automate their campaign creation and management in Social and Search Ad platforms.Try us out- https://www.markopolo.ai/Watch our product demo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VExF-j9sdg&t=87sWatch this how to get started video series- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFsYkb4YvQ&list=PLG1FKDs4H_wGH0NfxNflJgr0WVzn6m8Pj | $100K / Pre-Seed / Apr 26, 2023 | |
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KalPay
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KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments! | $150K / Seed / Sep 05, 2022 | |
MyRobin.id
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MyRobin is an end-to-end talent hub that provides Indonesian businesses with pre-screened, quality workers on flexible contracts, both long and short term. MyRobin was launched in 2019 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. | Seed / Jan 18, 2022 | |
Gozem
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Gozem is a transport technology platform for Francophone West and Central Africa. | $2.6M / Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | |
PriyoShop
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In Bangladesh, nearly 97% of retail transactions are driven by small neighbourhood retailers, yet they operate within fragmented supply chains, limited access to working capital, and inefficient procurement systems that restrict growth and reduce profitability. PriyoShop is building the infrastructure layer that transforms this system byintegrating direct brand procurement, an optimised logistics network, embedded working capital credit, retail media monetisation, and a data intelligence engine into a unified platform, PriyoShop is organising one of the largest informal retail ecosystems into a scalable and data driven network. | $358.5K / Seed / Aug 30, 2020 | |
Job2GO
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Job2Go is a digital platform connecting the grey/blue collar workforce with job opportunities, whether it is full time, part-time or gig-works based on their skill, experience and location. Set out to be a fully automated job marketplace, Job2Go is leveraging its technology to provide a seamless experience for both workers and companies.With the aim of creating a socio-economic impact, the platforms enable workers to access a tailored learning with Job2Go Academy and financial services to improve their financial health. | Seed / Jun 02, 2020 | |
Parcel Perform
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Parcel Perform is a carrier-independent delivery experience platform for e-commerce merchants and their customers. Passionate about data, the SaaS solution standardizes delivery information to bring transparency to logistics operations and enhances customer experience. With 700+ carriers covered worldwide, Parcel Perform is a global partner formerchants, carriers, and B2B businesses. Tracking over 40 million parcels monthly, Parcel Perform is the leading provider for streamlined logistics data and helps businesses gain transparency on carrier performance, drive efficiency in customer service, and enable a better post-purchase experience. Clients enjoy branded tracking pages, delivery notifications in 30+ languages, and accurate Date of Arrival Predictions with Machine Learning technology.Parcel Perform is SG:D-accredited by IMDA under the Accreditation@SG Digital program and has offices in Singapore, Vietnam, and Europe, serving leading enterprise brands worldwide to help businesses improve their post-purchase customer experience, reduce customer service costs and optimize their logistics management. | Aug 02, 2019 | |
Affable
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Affable is building an end-to-end platform that brings intelligence and automation to influencer marketing. They derive insights about micro influencers and their audience by using cutting edge computer vision algorithms on social media posts. Affable is building the technology that enables one-click influencer marketing at scale, doing to socialwhat Google Adwords did to search. | $767K / Seed / Jun 14, 2018 | |
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FAQ
What does BANSEA invest in?
BANSEA invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Indonesia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is BANSEA's check size?
BANSEA typically joins rounds of $150k–$2.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BANSEA participates in.
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Who are the partners at BANSEA?
The team at BANSEA includes Dr. Rex Yeap (Vice Chairman), Julien de Salaberry (Vice Chairman) and Poh Kam Wong (Chairman & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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