BEENEXT
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.
- Total investments:
- 392
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
- Fund size:
- $1M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries BEENEXT invests in
Stages BEENEXT invests in
Countries BEENEXT invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $456k–$5M
- Series A
- $2M–$15M
- Series B
- $5.5M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 40 (10%)
- E-Commerce 39 (10%)
- FinTech 35 (9%)
- Financial Services 35 (9%)
- Internet 29 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 136 (35%)
- Series A 78 (20%)
- Series B 41 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 19 (5%)
- Series C 18 (5%)
Country
- India 100 (26%)
- Japan 32 (8%)
- Indonesia 28 (7%)
- Singapore 25 (6%)
- United States 18 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Teruhide Sato
CEO and Founder
|
CEO and Founder | Total investments: 29 | Find email | |
Anirudh Garg
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Dirk van Quaquebeke
Founding Managing Partner
|
Founding Managing Partner | Total investments: 35 | Find email | |
Esther Bian
Investment Team
|
Investment Team | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Faiz Rahman
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnishka is a furniture industries that provides wide range of products for home decor items, sofa, coffee tables and dining tables. | $2.8M / Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| First Coffee is a specialty coffee company that operates a grab-and-go coffee chain. The company serves 100% Arabica specialty coffee, including single-origin and microlot coffees, alongside other beverages and quick bites. It operates physical locations in New Delhi, Gurugram, and Chandigarh and also sells coffee and branded merchandise throughits online store. First Coffee provides customers with ordering and loyalty services through its mobile app and delivery platforms. | $1.3M / Seed / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Kita Technologies uses computer vision and vision language models to transform unstructured documents into structured underwriting data. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Quadric develops semiconductor intellectual property and tools for on-device artificial intelligence computing. The company creates the Chimera general-purpose neural processing unit family that supports machine learning inference and traditional data processing in a unified architecture. It provides a software development kit and design resourcesthat help chip designers integrate AI capabilities into custom silicon. Quadric engages with developers and hardware teams to support diverse AI workloads across edge devices, automotive systems, and industrial applications. | $16M / Series C / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| ProLearn is an AI-native learning technology app that provides interactive AI tutor for K-12 learners and competitive test candidates. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets. | Series B / Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| Datakrew is a spinoff deep-tech company from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with strong roots in Internet-of-Thing (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Security. We enable large-scale secure IoT applications through data-driven Monitoring, Automation, Diagnostics and Security – MADS while ensuring military-grade data privacyand security | $2.6M / Seed / Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| Gushwork operates as an AI-powered global platform, designed for enterprises to outsource highly complex operational workflows. | $9M / Seed / Feb 26, 2026 | ||
| Jago Coffee serves freshly brewed coffee beverages wherever you are through a fleet of fully electric mobile cafes. | $12.5M / Series B / Feb 03, 2026 | ||
| See all 392 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does BEENEXT invest in?
BEENEXT invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 392 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is BEENEXT's check size?
BEENEXT typically joins rounds of $456k–$5M at Seed, $2M–$15M at Series A and $5.5M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BEENEXT participates in.
How do I contact BEENEXT?
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Who are the partners at BEENEXT?
The team at BEENEXT includes Teruhide Sato (CEO and Founder), Anirudh Garg (Partner) and Dirk van Quaquebeke (Founding Managing Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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