# Brunei Investment Agency

> Brunei Investment Agency is a VC fund in Bandar Seri Begawan backing Credit and Mobile. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Brunei Investment Agency is a government-owned investment organization that holds and manages the country of Brunei’s general reserve fund.Brunei Investment Agency was created to control Brunei's general reserve funds, grow its external holdings, diversify its revenue base, and hedge export revenues from energy and commodity pricevolatility. The country of Brunei–the full name is Brunei Darussalam, which in Arabic means “Abode of Peace”–is located on the northwestern edge of the island of Borneo. Brunei is an oil-rich country and a huge exporter of energy resources: oil and gas account for almost 90 percent of Brunei’s exports, and 90% of government revenue. Hence, the funds deposited with the BIA are primarily surplus revenues from Brunei's oil exports in the form of foreign reserves, which the Brunei Investment Agency manages via a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). In 2018, the Brunei Investment Agency had approximately $170 billion in assets under management (AUM), according to the U.S. State Department.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Lending | 1 | 17% |
| Wireless | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |
| Series F | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 33% |
| China | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kissht | Kissht is a financial technology platform that enables instant, seamless credit for consumers to make purchases at digital points of sale (online and offline). Its plug and play gateway APIs can be easily integrated into any merchant checkout page for providing access to these loans to consumers.Kissht is a digitally enabled platform operated byOnemi Technology Solutions Private Limited with a vision to provide speedily and hassle-free credit financing to its customers across India. | $80M |  | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Kissht | Kissht is a financial technology platform that enables instant, seamless credit for consumers to make purchases at digital points of sale (online and offline). Its plug and play gateway APIs can be easily integrated into any merchant checkout page for providing access to these loans to consumers.Kissht is a digitally enabled platform operated byOnemi Technology Solutions Private Limited with a vision to provide speedily and hassle-free credit financing to its customers across India. | $80M | Series E | Jun 06, 2022 |  |
| China Mobile | China Mobile provides mobile telecommunications and related services in Mainland China and Hong Kong.Its portfolio of services comprises of local calls, domestic long distance calls, international long distance calls, intra-provincial roaming, inter-provincial roaming, and international roaming, caller identity display, caller restrictions, callwaiting, call forwarding, call holding, voice mail, conference calls, and others.In addition, the company offers data services, wireless data traffic services, telecommunications network planning design and consulting services, mobile data solutions, network planning and optimizing construction testing and supervising activities, technology support, designing and selling electronic communication products, and more.It was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. China Mobile Limited is a subsidiary of China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited. | $3.8B | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 28, 2021 |  |
| Licious | Licious is a path breaking concept in the Indian Food industry; aimed at solving the perennially existing problem of finding safe, delectable, trustworthy fresh meat in India. The company builds a world-class enterprise that's bound to upgrade the way the company procures, sells, buys, and consumes meat in India. | $52M | Series F | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| Licious | Licious is a path breaking concept in the Indian Food industry; aimed at solving the perennially existing problem of finding safe, delectable, trustworthy fresh meat in India. The company builds a world-class enterprise that's bound to upgrade the way the company procures, sells, buys, and consumes meat in India. | $192M | Series F | Jun 11, 2021 |  |
| Pony.ai | Pony.ai is a startup that builds full-stack autonomous driving solutions. It is a pioneer in autonomous mobility technologies and services across the US and China, spearheading public-facing Robotaxi pilots in both markets. Pony.ai is committed to creating a safe and sustainable mobility future by delivering autonomous mobility everywhere.Thecompany was founded by James Peng and Tiancheng Lou in 2016 and is headquartered in Fremont, California, United States. | $100M | Series C | Feb 08, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertex Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-southeast-asia-india) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bertelsmann India Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bii-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endiya Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endiya-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Avendus Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Brunei Investment Agency invest in?

Brunei Investment Agency invests primarily in Credit, Mobile and FinTech startups, most often at Series C and Series E stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brunei Investment Agency last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brunei Investment Agency closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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